ICU pay differential?

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So I'm moving to our surgical ICU next month and have found out that I'm getting no pay increase for intensive care. I'm not the only one, the last couple of people I know to have transferred down there haven't gotten anything extra.

Is this happening anywhere else or is my hospital just ripping us off? I guess the rationale is that floor nurses are just as valuable in patient care......in which case we should be making the same as doctors too. I'm happy about moving but this has put a real damper on my anticipation.

I've worked the floor and ICU. To say I should get paid more as an ICU nurse implies that I work harder/do more then when I worked the floor. Which is a complete lie and devalues the work of all floor nurses.

So many threads revolve around a "me vs them" title. I wish everyone could just respect each others work and move on.

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.

ICU nurses make more $ as travel nurses than ms and tele travelers, but I think that's more due to demand than actual skill.

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