and everyone's... OK with this?

who cares where you live. no nurse should make that little. we work so hard and should be compensated for everything we do.

The scale is about average for my area (COLI score 106.1).

I swear... these people keep turning up, and I can't believe it.

Take it in the WHOLE context of my post- don't do the politician thing and just pick out what stirs things up.

If the rate isn't equal to the cost of living, then it does need to be looked at. Please don't assume that a question is negative.

:)

$19/hr for an RN is wrong in any context, so long as we are referring to an RN working ANYWHERE in the US (especially with inflation on the rise). It baffles me when nurses try to defend that trend.

I make over $10/hr more than a nurse with equal experience to me on that scale. I have 10yr experiance and $22/hr is a joke for what we do.

This is close to what Florida pays and the cost of living is higher in Florida!

Wait until you've worked over twenty years and see newbies coming out making almost as much (if not more) than you. Seniority is definitely a factor.

Seniority is Definitely a factor! You can not put a price on experience...although the new nurses have no idea about that!

nursing pay should be based on merit and performance, not years.

yeah....they are starting to do that where i work..........basically they give crappy evals to keep the raises down.

That is exactly on for our pay in IN. Not good pay but it is what it is around here.

I've been an RN for 3 years and I make more than the top of that pay scale. I did start out as a new grad in PA making $19/hr, and despite the low cost of living there I still felt like nurses should have been making more.