CHKD salary

smn2010, BSN, RN · Aug 1, 2009

my girlfriend was working at chkd until december 2008 and she is now working in chicago so this information may be a little off...

she said the base pay was $19 and change; however with recent salary upgrades (that usually occurs between june and october at most hospitals) it may be higher now. also, they had a shift differential of $8.00, if you wanted to work nights. so, $27-28 per hour/night shift. this is not a bad salary for the hampton roads area. sentara hospitals are slightly higher (now up to $21 and change base pay, with $8 shift differential; however norfolk general has the only $9 shift differental for nights plus a weekend differential on top of that!) so chkd may be right inline (equal to) with sentara finally.

as you look at salary, take into consideration the nurse-to-patient ratio. while one hospital may pay better than another, i would take the lesser salary if i could work at a facility that had a safe "nurse-to-patient" ratio on the floor where i planned to work.

p.s. my girlfriend loved working at chkd. she learned a lot there since it was her first job after graduating. in the future, if you returns to the hampton roads area, she plans to return to chkd to work

nakeia · Aug 2, 2009

New Grad Here... Starting there in a week...

Base: $20.38

Differential: Evening-$2.00, Nights-$7.00, Weekend, $2.00

Experienced RN may be higher... Dont know...

smn2010, BSN, RN · Aug 2, 2009

nakeia:

thanks for the information! i just spoke to my girlfriend who stated as a new grad (dec. 2007) and worked at chkd from march-december 2008. we expected the base pay to increase (it was only $19+change when she started). i meant to type $7 as the shift dif (sentara night shift is $8 at most facilities; but $9 at norfolk general) so i should have caught my typo while i was proofreading. but the $27-28 range i quoted for nights/weekend differential was close/about right.

i appreciate your information. i have many friends who recently graduated and they are all interested in the current salaries at local hospitals.

enjoy your new job!!

Epona · Aug 2, 2009

Thanks! I took a PRN job with them and I am making less. I was curious if they ever gave me full time, what the salary would be.

Thanks again for sharing!!

FarmgrrlRN · Sep 13, 2009

At CHKD it also depends on what area of the health system you work in...inpatient vs. outpatient areas...outpatient areas make less

science in flowers · Sep 28, 2010

as far as differentials go...do you get nights and weekends(7+2 =+9?) if you work a Saturday night? i'm completely new over here, so don't flame me please! :)

llg, PhD, RN · Sep 28, 2010

as far as differentials go...do you get nights and weekends(7+2 =+9?) if you work a Saturday night? i'm completely new over here, so don't flame me please! :)

That's usually the way that sort of thing works. But you will have to ask them to be sure. It's a reasonable question: so, don't be embarrassed about asking the recruiter or your new boss.