New Grad??? Salary??

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Specializes in cardiac/education.

Curious.

If you just graduated and are out looking for a job or just got one, can you tell me the pay (or just the salary range) that you were offered? Basically, I am looking to find out the highest figure and the lowest figure you were offered.

In addition, if you worked as an "Extern" in school, what were you paid for that? I am specifically interested in a Banner Nurse Extern's salary per hour?

Just trying to keep up the motivation to stay in school, :rotfl:

Thanks!!! :p

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I'm in Wisconsin and work in a unionized hospital so the pay scale is in our contract. New grads start at $25.95.

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a friend of mine just graduated and was hired on at Banner for 26.00/hr...she is working nights and weekends.....I "heard" that the extern pay is around 12.00/hr but I'm not too sure about that.....

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Specializes in ICU, Research, Corrections.
Curious.

If you just graduated and are out looking for a job or just got one, can you tell me the pay (or just the salary range) that you were offered? Basically, I am looking to find out the highest figure and the lowest figure you were offered.

In addition, if you worked as an "Extern" in school, what were you paid for that? I am specifically interested in a Banner Nurse Extern's salary per hour?

Just trying to keep up the motivation to stay in school, :rotfl:

Thanks!!! :p

New grad rates:

Banner - 20.53

St Joe - 19 something

Arrowhead - 20 something

Sun Health - 21

VA - 20.50

All have varying night shift and weekend differential. Most have no weekend differntial.

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Specializes in ICU, Research, Corrections.
I'm in Wisconsin and work in a unionized hospital so the pay scale is in our contract. New grads start at $25.95.

But this is the ARIZONA forum and we don't have unions here. :lol2:

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Sorry, did not realize I was in a state specific forum. From the pay I'm seeing posted here you would probably all do better if you formed a union.

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I am in Tucson, so no banner info. But I was offered 20.50 to start plus shift differential. I did an externship and made 11.00 for that.

Megan

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I spoke to a banner nurse and she loves it there. She's working at the Banner Behavioral Health Hospital. She's been in the industry for a while and was surprised about how picky Banner was. I'd guess she in her 50's and they made her bend down and pick up 50 pounds from the floor and carry it (with some speed) down the hall and back. And if I remember correctly, they then made her do some situps. On top of that, she needed to pass a pharm test on both general and psychiatric meds. She said many nurse try but don't pass all of the testing.

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Arizona is a "right to work" state. They tend to enjoy breaking unions here.

I married a Cheesehead and suddenly the cold north is looking good to me. ;)

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Specializes in ICU, Research, Corrections.
I spoke to a banner nurse and she loves it there. She's working at the Banner Behavioral Health Hospital. She's been in the industry for a while and was surprised about how picky Banner was. I'd guess she in her 50's and they made her bend down and pick up 50 pounds from the floor and carry it (with some speed) down the hall and back. And if I remember correctly, they then made her do some situps. On top of that, she needed to pass a pharm test on both general and psychiatric meds. She said many nurse try but don't pass all of the testing.

I have worked at Banner and I don't think they are picky at all. Basically, if you can walk and talk, lift 50 pounds, and pass the drug test - then you pass the physical. The med test is not hard at all.

Now, I can tell you from experience.......the VA has a HARD physical. It took me a week to find out if I passed it or not - in addition I needed to obtain a clearance from my personal primary care doctor for employee health. They also have a much harder medication administration test - people actually flunk it.

IMO, if you can't lift 50 lbs you are going to have a very hard time doing bedside nursing. I don't think that requirement is out of line. Neither is the med administration test.

my :twocents:

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Lifting 50 lbs is one thing, bending over to pick it up off of the floor and running with it is another thing entirely. The source of the info was a nurse with 20+ years experience and she was surprised by the requirements. That's good enough for me. :)

I do agree agree that there are many that shouldn't be working bedside nursing and unfortunately they find out after there's an injury.

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