If there are no jobs in Nursing then where are the Jobs ??

April, RN, BSN, RN · Sep 16, 2010

What's the average income of a nurse these days? last time i checked was about 60 000-80 000, I mean that's pretty good, no?

It depends on where you live. If you do a search, you will find tons of threads discussing salaries in various areas. Also, check out your state's forum in the "region" section here and you will probably find more specific salary info.

mandyc · Sep 17, 2010

Most nursing schools or advertisements say 60K-80K a year, most entry level nursing in Colorado will start anywhere between 20hr to 21hr (if you are lucky) So, If you work exactly 36 hours a week(3 - 12hr shifts) you will make around $39,312 a year, based on 21 dollars and 36 hours per week...Now lets say that you are "Overstaffed" on your floor according to the Hospital you are employed with....guess who is going to get "Called off"...Well, there goes a days pay of $252.00, so now you are making EVEN less.....I am not sure about everyone else that IS working, but my health insurance cost went up so much that I HAD to find another job that had better benefits then the hospital I worked in. It is a fact of life, economy is BAD and hospitals(some) are "Overstaffed" according to their nurse/pt. ratios they some how they magically figured out while doing the budget, guess I cant BLAME them considering the rise of unemployment and the rise of uninsured patients...kinda goes hand in hand!