Cooper Hospital Pay Question?

Well I can tell you that at ...

Virtua it is $20 if you have not passed your boards then $23

Lourdes in Willingboro starts at $23.75 after 3p there is a $2.62 diff and weekends has a $2 diff - but I read that there is something going on with the union possibly being taken out so the rate may change.

I never interviewed at Cooper so I dont know that one sorry

ETA - I believe Kennedy has a $3k sign on bonus and I think the starting is $23

Thee-Thee,

How did your interview go with Cooper? I have seriously been considering Cooper. Could you also provide the starting grad rn rate?

Thanks!
Shahana

new rn at cooper make roughly 25 an hour with 15% diff at night they just got a new contrat so it make be more.......they offer 10,000 sign on.......i worked there 6 months and left for virtua ....im happy now

Hi Nurse Nicole,

Just wondering why you left Cooper after 6 months. I am currently a nursing student at Helene Fuld. I won't graduate until 2008 (ugh!), but I was just wondering what your experience was like working at Cooper.

I'm asking, because I am actually intereted in possibly working at Cooper upon graduation.

Thanks!!! And Congrats on the position at Virtua!!

i left cooper because they of their proffesionalism.....believe me its a good hospital with great nurses and its crazy busy and you learn alot!! but i started there in august since i failed my boards my june start dat was pushed back to august until i passed boards which i did....i found a tumor in breast in late june after i failed boards and had it removed to find it was benign,......in aug on nights ( that is usally all they offer new grads u wait 1 yr for days) i started and then in november i found another lump my doc were hopeful again but i had to have surgery right away to remove it and needed time off to recooperate . i worked on an oncology floor and i thought they'd understand the scariness to this situation i fought tooth and nail for the time off to have surgery and recover......i did have surgery and when i came back being on a cancerfloor after two scares myself was too much i began having panic attacks both at work and at home and i went to management to ask for a position transfer to basic med surg flloor without oncology.....they refused i tried to stick it out till i had a panic attack at home which led me to the er.......i then went to my docotor who pulled me from work until we could get me on antianxiety medications at a level to control my attacks....he next morning i was fired and my benifits cut......i went to my union i knew i was being mistreated.......1 week later i recievedan apology and the green light to reaaply to any floor with the promise of rehiring. i said no thaank you. i took a position for day shift not nightsat virtua memorial on the infectious disease floor ....i have never been happier or felt more fulfilled like i do there......i know everything happens for a reason and im glad it did........i dont down cooper i down management and how they treated one of their own when i needed them most.

Nicole,

Thank you for sharing your story!! It was totally unexpected. It's amazing how the human spirit works through any obstacle. I can't believe how insensitive mgt. was to your situation; they sound so cold and heartless.

Congrats again, on your happiness at Virtua. It's a good thing you found out how unfair mgt. was at Cooper before you were there for a long amount of time.

Good Luck in everything you do, and again, thank you for sharing!! I will keep your story in my memory banks for when I apply for work upon graduation.

Debra
Future RN

I've read that Cooper participates in the Baylor program, where you agree to work two 12-hour shifts on Saturdays and Sundays, yet you're paid for a 40-hour work week.

yes they have baylor for nurses with experience you work sat and sun 12hours each and get paid for 36 hours......you only get 2 weekends off per year