its about money

Be_Moore · Jun 16, 2009

$18-$25 per hour starting pay would be a pretty decent estimate. And yes, there is a nursing shortage everywhere.

http://www.salary.com

Cherybaby · Jun 16, 2009

I don't know about the "nursing shortage everywhere" statement. I think it is really relative to where you are located. There was a thread recently on nursing shortages. To read it, you would think that there are too many nurses and not enough jobs. Here's the thread. It's a good read with a lot of varied opinions.

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/nursing-shortage-399946.html

cheng1988 · Jun 16, 2009

wow. I just read that thread and it seems to be hospitals are not hiring new grads. The thing is i will be starting my nusing program in next spring, and hopefully can graduate in 2011. I dont know if nursing will still be a high demanding job by that time then.

cheng1988 · Jun 16, 2009

$18-$25 per hour, is it the same for every state? when will one get a raise?

Katnip, RN · Jun 16, 2009

Starting salaries vary from state to state and city to city. A lot depends on the cost of living. And no, as far as I am aware, there aren't any places with high beginning salaries and low cost of living.

spamc · Jun 16, 2009

b/w $ 18-25.

RN1982 · Jun 16, 2009

Salaries will vary from state to state based upon the cost of living in whatever state you live in. Secondly, with the current economic crap we are going through, some places are handing out raises and some are not.

caroladybelle, BSN, RN · Jun 16, 2009

As you ask about the US, would it be correct to think that you may not be from the US?

If so, there will be many more obstacles and a really long wait after you graduate before you would even be permitted to work in the US.

If you are a US citizen, disregard this. But most locals aware that pay rates and need for nurses vary greatly from area to area, and that there is no way to really predict need for nurses that far in the future.....just as all the recent new grads that were "assured" of getting jobs after graduation....that are now unemployed.

nursecurlyq · Jun 16, 2009

Starting Pay for a new grad is $18.65/hr where I live. Once you pass state boards it goes up to 19.94/hr. I work in a hospital that has a union, so no matter what is going on every anniversay we get an increase then hospital wide everyone gets a 3% increase in October.

elkpark · Jun 17, 2009

Many of us considered the nursing "shortage" to be a convenient fiction for employers in the first place. Since the US economy has tanked, hospitals and other employers are cutting back and hiring less (and, in some cases, even laying off nurses) and lots of experienced nurses who were choosing not to work before have now returned to the workforce. Many areas of the US are currently experiencing nursing surpluses -- new grads are completely shut out of the market and even experienced RNs are having trouble finding jobs -- but there are still some areas of the US that have shortages. Most of these areas seem to be the less desirable, popular areas to live.

Pay rates and frequency/availability of raises vary greatly around the country, as others have already noted. In comparing different compensation packages in different parts of the country, it's important to consider the cost of living in the area -- one area may offer a much higher hourly pay rate than another area, but if the cost of living is much higher in the first area, you may actually be worse off than with a job with lower pay, but in an area with a lower cost of living.

cheng1988 · Jun 17, 2009

I appreciate for all the advisement. I am Chinese and I have only been living in this country for about 3 yrs. I am totally new to this field and your advisement really helped me alot. Thank you very much.