Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

tanyadrh2 · Jul 10, 2006

i'm in the float pool. so i make $5 an hour more, plus rnc $1, nights $4, a few week-ends $3.50. i try to do at least one shift a month in less rest 14 hours of 1 1/2 and 2 double time. plus during rsv we go into double time, but i stick to my one shift a month. i think this year i will just break $100k. i have been a nurse for 7 years.

hi, i'm interested in the travel company that paid you double time. thanxs

shihtzu · Jul 11, 2006

my rn friend in tx wants so much to buy a huge house. so she's afraid of transferring to california since she knows it's impossible for her to afford one. but ... if she buys a huge house in tx and decides to get out of her house (maybe she figured she's tired of looking at her house all day), there's nothing to see outside :lol2: plus it's too hot out there. id rather have a small house and be able to go outside when i feel like it and have fun :)

sunnyjohn · Jul 11, 2006

my rn friend in tx wants so much to buy a huge house. so she's afraid of transferring to california since she knows it's impossible for her to afford one. but ... if she buys a huge house in tx and decides to get out of her house (maybe she figured she's tired of looking at her house all day), there's nothing to see outside plus it's too hot out there. id rather have a small house and be able to go outside when i feel like it and have fun :)

Some parts of Texas are actually very pretty. Your friend should consider the coast or Austin. Vey nice with lots to see outside and lots of outdoor activites. :lol2:

futurenp · Jul 13, 2006

Is ICU the most lucrative specialty for travelling?

JessicRN · Jul 16, 2006

I am in MA. I am an RN with greater then 10 yrs experience which is the magic year for pay. I work nights in the ER 36 hrs and make almost 97,000 not including weekend pay or holiday pay or OT. Last year I grossed 110000 with little OT:monkeydance:

Epona · Jul 18, 2006

This is a great topic!!

Does anyone know what a regular RN makes in the Mid-Atlantic region starting out? That's the East Coast area of MD, VA and NC!

Thanks! Epona

husker-nurse, LPN, LVN · Jul 18, 2006

i'm in the float pool. so i make $5 an hour more, plus rnc $1, nights $4, a few week-ends $3.50. i try to do at least one shift a month in less rest 14 hours of 1 1/2 and 2 double time. plus during rsv we go into double time, but i stick to my one shift a month. i think this year i will just break $100k. i have been a nurse for 7 years.

i'm in the float pool; our float pool "bonus" are the toughest assignments, with no extra pay. with 4 years med-surg experience, i make 18.51 per hour plus 10% and 5% weekend bonus. our raise just into effect last week. at this point, i've made 22k gross so far this year, with minimal ot. good thing i'm not in nursing for the money!!!!!! :uhoh3:

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2006

I am in MA. I am an RN with greater then 10 yrs experience which is the magic year for pay. I work nights in the ER 36 hrs and make almost 97,000 not including weekend pay or holiday pay or OT. Last year I grossed 110000 with little OT:monkeydance:

That's $51.00 per hour! I'm moving!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2006

I work 36 hours a week and no overtime since I'm in school. I'm going to probably make 55,000 this year (a little more with some weekend and diff. and the diff for the 3-7 part of my shift). What sucks is that is the max pay at my hospital. I got a .20 raise this year, yes twenty cents, because that's what it took to max out my salary. I've been working there for 14 years and make 29.50/hour without differentials.

Daye · Jul 20, 2006

some parts of texas are actually very pretty. your friend should consider the coast or austin. very nice with lots to see outside and lots of outdoor activities.

yes the austin area or if you like smaller communities the surrounding area of austin really is very pretty also.

curlysin · Aug 6, 2006

hi there

what an interesting thread. let me tell you abit about me. i am a senior staff nurse in the north of ireland contracted under the nhs. in dollors my hourly rate would be $18. my annual before tax would be approx 35000$.

with over time we would never in a million years dream of reaching that amount of money. are cost of living is much higher than by the sounds of it most places in the us. we are taxed more also. are average house price is around 300000$ for standard semi with three bedroom one bath and a little garden if your lucky!!!!!

on top of that, thats how much i get for also being in charge. with a ratio of patients at times 1 nurse to every twelve patients. i work in the busiest ward in the hospital. where we accept very very sick unstable patients from the er and try to stablise them. as are bed situation now has worsened most patients stay with us instead of being transfered to the appropriate units such as HDU or indeed ICU where there ratio is 1:1. BIG DIFFERENCE EH!!!

so all in all guys im now certain my move to the US ia a good decision.

thanks for giving me some positives

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Aug 6, 2006

hi there
what an interesting thread. let me tell you abit about me. i am a senior staff nurse in the north of ireland contracted under the nhs. in dollors my hourly rate would be $18. my annual before tax would be approx 35000$.
with over time we would never in a million years dream of reaching that amount of money. are cost of living is much higher than by the sounds of it most places in the us. we are taxed more also. are average house price is around 300000$ for standard semi with three bedroom one bath and a little garden if your lucky!!!!!
on top of that, thats how much i get for also being in charge. with a ratio of patients at times 1 nurse to every twelve patients. i work in the busiest ward in the hospital. where we accept very very sick unstable patients from the er and try to stablise them. as are bed situation now has worsened most patients stay with us instead of being transfered to the appropriate units such as HDU or indeed ICU where there ratio is 1:1. BIG DIFFERENCE EH!!!
so all in all guys im now certain my move to the US ia a good decision.
thanks for giving me some positives

Thing is, a direct comparison of salary, country to country isn't always accurate. In the US you will pay more of your healthcare. At a really sick point in my life I was paying $200 per month for my portion of my healthcare out of my paycheck PLUS $400-$500 per month in copays for medications and outpatient treatment. I had really rich good coverage too. The NY Times did a story a few months ago. They compared two women with nearly identical profiles who developed serious health problems. One in Canada and one in the US. Canada has a better social safety net. The Canadian woman said she was grateful that she just had to worry about getting better and not too much about finances and survival. The US woman struggled terribly (financially) compared to the Canadian woman. Maybe you'll never need this sort of care? Maybe yes maybe no.

I look at my relatives in Canada and the UK. They moan that they make less and pay a bit more in taxes. At the same time, they have better government pensions for retirement. They have better workplace protections. They have more security jobwise and financially. I'll probably move to Toronto from the US in a few years. I'll receive less in my paycheck, but overall but in the end I believe I'll be better off considering retirement and healthcare (among other things).

Anyway, I think it is a trade-off. Just my :twocents: