bsn starting salaries

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im thinking about moving to ohio when i finish nursing school (currently in florida) i have heard that starting nursing salaries are a lot lower up there. most hospitals in this area start at about 17 or 18/hr. just wondering what hospitals up there start at (for new grads)

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.
I'm fine with BSN being promoted over ADN and I think a BSN should be required for any management type position. But for any bedside nursing position, degree shouldn't matter as long as you are a RN and for new grad, it shouldn't matter either. When there are plenty of 100% online RN-BSN, how much better of a nurse can some Internet classes really make you?

Most of the RN-BSN programs I've looked at (Granted the ONLY programs I look at are from respected universities ie The Ohio State University, Cleveland State, Akron, Kent State, Case Western, ect) all have a clinical component to them. Yes most of the program course work may be completed online. However, there are a significant number of clinical hours that must be completed in order to finish the RN-BSN program. It may be different at some of these other operations. I don't know, as I never have, and never will consider attending one of them. What good is a degree from a university/school nobody has heard of? However, I'll answer your question with another question: Can more knowledge make someone a worse nurse?

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No harm in getting more education. I just don't think it is worthy of a higher starting salary as a bedside nurse. Down the road, more $$ and more promotions, sure... but not starting out. Don't get me wrong, I have every intention of doing a RN-BSN or RN-MSN program. Also, with such variance in RN-BSN programs... hard to say who is "worthy" or a higher salary based on education alone. It should all be based on performance.

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If you look at OSU, the base salary for a nurse is $23/hour [plus they have awesome shift/dif]. However, as a new nurse w/o any work experience [whatever your degree] I'm not sure how easy it is to get a job there without some other foot in the door. I started a job there now, hoping that with "time served" I'll get into their internship program and then get a job there. :up:

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Oh yeah, and I think Mount Carmel starts RN's off at about $21/$22 an hour.

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And after you put in some time at OSU, you get tuition discounts and football season tickets :-D

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As long as you work more than 75%/30 hrs a week you get 10 credit hours at OSU paid for per quarter. They don't pay for books, but they pay 100% of the tuition for the employee. It can start the quarter starting after you're hired.

Tuition discount for your kids is 50%. Also an immediately [well the next quarter] starting benefit.

Three years for football tickets [i think]

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