New Grad Salary in the Phoenix area

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Are there any Arizona new grads willing to share with us that are just finishing up or who are just interested in knowing how much new grads earn in the Phoenix area?

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Specializes in Pediatric ICU.

I started Feb '08 at approx $24/hr. I've already had a pay increase and am eligible for overtime, etc.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Tele, ER, Military.

Will start January '09 @ $28.00/hr + lots of nice benefits :)

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Specializes in generalMedical surgical; MICU/SICU/CVICU.

what hospital offers 28 as a new grad?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Tele, ER, Military.
what hospital offers 28 as a new grad?

Well I am doing an externship at the VA Medical Center. Once I complete it and graduate in December, I will start off at $28/hr. If you have not completed their externship...its still like $27. Keep in mind these are BSN rates. ADN rates are like most hospitals..$24 or so...

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Good to know. I did not know there was a difference in pay for an ADN v. BSN.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Tele, ER, Military.
Good to know. I did not know there was a difference in pay for an ADN v. BSN.

Usually there is not! From what I know...VA & JCL are the only two that really take your BSN into consideration and give ya a differential for it. Why not? It sad that more places don't recognize that. Back East (like NYC)...most hospitals prefer BSNs and offer extra pay for it!

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Usually there is not! From what I know...VA & JCL are the only two that really take your BSN into consideration and give ya a differential for it. Why not? It sad that more places don't recognize that. Back East (like NYC)...most hospitals prefer BSNs and offer extra pay for it!

Ya, that I don't really understant either. I'm an ADN nurse and yet I do the same job as a BSN nurse. I guess as an ADN nurse I'm not considered as a professional so I shouldn't get same pay as a BSN.

You know, with spots being so limited in schools, especially here in AZ; and there are only 4 universities where you can get a BSN here in AZ compared to the tons of community colleges, I don't see why they stress trying to get nurses to have a BSN. It takes the usual person 4 years in a community college until they complete the nursing program (2 years prerequisites and 2 years nursing program); so why would I want to go back to school for another year and a half to receive my ADN to BSN when it won't change my pay or my job? Makes no sense to me. The hospital I'm at which is a teaching hospital everyone starts off the same pay and everyone does the same job.

I just hope no one looks down at ADN nurses, because they shouldn't. In reality that piece of paper on the wall doesn't matter because the "real learning" takes place after you get out of school.

I also find it suprising that at the ADN level I had to pass an entry exam but the Universities you don't. That entry exam wasn't easy either; the NLN one anways.

-David H.

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Specializes in Telemetry & PCU.

"Ya, that I don't really understant either. I'm an ADN nurse and yet I do the same job as a BSN nurse. I guess as an ADN nurse I'm not considered as a professional so I shouldn't get same pay as a BSN."

I am sure that it isn't about not as professional or even more qualified; it is about the extra certification. I was an HR person for the last 15 years and in most companies, the more credentials the higher the pay. I believe that nursing would be that way also if there wasn't a shortage.

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