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What are some common nursing salaries for ER, Med surg, OR ICCU

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I was very suprised at the wages out there around the country, I live in a rural michigan town and work in the ER. I make $19.49/hr. My husband always wants to move but I think I will stay where I am at!!

Here in North Platte, Nebraska new grad RN's start at 15.89/hr. If you have a BSN you get an additional 3% added to hourly rate. Top rate is 23.49. In the OR staff receive 1.50/hr for on call and 1 1/2 for call back. We also have a nursing shortage and pay moving expense and up to 1000.00 sign on bonus. Look at wages twice a year and strive to remain in top 75th percentile for our area. Have tuition reimbursement up to 1000.00 per year and good benies. 116 bed hospital, non-profit. Also give additional 3% for certifications.

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Bevie Swanson

:eek!! I can't believe the salaries all of you have posted. It's just terrible and a travesty that any RN should work for such pay!

I work in Cincinnati, OH. We have a Clinical Ladder and a Union. It makes all the difference.

All RN's are hired on level 1, then each additional level gets a 5% raise. There are 4 steps. I'm on level 3 so I got a 10% raise. I've been a nurse for 20 years and work in NICU. Between the ladder and step raises I make $29.43 an hour and $1.50 per hour differential. Last year that added up to $60,000 and change.

We just signed a new contract. Over the next 3 years our salaries will go up just short of 30%! biggrin.gif

Everyone always complains about where they work. I think I'll stop!

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In Texas, acute care facilites, base salaries range from $14/hr for GNs to$22/hr with 7 years and up of experience. Salaries scales are even greater with more than one year of experience when you work with "human capital management firms" more commonly known as agencies.

I am a psych/cd nurse at a local hospital in Grand Forks, ND. I make $21.00 per hour plus comprehensive benifits. I hve a BSN and I am going to school to be a psych CNS(Masters degree). I have 12 years experience.

I was an LPN in NV, making $14.53/hr with 22 years experience. I moved to Texas 10 months ago, finished school, taking boards and became an RN, finally. My starting wage was $14.00. I had a job in Pedi-Rehab working with 2 other new grads who made the same. I was treated like a seasoned nurse (which I am), I had no preceptor, expected to perform and held to a higher standard than the other new grads who made the same. I carried full patient load during the probationary time while the others continued with 2-3 patients during the same time frame. We were paid exactly the same. I got tired of it and the 12 hour shifts (not a spring chicken any longer). I am now working as an OB nurse in an office making $17.00/hr six months after becoming an RN.

I just finished reading all the previous postings on this subject and I agree that our salaries suck. And, unfortunately, the reasons are quite obvious. We are a predominantly female profession and our "voices" (being NLN and our state nurses associations) aren't doing anything other than collecting our dues. I, for one, feel that until our voices are heard, it won't change. I agree with the unions, but we need to be unionized nationally, not just in certain localities. I'm not quite sure how we go about this, but I intend to find out. I have a friend who's brother works for the union and I am planning to meet with him to start a union here in the Richmond, Va. area. But, I don't want to stop there. We would have a lot more say if we were all united. Does anyone know how to light a fire under the NLN? If anyone has any suggestions, I would welcome them. I know there is a union in northern Va. and I have seen their contract. It sure looks a lot better than what we have here. I presently work in home health, making $35/visit, $45 for openings. But it is a medicare agency, so by the time I actually do the paperwork, I make about $11.25/hr for the work I do. I also do staff relief, but we have to contend with HCA hospitals that treat us as badly as their own employees. My only reprieve is my legal nurse consulting and life care Planning business, for which I am paid very well, but just getting going good right now. Please contact me if you have any suggestions on how to get a national union for nurses. Or maybe we just need to take over "our" NLN and run it like it should be run.

I am a re-entry nurse going back to work after 3 years off. My base salary for a hospital in Portland, OR is $18.23/hr with shift and weekend differentials. I also have great benefits, which I feel is very important when you have a family. Most of my health insurance is paid for, with dental as well. There is a big nursing shortage in this area as well. I had no trouble finding a job after being out for 3 years. I am very happy with my salary and consider myself blessed after reading everybody else's responses smile.gif

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As a new grad, I started out at $15.00/hr. This is not bad when yo compare it to some other areas that have a much higher cost of living than the area I live in.

I'm all for nurses making more money for what we do. I work in Pittsburgh and make $24.00 hour, without benefits as a casual nurse. (prn)

However, I do not feel that complaining and comparing salaries on an internet site is going to get us anywhere. Nurses need to redirect their issues to someone who can actually make a difference. This discussion reminds me of working an 8 hour shift, listening to nurses complain the entire time about how horrible we are treated, underpaid, blah, blah, blah, clock out, go home and come back in the next day for more beatings!

Stop complaing if you aren't going to do anything about it!

I live in tucson, az and am just about to begin nursing school. I have finished my first two years of gen ed. courses. I have been accepted at both the local community college ad would graduate, after attending part time (9-12 credits) with an ADN or I am also accepted at the U of A and would graduate in two years after attending full time (12-18 credits) with an BSN. The BSN would require no (or very little) out side work and larger student loans. The ADN would allow me to work part time and take smaller loans. I am will to do whatever it takes - but money is tight! What would you do?

I'm an ADN with 3 years experience in rural eastern OH, and I make 14.25/hr in LTC. New grads start at around 12/hr. I changed jobs 6 months ago, and got about a $2/hr increase in pay. cool.gif

My cousin has been a nurse a long time and advised me to change jobs every two years for a while to get my pay increases.

There is a nurse at our facility with a year more experience who gets paid $2/hr less. I think it's unfair. I think my cousin was right!

The staffing is bad right now rolleyes.gif and I think pay trends need to be more equitable.

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