Hi all! I'm probably gonna be offered a position in an outpatient surgical center (not attached to a hospital system) where I will be paid hourly. My current position is in a major hospital system where I’m currently working bedside and it’s salaried. I absolutely hate working bedside and I’m looking to leave for my own mental health and sanity. I need some advice on which you would choose and why. Thank you! 1 Likes More Like This Offensive Raise Structure by adventure_rn, BSN The Wage Gap Myth by car48 Where do you stand on "Nurses don't get paid enough"? by Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter Great Salary But Sometimes I Wonder... by Joe V How much do you really make as a travel nurse? by tama18, BSN
Okami_CCRN, BSN, RN Specializes in Critical Care. Has 7 years experience. 827 Posts May 8 I prefer to be paid hourly; I found that as salaried I usually worked closer to about 45 hours per week and obviously wasn't compensated for that time. 6 Likes
ThePrincessBride, MSN, RN, NP Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU. Has 7 years experience. 1 Article; 2,549 Posts May 8 A salaried bedside position? I have never heard of that. Hourly is so much better. 3 Likes
Davey Do Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years). Has 43 years experience. 1 Article; 9,844 Posts May 8 Hands down, hourly. I was hired as a NS for a 35 hour a week salaried position which turned out to be more like 50 hours a week. 2 Likes
Tweety, BSN, RN Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac. Has 30 years experience. 31,319 Posts May 8 14 hours ago, Sadnewgrad said: I absolutely hate working bedside and I’m looking to leave for my own mental health and sanity. Hourly or not if I felt like this I would take the hourly. Personally I like getting paid hourly and for the time I'm working and overtime when I go over 40 hours. 5 Likes
MelEpiRN 175 Posts May 9 I have also not heard of salaried bedside positions. I would say the answer depends on the position. Hourly- you should be getting compensated for any overtime. Salaried jobs tend to be more flexible...eg you may work late Monday and take off a bit early on Friday, or you have the flexibility to go to the Dr/ have a longer lunch. Again, that's totally dependent on the job itself. I prefer exempt. 2 Likes
No Stars In My Eyes Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN. Has 43 years experience. 2,820 Posts May 10 I worked for a company that seemed unable to decide to pay by salary or hourly, or per visit (in Home Health). We had our pay method jerked around so many times that I think by the time I was retired, I was earning less because of those continual changes. Who cares about the nurses pay? Not the company that is always trying to figure out how to get more $$$ for themselves; nurses were just warm bodies to cover cases. 1 Likes
kbrn2002, ADN, RN Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis. Has 20 years experience. 3,572 Posts May 12 Hourly, that way you are guarantied to get paid for all the hours you work. Unless of course the salary position allows scheduling flexibility that you need which a bedside position sure wouldn't. The other consideration for salary being a better option is if you are the sort that likes to come late, take long lunches and leave early, I've worked with a few managers like that in the past who worked at most 30-35 hours while I am sure they were getting paid for the full 40 hour week. I've never heard of a salaried bedside position by the way, didn't know such a thing existed. 1 Likes