Salary vs per hour for floor nurses

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Would like some input regarding being a salaried bedside nurse. If you are salaried do you like it? Do you get adequately compensated if you work over 40 hrs? Does it make you fell more"professional"? Any input would help. I am salaried and so far am not to fond of the time I am technically not getting paid for when I stay late to finish work and charting. My salary is based on a 36 hr work week. Thanks for your input

Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.

Have merged your threads as on same topic, plus moved to career advice

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I currently receive a salary and work in management. This was the worst move I ever made in my career. My experience is that they work you nonstop. I'm getting married soon and the expectation is that I continue to take call on my wedding day and through my honeymoon. I am currently looking to go back to being a floor nurse where I will get appropriately compensated for my time and effort. Just counting the hours I spend actually in the building working if you figured it out I make less an hour now than I did working as a new graduate in the hospital. If they are going to force a salary I would RUN!!!!!!

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Specializes in Med/surg, Quality & Risk.

I would never agree to this.

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Specializes in 15 years in ICU, 22 years in PACU.

Doesn't make sense to anyone but management. What is the chance you will ever leave early to compensate for staying late? **NEVER** You can't abandon a patient. You can't leave because you have no patients and leave your workmates with their assignments. You can't work from home. You can't take the patient with you.

My questions are: Where is this happening? How on earth did this get started? I don't even want a license in that state!!

Fight it with all your being. My best wishes go with you and your mates.

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Salary is just the bean counter's way of controlling cost. Why should THEY hire more workers to make up for an increased workload? Just make US work longer hours and more days. Unless someone is in an upper management job, I have never, ever seen a situation where salaried work was a fair deal for the regular front line worker.

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I have been in LTC for 15 years. Was hourly, but, since I was making too much money, due to OT/holidays and making sure work was getting done, was placed on salary. Was I given a choice? Yes, work or find another job. That was a few years ago (13) Do I regret it? Yes, have worked though open heart surgery with complications, ARDS, cholesectomy and now post op 9/24/13 robotic prosectomy. Have survived being coded x4 and 2x on a vent. Point is, thru all that, am still as broke now as I was when I was put on salary. Before that, as an hourly paid employee, was able to pay the bills and have a little extra. Too old and too many problems to even be considered for another job. So, if you are still young and in good health, my advice is to stay on the clock. On salary, you will NEVER be paid for your time and effort and the powers that be will have you as a scapegoat for whatever they need. One more little piece of wisdom gained the hard way. ALWAYS

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Hit the wrong button.LOL ALWAYS, put some money aside for yourself. Put it in gold, silver, something that you can use, but, takes an effort to use. If it is easy, will use it up quick and un-necessarily.

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Any more opinions or info? Does anyone know of any hospitals that have salary RN's

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