Depressed over salary

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Just how much are they offering you? I see a lot of posts about how bad the pay is, but I actually think it's pretty decent, especially for an AS degree. Please don't knock me down for this, but I guess it's what you're accustomed to. In my area, RN's have a better starting pay than 3 year veteran probation officers! :eek:

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Just how much are they offering you? I see a lot of posts about how bad the pay is, but I actually think it's pretty decent, especially for an AS degree. Please don't knock me down for this, but I guess it's what you're accustomed to. In my area, RN's have a better starting pay than 3 year veteran probation officers! :eek:

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I sort of feel the same way.My husband has a BA and is a social worker (normally) but is working in a factory because it pays more money.I also don't think the pay is real bad, but maybe the costs of living are higher other places than where I am.

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I sort of feel the same way.My husband has a BA and is a social worker (normally) but is working in a factory because it pays more money.I also don't think the pay is real bad, but maybe the costs of living are higher other places than where I am.

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Yes. I happen to agree. The starting pay most of the time is not the issue.

The newest salary report says that new nurses are starting at 39-40,000 a year. I don't think that is to bad for a 2 yr degree.

The real problem is when the nurse has many years of experience and she is only making a buck more than a new grad. That's disgusting.

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Yes. I happen to agree. The starting pay most of the time is not the issue.

The newest salary report says that new nurses are starting at 39-40,000 a year. I don't think that is to bad for a 2 yr degree.

The real problem is when the nurse has many years of experience and she is only making a buck more than a new grad. That's disgusting.

:eek:

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These reports always say that starting pay for nurses in US is this or that. I have said it before and will say it again. That is a piece of useless info. People need to know what the starting pay is for nurses in a particular region and what the cost of living is that region. $40,000 is what a nurse with 10 years experience is making in Pittsburgh if she or he is working at one of the big insitutions. New grads are starting out at $32,000 to 34,000. If someone around here was offering $40,000 yearly to new grads they would pull in every single new grad within a hundred miles. There are plenty of bedside nurses making a lot less than what I quoted and a few making more. This does not include any type of overtime or incentives for overtime. However, the people I talk to say there are few overtime incentives at all except for time and a half. The cost of living in this area tends to be lower than average and a single person can get by comfortable but not lavishly on 40 grand. However, few nurses are single and getting by on 40 grand with dependants even around here is very, very difficult.

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These reports always say that starting pay for nurses in US is this or that. I have said it before and will say it again. That is a piece of useless info. People need to know what the starting pay is for nurses in a particular region and what the cost of living is that region. $40,000 is what a nurse with 10 years experience is making in Pittsburgh if she or he is working at one of the big insitutions. New grads are starting out at $32,000 to 34,000. If someone around here was offering $40,000 yearly to new grads they would pull in every single new grad within a hundred miles. There are plenty of bedside nurses making a lot less than what I quoted and a few making more. This does not include any type of overtime or incentives for overtime. However, the people I talk to say there are few overtime incentives at all except for time and a half. The cost of living in this area tends to be lower than average and a single person can get by comfortable but not lavishly on 40 grand. However, few nurses are single and getting by on 40 grand with dependants even around here is very, very difficult.

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May I vent for just a moment? I am starting as a new RN and I already want out. I can't believe what they are offering nurses! It is truly a slap in the face. For the amount of responsibility I will have I do not think this is worth it! I am already trying to figure out ways to get out of b/s nursing and I haven't even started. I do love patient care but I cannot afford the cost of rent where I am living! I will be struggling with this pay! I am so depressed. I do love nursing but with all the bad points to it why bother anymore? Lack of respect, low pay, NIGHTS, I am just so upset.

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May I vent for just a moment? I am starting as a new RN and I already want out. I can't believe what they are offering nurses! It is truly a slap in the face. For the amount of responsibility I will have I do not think this is worth it! I am already trying to figure out ways to get out of b/s nursing and I haven't even started. I do love patient care but I cannot afford the cost of rent where I am living! I will be struggling with this pay! I am so depressed. I do love nursing but with all the bad points to it why bother anymore? Lack of respect, low pay, NIGHTS, I am just so upset.

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For my area, the starting pay for an AS degree was very good. I honestly felt rich. That was over 10 years ago. (And in that time, I got my BSN.) Also during that time, I went from making $13 an hour to about $18. My last year as a bedside RN, I made $37,000 approximately. My sister, who graduated from accounting school the year after I graduated from nursing school, made $65,000 the year I made $37,000.

That is the part that bothers me. For this area, the starting salary is excellent compared to any other options (this is rural Mississippi). However, that's as good as it gets. Why does a nurse with 10 years experience top out at $35k - $40K, and the sky's the limit for a CPA? I use my sister as an example, but there are many professions that could be used.

I have left nursing. I've been in my current job for 2 years, and I get regular 5% raises (I love my boss :) ), and a flexible working schedule thats works with me, I don't have to work around it. I have a career, but I never intended it to run my life, so I changed to a job that pays as much (and more) but doesn't change my lifestyle. I got lucky.

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For my area, the starting pay for an AS degree was very good. I honestly felt rich. That was over 10 years ago. (And in that time, I got my BSN.) Also during that time, I went from making $13 an hour to about $18. My last year as a bedside RN, I made $37,000 approximately. My sister, who graduated from accounting school the year after I graduated from nursing school, made $65,000 the year I made $37,000.

That is the part that bothers me. For this area, the starting salary is excellent compared to any other options (this is rural Mississippi). However, that's as good as it gets. Why does a nurse with 10 years experience top out at $35k - $40K, and the sky's the limit for a CPA? I use my sister as an example, but there are many professions that could be used.

I have left nursing. I've been in my current job for 2 years, and I get regular 5% raises (I love my boss :) ), and a flexible working schedule thats works with me, I don't have to work around it. I have a career, but I never intended it to run my life, so I changed to a job that pays as much (and more) but doesn't change my lifestyle. I got lucky.

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