Any Florida School Nurses?

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I am an elementary school nurse in Missouri and will be relocating to the Jacksonville area in March. I am thrilled to say I have already accepted a school nurse position at the Jr. High level. What I am NOT thrilled about is the pay! It is insulting!! I will be taking a $7/hr pay cut! I will barely be making what the nurses in my current district were making 15 years ago!! :eek: If it weren't for the LOVE of the job and the opportunity to get my foot in the door I would have turned and ran!

Any Florida school nurses out there?? Is it like this all over Florida? Do you forsee any change in the near future?

Any glimmer of hope is appreciated!:)

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I am an elementary school nurse in Missouri and will be relocating to the Jacksonville area in March. I am thrilled to say I have already accepted a school nurse position at the Jr. High level. What I am NOT thrilled about is the pay! It is insulting!! I will be taking a $7/hr pay cut! I will barely be making what the nurses in my current district were making 15 years ago!! :eek: If it weren't for the LOVE of the job and the opportunity to get my foot in the door I would have turned and ran!

Any Florida school nurses out there?? Is it like this all over Florida? Do you forsee any change in the near future?

Any glimmer of hope is appreciated!:)

Hi, and welcome! Unfortunately, the pay for school nurses - as for all nurses - is low. Something about the payback being sunshine all the time......I do love my job, but am making $5/hr less than my first job 10 years ago. And the pay keeps going lower, due to

increased health insurance premiums, no raise in 4 years, and the governor cutting the pension benefit in half. Still, I love it and don't want to do anything else. When a little one looks at you and says "I love that you're my nurse" it can't be beat.

Good luck!

mc3

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I'm a school nurse in Pensacola and make about $10K per year less than the teachers! We haven't had a raise in about 8 years, and we learned last month that the majority of us will be laid off before next school year. (we have a nurse in every school) Since I'm currently expecting and need my state insurance, I'm staying put until I have my baby in May. Then I'll stay home with my baby while I look for a job and complete my BSN.

Our school health system here is through our health department. Medicaid reimbursement has dropped significantly, therefore there is no money to fund our program next year. So much for Governor Scott creating jobs for FL citizens!

I don't think it's that way all over the state though.

Best of luck to you!

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