Top of pay scale Cleveland Clinic

I am surprised that you started at 23...I externed (Nursing Associate program) there last summer and was quoted at $25.75/hr for new grad BSN.

Oh, also that was for Main campus...I think the regional hospitals are a bit lower just because of cost of parking on main campus (garages)!

Yeesh! That seems a little harsh...

I went to their weekend visit program and they offered me a position to start at the end of April 2009 when I graduate. I'll graduate with a BSN.
They offered me $24/hr, with $0.60/hr more ALWAYS, because I was hired on to an ICU, so that brings it up to $24.60/hr. Then $1/hr more when I work after 3pm. I've interviewed at other places that have better shift differentials, but I really don't care, $24.60 is plenty for me as a new grad and I'm really excited about the experiences I'll get there, with CCF being the #1 heart hospital in the nation. I heard that the ICU-step-down patients at CCF are more critical/acute than patients in other hospitals' ICUs.
Another good thing about CCF is that for the price you pay for medical insurance is way better than anywhere else I've interviewed. Plus most everything is 100% coverage if you get your care through CCF.
They also have a clinical ladder program where, by meeting specific requirements, you get more pay. How much more pay I'm not too sure. It seems to me like there is a lot of opportunity to move up in CCF.

just wanted to add my two cents... I'm not sure what new nurses are making now a days, but to the clinic, a nurse is a nurse is a nurse... A diploma grad makes just as much as an MSN grad at the bedside.

When I started with a diploma of nursing in 1990 I made 13 dollars an hour. I went back for my BSN, MSN, and ANP. I have been back and forth working at the bedside, as an ANP, back to the bedside due to increasing family size and need for flexibility. When I left the bedside I was at 26 dollars and when I went back I was at 26 dollars. This was a suburban hospital, not downtown like CCF or UH. When I left UH as a NP I was only at about 28 dollars. The hospitals in the area do not recognize your education level unfortunately since the BSN is considered the professional level of nursing.

I also participated in the nurse associate program that paid $13 per hour. After passing my NCLEX I started in September 08 at $24.00 with shift diff of $1. I have an ADN, it is my knowledge that it doesn't matter at the start which you have the rateis the same but they use a "clinaical ladder" so later on the BSN will effect your pay rate more.