Specialties MICU
Published Oct 29, 2002
lpnga
127 Posts
how well are nurses paid? In every Unit
catrn10
104 Posts
Since you live in North Georgia, you can expect to make a little more with a BSN than a carpet mill worker. As you get experience, you can quit the hospital, and go agency. Been here 5 years. Work in Chattanooga, if you can, the pay is higher at the 2 larger hospitals.To give you an idea, I took a $5,000/yr cut in pay just by moving from Kingsport, Tennessee to Northwest Georgia. Pay has been getting better the last two years. But it's way below the 30/hr they tell you you'll make in school. I quit working for the hospitals, and went agency and tripled my annual income. Does that tell you anything? As a matter of fact, I am currently on a travel assignment in Central Georgia. I will return home and I plan on going to work at Erlanger. I consider it to be the best hospital in the area. I don't mind the pay cut, I'm tired of agency and travel anyway. I miss the stability, the guarantee of hours, and the education.