New Grad Boston Rn's Making $55/hr??!!

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I'm a new RN in NH and have been told by someone that some of the new grads are making $55.00/hr as RN's in Boston (I believe it was Beth Israel.) It made her start the application process to get her RN license for MA, but at a later time she said how great it would be to make $45.00/hr!! She seems a bit full of it to be honest. NH new grad RNs are making about $20/hr, thus doubling your pay for the travel might be worth it....regardless how bad the traffic is. Does anyone know what the new grad hourly rate is for RN's in Boston and what is it with a year or two's experience? I have both my NH and MA license and wonder if Boston is worth looking into. Thanks.

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I might add, if you calculate.....even at 24.33/hour...that IS 50k a year. I'd say that is a pretty sweet starting with an associates. I have a friend that has a masters in social work and started at 40k....did I add she has a masters. Everyone says Florida is paid low, but 4.00 hour difference at starting rate makes me thankful. I'll pay the 4.00/hour to stay warm.

True, if you work full time but I work part time & also I have my BSN. But where I work, we all get paid the same regardless of which nursing degree we have. We just got a raise too, so we get $27.83/hr on 3-11 during the week & $30.33/hour on weekends. Every little bit more makes me happy. :) I would totally love to move to Florida cuz I love warm weather. Now if I can just convince my husband that we should move.... :)

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i heard the brigham & women's was the highest paying hospital, but you do have to take into acct the union dues, parking...

if you're driving a car into boston, it's a nightmare and costly- no getting around it.

mass general has all sorts of new grad openings with extensive orientations but their hourly wage is in the $20's....and they are rather elitist.

and finally, i also heard that new england baptist hospital's per diem rates are phenomenal.

much luck to all.

leslie

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How do you obtain a license in more than one state? Can you give me the website to look into?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
How do you obtain a license in more than one state? Can you give me the website to look into?

You need to endorse your license so just look at the state BON website (link at bottom of page) and meet their requirements for endorsing

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Transplant, Education.

OP, I think your friend is full of it. Boston can barely offer JOBS to new grads, let alone that sort of compensation.

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This thread is 3.5 years old. Anyway, I wonder if someone was told that new grads were making $55K a year and that got misquoted to the OP as $55/hr.

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I work at lahey clinic in burlington ma and the nurses start at 26.50 an hour and have full benefits and the hospital is not union. Evening shift its an additional 3 dollars and hours and night shift they just moved up from 5 to an additional 6 dollars an hour. It's a pretty good salary for a new grad, and they have a 10,000 sign on bonus if u stay for 4 yrs. I think it all depends on the hospital. But boston hospitals do pay more but take into consideration the commute into the city, or even the living expenses to live in a city. Its alot cheaper to live in NH. I know a nurse they works in NH and get paid alot less than what she did working at lahey- so she still works with us per-diem.

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I highly doubt it a new grad is making $55/hr right out of school. I could totally believe $30/hr, $35/hr and even as far as $45/hr. I have seen those paychecks with my own eyes, mostly RN BSN, not that it matters most of the time. I worked in HR while in college @ couple Boston hospitals, and never ever seen anything more than a $45/hr for a new grad, and shall I mention that those new grads had multiple degrees and couple of them had MBA's. They had picked nursing as a second career, probably making more in their old jobs. It's a rewarding and wonderful field, what can I say :-)

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Here's a post from a May grad who says she gave up on Boston after filing 286 job applications. Makes $55 an hour sound pretty doubtful.

One point regarding union dues: They are usually only a small percentage of your pay check (for example, at my last job, I paid 1 percent of my gross biweekly), and they are tax deductible. (When I hear my classmates talking about this issue, it's clear that some don't know that, so I pass it on.) I know a lot of people resent paying them, but I never found they had a major impact on my pay check. The benefits of the contract, however, were enormous.

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I just finished reading that post, thanks for sharing, it surely brings so much hope to some people who are considering nursing. Myself being one. I'm applying for the Direct Entry programs MSN in some Boston schools. Reading that article not only discouraged me, but I keep thinking how much fiction there is to it? I graduated from college in 2005 with a degree in Political Science, decent GPA, I still remember the frustation of applying for a job. It took me 30 days, got a job for a top Boston law firm (be aware I had no legal experience), working for them as a paralegal, making about $57K a year. They paid for my MBA, and after I had my daughter they were flexible enough to let me work from home. I always wanted to get into nursing, and I finally had the chance to do so. If it takes 300 jobs applications and NO JOB, I must be doing smth wrong, really wrong.

All I have to say is that with the right attitude and right references there is no one stopping you from getting a job in a timely fashion.

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If it takes 300 jobs applications and NO JOB, I must be doing smth wrong, really wrong.

All I have to say is that with the right attitude and right references there is no one stopping you from getting a job in a timely fashion.

I know you didn't mean to be offensive, but a lot of these new grads who have been applying for months on end with no luck will most likely be offended by your statement. What's stopping people from getting jobs in a timely fashion is that there is no jobs! Boston hospitals have been on a hiring freeze for a year. Although it's letting up slightly, it's leaving thousands of new grads with nothing. Even having a good attitude, good reference, and PCA experience doesn't help. Some hospitals in other areas of the state are not exactly laying off experienced nurses, but forcing them to stay home and take vacation time due to low census. When you run out of vacation time, you just don't get paid.

Hopefully things will get better before you graduate in a few years.

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Absolutely I mean no offense, I was stunned by the fact that is hard to find a job in health care. I haven't been looking for a job in 4 years, so I wouldn't know. I just thought if it took me (someone with a Poli Sci. degree), 30 days to get a job, it shouldn't have been harder for a nurse. I guess I was mistaken. I guess I should keep my day job too if things are looking this bad.

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