How much do new BSN nursing grads make?

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Hi everyone! I am just wondering how much fresh nursing grads with a BSN degree make. I started a post earlier asking what nursing students make and from the responses it seems like they dont make much at all. Makes me wonder what a nurses salary really is.

I just accepted a job in southern Georgia that pays $20.00 base pay, $2.25 diff 1500-2300, and $2.75 diff 2300-0700. They made no mention of weekend diff in my offer. I am a little unhappy with this because it is less than the nursing pay where I currently work as a CNA, which is in central NC where $21.25 is base pay, $4.00 diff 1900-0700, and $2.00 diff for weekends, but I didn't get hired as an RN at my current hospital so I'm just going to have to deal. In summary: top of the bracket south GA: $22.75, maybe more if there is a weekend diff they didn't mention. Top of the bracket central NC: $27.25. I could get up to five bucks more if I could just stay where I am... stupid hiring managers!

Honestly, I can't complain too much because I landed my dream unit with perfect experience in south Georgia and I will have such diverse experience that I can go anywhere afterwards (landed a decent-sized adult MSICU that also takes really sick peds; have to be both ACLS and PALS certified within a year for this job), so in this case moving is worth sacrificing $5. I'm really hoping I can rack up some overtime after I'm out of orientation, though - I was planning to go to grad school within the next five years and I'd hoped to pay for it out of pocket, but $20/hr is not exactly the kind of money you can successfully save 20-30k per year making and I'd really want at least 100k in the bank before tackling grad school. It sucks.

Also, I totally get why OP is concerned about salary. There is this misconception that nurses make a lot of money. And maybe they do, compared to minimum wage jobs, but I don't consider anything in the $20/hr range to be a lot of money. I feel like I have put so much work into my education (previous bachelor's and then nursing BSN, so 7 years of undergraduate, and I just graduated with a 3.86 so I busted my butt with both degrees) that I am really disappointed with my starting rate.

Thank you for this.

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The redundancy of the question elicited my sarcastic remark.

Seriously, I'd suggest looking up the word. You're not using it correctly.

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Lol...ok I'm not even going to respond to you anymore...

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Superfluous is synonymous...and just for the hell of it I looked it up, and it makes perfect sense...sorry.

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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"

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Specializes in ICU.

Just wanted to mention that many "nursing management" jobs pay less than a staff nurse makes. Our nurse managers make less than a dollar per hour more than the staff nurses, and they do not get shift diff or any extras. The top administrators make a lot, but they aren't nurses either.

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Specializes in MICU.

My Nurse's daughter graduated last year 2013 with a BSN, she got a job down-town Chicago hospital setting. Starting salary at $32, she works noc and that makes a difference too +3 total $35 per hr. I think the whole thing depends on employer and location.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
Superfluous is synonymous...and just for the hell of it I looked it up, and it makes perfect sense...sorry.

​"Poverish" doesn't appear in my dictionary.

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At my hospital (public non-profit) the difference in pay for a new grad with ASN vs BSN is 3%

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Specializes in ER.

In my area, the hospital systems pay different amounts. The state university hospital pays 20 bucks. My hospital cut the pay down to 22 for new grads. The competitor increased theirs to compete with ours back when it was higher to 25 dollars an hour. The union hospital in our system still pays 24 dollars an hour. BSNs and ADNs make the same amount.

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That sucks because I have my Associates Degree in Surgical Technology and I make $22.63 an hour, However I did get a 15% increase for moving to 3rd shift. So it is kind of heart breaking to know that I will be making the same amount when I get my Associates in Nursing. So now I guess after I complete my Associates I will have to go get my BSN. I am so over school.

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My sister in law has been a nurse in Vegas for 25 years at the children's hospital. She said the starting rate is between $30-$32 hr.

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