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Nurses get paid based on number years of experience, am I right? How is that being calculated? For instance, 2 versus 10 yrs. It something has been on my mind for quite sometimes and just wondering.

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

There is no industry wide standard. And I really can't think of any other field where that's the case, either.

As in all industries, an experienced professional will *generally* make more than a newbie. But there is no meaningful standard, as pay scales vary so greatly in different regions of the country and in different sectors of health care.

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Absolutely NOT based on years of experience, the facility has a capped salary. Work there for 30 years?? , you will max out at xxx amount per hour.

Then, there is an increased new base salary for recruitment/ inflation.

This crazy math equals..

New nurse $29 / hour.

Old bat with 30 years of experience ... $33/ hour.

Welcome to the (not so) wonderful world of nursing.

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

A lot of good general info here:

Registered Nurses*

You can search through for more specific RN wage information for your state, and possibly even your specific county.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Peds/O.R./Legal/cardiology.

"Old bat"? wow....

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A lot of good general info here:

Registered Nurses*

You can search through for more specific RN wage information for your state, and possibly even your specific county.

Thanks for the link!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

My place of employment has a wage grid that dictates what a person will earn based on how much experience (s)he has. Someone with 0 to 1 years of experience will earn 'X' amount of money hourly, 2 to 5 years is worth a higher hourly rate, and so forth.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

After 9 years experience, you're capped off where I am. A new grad earns 33.00 an hour and the 9 year nurse earns 44.00 an hour. Aside from regular increments based on cost of living, that's the minimum and the maximum.

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I'm working in the wrong state! I started orientation out of school at 19/hr, then up to 22 I want to say after; then 6,12,18 month raises. When I left and came back to the same hospital, I got hired in at an "18 month pay rate." So yes, they base it soley on years experience. Don't think there is a cap.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

What is paid varies as greatly as the weather. No rhyme or reason, some facilities are better at it than others. Union facilities are really the only ones that have a system clearly laid out for seniority and compensation when "maxed out".

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Specializes in Care Coordination, MDS, med-surg, Peds.

love the "old bat" comment>> am proud to be an OLD BAT!!!!!!

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
"Old bat"? wow....

I believe that expression was first used by a new nurse describing her older colleagues. We (the older nurse) decided to run with it.

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