How much did you start as a nurse and when.

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Just a curiosity thread:

What was your first nursing salary and when did you command what I'm sure is going to be such high salaries? LOL.

Me: 13.18/hr as an RN in San Antonio in 1993.

Ironically, I left my LPN job outside of Baltimore MD to take that job, and I was making 14.50/hr as an LPN in LTC in MD at that time.

(My first healthcare job, as a CNA in 1991: 6.20/hr.)

~faith,

Timothy.

Specializes in cardiac/critical care/ informatics.

$14.?? an hour RN 1992 in dayton, ohio

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About $8.00 an hour in 1985 in Arkansas

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Specializes in School Nursing.

$8.58/hr 1986 in Erie, PA

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i have a question. i apologize if its been asked. i was told that if a doctor performs a csection, the nurses make more money. or just in general, that csections cost more, therefore everyone makes more. i find this a ridiculous statement and was curious as to if its even remotely possible.

thanks!!

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Specializes in Utilization Review.

$17.34/hr in 1998 RN; Philadelphia suburbs

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Specializes in NICU.

$7.25/hr as a CNA in Fayetteville, NC in 2000

$17.59 as a new grad in 2001 in Durham, NC

In 2005, I moved to Abilene, Texas and even with over 3 years of experience, I started out at $19.08/hr, which was less than I was making when I left N.C.

Speaking of starting pay, my husband and I are moving to Nashville, Tn next May. I will have seven years of experience by then. I was just wondering what the starting pay was in that area, and by what percentage your pay is "bumped" for each year of experience you have. Thanks!

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Specializes in ER, Occupational Health, Cardiology.

$5/hr at a GP's office in January, 1984 as an LPN. In May of the same year I went into a hospital in a Cardiac step-down unit, at $5.75/hr! I did everything the RN's did except administer chemo tx. That was when I decided I was, fer shure, going back to school. My first RN job was at the same hospital, in ER, 3 years later. I started at $12/hr.

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1976, Arkansas, $3.25/hr

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Specializes in Operating Room.
i have a question. i apologize if its been asked. i was told that if a doctor performs a csection, the nurses make more money. or just in general, that csections cost more, therefore everyone makes more. i find this a ridiculous statement and was curious as to if its even remotely possible.

thanks!!

Not true..the only one who makes more money is the doc.
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