How much do you make?

[Navy Nurse]

U.S. Navy

RN

16 yrs

Clinic Manager

$6,800.00 month

Moonlighting job:

RN

16

NICU

$31.86/hr

[leesonlpn]

Licensed Practical Nurse

20 years

Medical/palliative/oncology

$20.65 p/hr. canadian (probably works out to $4 american!!!

British Columbia RN's are currently on strike. They are going for a 60% wage increase. They currently are at a top wage of $26.00 p/hour and are going for $42.00 p/hr. Alberta RN's just settled for $36.00 p/h.

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[tshores]

RN

23 years

CVICU

Topped out at 22.50/hr plus 30% weekend diff, shift diff.

We're losing many of our young nurses--leaving for higher pay; they start about $13/hr here.

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Trella

[Cafe]

RN

5 years

IMCU

$22.14

occ charge pay $1.75, pm dif $1.00, wkend dif $2.50, double shift bonus $100., increase with each year of service til 10 years then every 2-5 years. 6% raise next year.(noc dif is $3.00)

Wisconsin

[123lisa]

RN BSN

1996

Home Health

30.00/visit

Originally posted by plumrn:

Calling all nurses! Just a quick poll.Please tell us your:

1.Position held.(RN,LVN/LPN)

2.Years as a nurse.

3.Area of work.(M/S,ER,LTC,etc.)

4.Current hourly wage.

This should be interesting. Thanks.

[Rae]

1. Charge RN days

2. ICU

3. 25 years experience

4. Arizona

5. $28.68 (that includes getting 3 levels on a clinical ladder and 7% diff for Charge position)

[Nrse4bbs]

1. RN

2. 12 years

3. NICU

4. $42.00/hr. per diem

[purplevik]

I am going to start the nursing program in 2 weeks on scholarship. It requires that I work for the hospital for 1 year after my graduation. Now the salary will be around $17.50 plus benefits. what do you guys think about that? " I'm new to all this wages stuff." I live in Miami, Fl. After the one year I can stay with them and the salary will go up. Please let me know what you guys think?

[jimbob]

Originally posted by kday:

WHAT!!!?????!!??? YOU MAKE 92K A YEAR??? My husband is an electrical engineer in r&d and doesn't make that much!! WHERE DO YOU WORK SO I CAN MOVE THERE??!!??

Ditto! Ditto! Ditto!

:-)

[jimbob]

Didn't realise there were three pages when I posted my brief response above.

WOW Can't believe SOME nurses make such good money. I'm trained in three areas of nursing, currently hold a degree and am doing Post-grad Dip. towards a Masters. Worked in nursing on and off since early 80's and am currently on salary of $41.5K Don't know what this is equivalent to in hrly rate - maybe $19.00/20.00 ish???

Not great, but not too bad for NZ.

HOWEVER - I AM PLANNING TO MOVE TO TEXAS IN THE VERY, VERY, VERY NEAR FUTURE!!!

So move over dplear - here I come!

*in the background guitar music and the singing

Now I'll tell you a story 'bout a man named Jed

A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed...." *

[This message has been edited by jimbob (edited April 20, 2001).]

[RNinMay]

I am a NEW GRAD GN (well, will be in 2 weeks)

I live in the Tampa FL area, and here is what the hospitals are giving us:

$15-$16 an hour

night shift diffs about $3 or 20% of pay.

I have a position as a "clinical nurse resident" for ICU. I will work 2 12's and have 2 8 hour class days a week, have all tuition/books paid for plus get paid while I am in class (critical care internship). I'm just happy to get a position in the unit, since I want to work in Tampa General's ER one day! (level 1 trauma baby!)

My long term plan is to work per diem or agency, since the benefits around here are not that great, and my husband is a county employee (firefighter) with GREAT benefits! Per diem ICU pays anywhere from $25-$50 an hour from what the nurses have told me.

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Luv,

Rachel

[KCRN]

1 yr RN. I work at an acute, long-term care facility. $16.96 base pay, $3.00 nights, $4.00 weekends. 160 hrs PTO after 90 days. I work fri, sat, sun nocs. 12 hr shifts, total patient care. It's physically hard work.

[EndoRN]

Staff nurse (graduated '91)

outpatient surgery center(GI endoscopy)

20.00/hr. (about 35 hrs/wk)

no weekends, evenings, call or holidays