OR Nurse Salary DFW

That sounds about right...I work at two different hospitals as an OR nurse and one pays less and one pays more, but it averages out to be $26/hr.

Have you looked at any hospital in particular?

Not very long...I graduated in June of 2007 and have been in the OR since then. I went through the OR internship at Baylor Dallas and still work there on the Two day alternative weekend shift.

I also work at the Children's Hospital in Fort Worth a couple of days out of the week. I am not 100% sure that they are hiring (the hired a ton of people about 6 months ago) but I would give it a try! Cook Children's is the facility where I have the higher pay rate....plus they have a great staff and nice surgeons. I also love Baylor, mainly because RN scrub there.

I live in Dallas, and work for Parkland. I make over $27 an hour in the OR as an RN 1. The commute isn't too bad if you take the Trinity Rail Express.

I started out as a brand new RN in the OR at $23/hr. Baylor started out around $21, if I remember correctly.

My point is, it shouldn't go down too much, if any, from what you are currently making because the newbies aren't too far away from the $26.



Best of luck to you!

Pay scale or nurse in british columbia canada, top o scale $38.10 hr.
On call rate is double time for all call backs
after @ shift, ot rate is time & 1/2 for 1st 2 hrs of ot, then double for all the rest of the ot
stats & super stats call in rate are triple time & triple time & 3/4 for super stats, christmas day, labor day, & good friday...
Come & work in canada (we need you)

Also keep in mind the price of living is a whole lot less in TX than Wa state.
My sis does real estate near Bremerton (Naval area). A 1500 sq. ft 3bed/2.5 bath is $245,000. IN the DFW area, a similar priced house is almost 2200 sq. feet (with a much bigger yard).