Rn Analyst Salary

Originally posted by cjkasper:
Hello
Iam an RN working in Indiana. In Jan I went from staff Rn to Rn Analyst. Another Rn and myself were hired to the Information Services dept. as full time employees working on a temporary project. Both of us veterans in hosp with many years of nursing knowledge.
Due to our present computer system being sunseted, our hosp purchased a new computer system. With this new package computerized clinical documentation is offered. My job is to put our current paper charting to computer. The software company educated my partner and myself to use the tools so we could build the computerized screens for our nurse charting.
We recently have been told that we are now permanent employees on this project. We were also encouraged to maintain our nursing knowledge and certifications, and that the dept would help us do that.
Since there is not a job class for Rn Analyst at our hosp. (The only place right now that does clinical documentation is our labor and delivery area. One person has done the main build of that system with the help of a few part time helpers from the area). At this time there is not a starting salary or top of scale for this line of work. My co-work and myself are trying to establish some grounds. We really need some input on salaries for jobs simular to ours. We would like to get some ranges to present from the midwest area, that would be fair. We have found that we are building a system and training the educator and she makes more money that us. Is there anyone that can give us some insite. We feel that we should acquire the top of scale for Rn nursing and a % for our computer knowledge? Are we reaching for the stars? We need pay ranges out there to substantiate our cause.

[This message has been edited by cjkasper (edited October 09, 2000).]

Originally posted by PC Nurse
I’ve seen several salary ranges in the DC metro area. Most vary with experience (of course) or the organizations support of nursing informatics. A large Baltimore hospital was starting Application Analysts with an MSN Informatics at $55,000, where another would start them at less than their general nursing salary because they were considered as entry level. They would still start around $40-45,000. I’ve seen entry level Application Specialists positions with consulting firms and software venders start at $45-50,000 for a person with only a nursing background – at one company annual increases were 5-10% though with bonuses and great stock, profit sharing and retirement funds. In a hospital here in DC, I am getting $75,000 in my 2nd year. I have 11 years of nursing with a total of 18 years of healthcare background and 3.5 years of Information Systems experience (Installations). This is a much higher range than my pure IS counterparts (systems managers and analysts $45-65,000) and actually higher than some of the I.S. VP’s. This reflects my nursing and computer experience and my groups commitment to nursing and clinical informatics.