$17.00 Hr. Starting Wage For RN?

[krazykev]

I read in the newspaper last week that NW Arkansas has a huge nursing shortage problem. Well I just called a hospital there and they informed me that the starting wage was $17.00 Hr. I wounder why there is a nursing shortage issue?

[pnayRN]

Wow, thats an 'insult' vs. New York's current $21.50+ per hour RN wages!

NY's RN wage starts from $30/hr.

[sharlynn]

I was raised and educated in the Chicago area, lived in Arkansas 20 yrs and moved to western Nebraska for 12 years. I'll take Arkansas. No contest!

[bulllady69]

Hey ya'll I am a LPN in the fort smith are and I make 18.20 an hour that's sad I make more than a RN getting out of school and I have only been out of school for 5 years.

[maxamillion]

regardless of the opinions of starting pay, in the long run RNs will be able to command much more

[nursemissy74]

i am an LPN and make 18.50 an hour in a LTC facility in NE arkansas and will graduate in december with my RN and where i work they are going to pay me 25/hr when i pass boards. the cost of living here is the same as NW arkansas

[koala68]

As a GN I started at 23 an hour. After getting my license I am making 25 in Pittsburgh. But yes, I am overworked and stressed out every shift. One bedroom here is 400.

I don't like the weather here but I guess I am not moving. I also asked about RN wages in Florida and I was told 18.... what a shame.

Corporations are really pushing it to the point of establishing inhumane conditions for living in the USA. The pay and benefits at WAL MART is a slavery. The people there work for less than cost of food and housing with no benefits.

[AFhopeful22]

It's been well over a year since the last post. I'm curious as to whether there have been wage increases for new RN grads in NWA ? I will be relocating to the area after completing my BSN.

[whitesherlly05]

WOW!!! The cost of living must be very low out there. That is what the MA's make out here. Ever thought about moving????