How much for sign on bonus in your area?

Charles S. Smith, RN, MS · Jun 3, 2001

Originally posted by oramar:
Dear RnunningSoLate, Why in Gods name are there still unit managers out there dumb enough to say things like, "NO NURSE IS WORTH 50 dollar an hour". Should we put that on the list with "you are lucky to have a job" or "nurses are a dime a dozen'. I have never called anyone and idiot on these boards before but anyone who says derogatory thing to their staff these days is one. $50 an hour is exactly what you are worth plus shift differential and time and a half on weekends and Holidays. AT LEAST!!!!

Good for you Oramar...i wonder if this nurse manager would change her tune if she were offered $50 per hour...you think she would then consider herself worth it? Sounds like she has some real personal self worth issues here.

regards

chas

-jt · Jun 4, 2001

Right. thats why sign-on bonuses do not work. Not many places here are offering them. A few that cant get nurses to work there are offering $3000 - $5000 for a 1 - 2 yr committment. Most others are putting their resources to increasing the starting salaries for new nurses, increasing the longevity/experience differentials for experienced nurses, improving the benefits package & pension plans, etc. - with a focus on retention. Sign on bonuses do nothing for for retention.

We do not get paid extra for working weekends & thats because thats how we want it. Doing it that way makes the w/e like any other day of the week - not a premimum day - so if we arent restricted to how many Mondays we can have off, we cant be restricted to how many Saturdays we can have off. If we accepted extra pay for w/e, that would make w/e special & we could be prevented from taking vacations, holidays, etc due to having too many w/e.