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Just curious as to whether the majority of school nurses are salaried or hourly. & what the average hourly pay rate or salary is for rural schools. I'm honestly just curious to see if what I make is average because I'm hourly and I took a HUGE paycut to work at the school.

Just curious as to whether the majority of school nurses are salaried or hourly. & what the average hourly pay rate or salary is for rural schools. I'm honestly just curious to see if what I make is average because I'm hourly and I took a HUGE paycut to work at the school.

Badly.

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Badly.

Sums it up.

Every now and then I consider some other job that pays the same and wouldn't result in my name being thrown around facebook when I fail to satisfy a snowflake. You know, like overnights at the gas station with a good book.

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Sums it up.

Every now and then I consider some other job that pays the same and wouldn't result in my name being thrown around facebook when I fail to satisfy a snowflake. You know, like overnights at the gas station with a good book.

I have seen this in my town where I live (I work in a different district) and I cannot get over how awful and unprofessional it is. A few months ago some mother bashed one of our elementary school nurses and accused her of mismanaging her kid's T1D- all over Facebook. It ended up backfiring because that school nurse has a great track record and thankfully many parents came to her defense. But seriously if I were her I would be tempted to sue for slander. I mean some of the things she said were outrageous!

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I took a large paycut to come to the school division I work at. I started in 2004 at about 38,000 yearly, and I am currently making about 52,500. I am salaried, and my hours are from 7:10-2:30. We have a 10 or 12 month check option, and I definitely take the 12. I am not disciplined enough to take the 10 month option, so my pay is spread out over 12.

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I took a large paycut to come to the school division I work at. I started in 2004 at about 38,000 yearly, and I am currently making about 52,500. I am salaried, and my hours are from 7:10-2:30. We have a 10 or 12 month check option, and I definitely take the 12. I am not disciplined enough to take the 10 month option, so my pay is spread out over 12.

We get 20 checks plus one big one...

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WOW....feeling really under appreciated here! LOL LVN in rural Texas. 6th year here, 19,500 a year.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

No one has made a lovely heartwarming post about how we're paid in the smiles of small children and warm thanks of parents.

So that's a fun bonus when they do happen

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Specializes in 12 years as a school nurse.

I'm part-time, Paid hourly. My district covers 2 school in the county with about 300 kids total (rural schools). I started at half my hourly hospital wage, but have moved up a bit since then. It's around $15-16k/yr now for part-time. My schedule is soooo flexible and for me it's totally worth the pay cut. If I'm busy I can work extra days, if my kids are sick, I can stay home no problem. I can pick up and drop off my own kids as well. How many Christmases did I miss in my 10 years working at the hospital? Too many! Not anymore, kids don't stay little forever! I'm realizing that now that I have a teenager!!

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