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1. PRN rates in Nashville

   mbw050680 replied to rigdonam's topic in Tennessee

   Vanderbilt recently changed (March 2014) how they do their per diem/prn rates. (It used to be a lucrative $42/hr plus diff--no more.) Now you get hired at your base rate based on # of years experience, then add your diffs. For example: 4 yrs experie...

2. Exper. Nashville RN Pay Scale

   mbw050680 replied to nursienurse_81's topic in Tennessee

   Nurse registry is just another word for float pool. Basically, you're a prn nurse who only works at the Vanderbilt hospitals, and you float to any floor you're qualified for. (You'll usually stay there for the whole shift.) Like all PRN, you can get ...

3. Nurses/Moms-your advice, please! :)

   mbw050680 replied to NothingsImpossible4U's topic in ADN/BSN

   I'm right there with you--I'm a mom to two littles (ages 2 and 6) with another one on the way. I've been a nurse for 2.5 yrs. I find working nights gives me more time with the kiddos. Basically, I sleep from 8-2pm when I'm working, have my kids home ...

4. Exper. Nashville RN Pay Scale

   mbw050680 replied to nursienurse_81's topic in Tennessee

   Prn pay in Nashville would probably be better than you think. Parallon staffing offers med-surg nurses $33/hr base, if you commit to two night shifts a week then there's an extra $5/hr (total $38/hr.) Experienced nurses at Vanderbilt make anywhere fr...

5. Starting pay for new ADN graduate in Nashville

   mbw050680 replied to Justin123's topic in Tennessee

   I can give some concrete numbers here. Vanderbilt's new grad pay was $18.25/hr, HOWEVER, they just passed a new budget that is making new grad pay $20.85 (I think...definitely twenty something.) To work at Vanderbilt you have to apply via the nurse ...