how much Indiana nurses make

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hi everyone..

Im planning to get into the nursing world,i just wnna ask how much they make an hour just to give me an idea of the salary.Thank oyu so much.....be right here waiting...

I work at the Logansport State Hospital and am now at 19.16/hr as an RN on dayshift. I believe evenings and midnights make about 5,000 more per year. It's not a bad rate of pay for the area.

Nurseguy74....You should come to the prison and work....you could make even more! Alot of our Q's came from the state hospital, so you might even know a few of them! ( Just a suggestion, I hope you don't mind). Lisa

Specializes in Clinic RN-Diabetes, family practice, foot clinic.

It is intersting seeing how much nurses are making! I have been a medic for many years and left after 12 years with one company making 18.65/hr. I also worked in a cardiac cath lab in northern michigan and was making 18.00/hr as a medic. I hope I can get a higher wage because of past experience:) I am currently living in Texas, but we are talking about moving to the Indianapolis area when I graduate from nursing school. It is nice to get an idea of what the pay is.

wow, what a variety....guess there's really no such thing as "indiana pay". i just graduated from a pn program and am waiting to test. i was told by the program director and also some dons and staff recruiters that indiana does not hire graduate nurses, we must be licensed. does that only apply to pns, or have the rules changed for rns? anyway, that's beside the point....in elkhart county ltc, starting pay at 3 places i have interviewed with are:

$15/hr for days, $18 for 2nd shift and $17 for 3rd;

$15/hr for days, $19 for 2nd and $18 for 3rd;

$16/hr for days, $20 for 2nd and $19 for 3rd

consider benefits, driving distance, etc. if my hubby worked 2nd i'd grab it in a heartbeat, but i kinda like the guy, and money isn't everything;) . 2nds are less hectic too.

In southern IN the new grad-low experience rate to start is $19-$20 per hour full time, around $25 for PRN. This is w/o shift diff.

Specializes in Clinic RN-Diabetes, family practice, foot clinic.

Once I graduate from nursing school and get my license, am I considered a grad nurse? I see a lot of different starting wages for grad nurses and I am wondering if this is for people who have no hospital/medical experience or is this what all grad nurses get? The reason I ask is because of my past experience. I have been a medic since 1991, worked in an ER for two years, and worked in a cath lab for a few months (had to move to Texas). I loved the cath lab and I am hoping to stay involved with cardiac patients. This brings me to another question....do critical care RN's make more than general med RN's?

Yooper my understanding is that a graduate nurse is one who has graduated but is not yet licensed. Only from joining this site yesterday and reading posts have I learned that Indiana does allow graduates from RN programs to work pre-license, but not PN grads. Can anyone tell me why? Just curious....

Specializes in ER/Trauma.

I don't really know the answer for it, I believe it depends on the facility. I know I went into corrections and they consider me a GPN until I pass my boards. Basically I am on indefinite orientation until I take boards. If I pass, I continue on doing what I am doing. If I fail, I get demoted down to a tech until I pass.

I have a couple of friends from school who's employers moved them to a GPN/orientee position when we graduated, and a few who's employers will not use them as anything other than tech positions until they pass boards.

I have been a nurse since 1992. I work 3 different places. My base income in the hospitals is around 23.50 - 24.20. plus shift differential. call pay is 2/hr. When I worked home care for a Magnet hospital I made 30/hr due to the special things I did like CPR instructor, BSN, wound care & JACHO projects. I worked for an oncology office 2 years ago & made 22 / hr with lots a perks. I work in northern Indiana in the boonies and am able to travel & live well on my salary.

A new graduate from Dental hygeine school makes more than a nurse of over 30 years experience. I know she is my daughter!!!!!!!

I was wondering if anyone could tell me about the Deaconess (chamberlain) college courses and program. Are the courses easier to take with them or someone else. How hard was it to go away for their four day clinical review? And would it be better to clep there main courses??? Please advise, Thank you. Shelly

I AM A LPN MDS COORDINATOR IN INDIANAPOLIS, I MAKE $27.70/HR. I THINK THAT IS PRETTY GOOD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER COORDINATORS MAKE? DO ANY OF YOU LPNs OUT THERE KNOW? I HAVE ONLY BEEN A COORDINATOR FOR LESS THAN A YEAR.:monkeydance:

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