Hey CHICAGO Nurses $$ ?

west suburban med center starts at $26, as all res. hospitals do.

west suburban med center starts at $26, as all res. hospitals do.

sorry, i didnt see that you had 4 years of experience. those rates are for new grads.

those stats sounds about right to me. unfortunately in nursing new grads make very close to what nurses with 4-5 years of experience make. it takes a while to get to 30/hr. but if you work pm or noc shift you can increase your pay alot..working nocs can increase your pay by as much a 10k a year. then of course there is registry which is what alot of people choose. in registry you can make minimum 30-50/hr. the down side is no benefits, no sick time and no guarantee of hours.

anyone have opinion on accuracy of those web sites that give stats on salary based on geography & specialty?

i'm a bsn w/4 yrs exp returning after >10 yrs but recently took refresher incl. clinical rotation (& got acls)

(yay!) today i got job offer @ $26/hr (boo!) for telemetry for chicago (near suburbs) and that sounds low. they said their new grad rate is $24 (another hosp mentioned 25-26) and, no signing bonus. i mean, we all get recruiting postcards advertising $26-27 new grad rate, and i think exper. worth a little more. am i way out off base here? not sure how to respond. hard to make a commitment to something that's less than i made in 1991. ideas? examples?

you made over 26/hr in '91??. new grads were starting at 17-18/hr in 1999 in chicago. was that registry??? and if you made that much i think you should present it to recruiters and see what they can negotiate for you.

Unfortunately, you have been out of nursing for >10 years (if I read correctly). I know that you took refreshers, but a lot will have changed in 10 years. I'm wondering if that has anything to do with the offer on the table?

No, my '91 salary wasn't hourly - that was working as a manager + a little perdiem on the side. But it's hard to not be anchored to some good old days (in a sense) when the bills were not quite as hard to pay!

Thanks for all the input, everybody - MOST appreciated!