Nurse resident pay raise

JBMmom, MSN, NP · May 17, 2021

If your hospital has a union, once you're a member of the union your raises will follow the same structure as the rest of the staff.

If you don't have a union it is up to the hospital to determine their pay/raise structure. I think usually a year is more customary for a first raise. Depending upon your program, you may also be required to complete one year in your original position before you're eligible for transfer, that's how our nurse residency program works. Otherwise, one unit takes on all the responsibility of training but does not get the benefit of an independent staff member.

Hannahbanana, BSN, MSN · May 17, 2021

If you don't have a union rep to ask about the contract under which you are working, it is perfectly acceptable to call HR and ask them this question if it wasn't addressed adequately in the documents you got when you were hired.

Sour Lemon · May 18, 2021

14 hours ago, Adelaf02 said:

Hello,

I am currently a nurse resident at a hospital in Massachusetts. I been in this hospital for 6 months. I am not too sure if after finishing the nurse residency there will be a pay raise. However, if there is not is it appropriate to ask for a pay raise after a finishing the program? I also am considering in transferring to another unit within this hospital and I don’t know if after I transfer I need to wait longer for a raise?

Thank you!

#salary

These things are specific to your employer, both the pay scale and the transferring. Some places won't allow you to transfer so soon, and some places may knock your pay back when you transfer into a new specialty ...especially if it's a desirable and competitive specialty.

As a new graduate in Texas 10 years ago, I was automatically given a $5(something) hourly increase and promoted to "Nurse II" after two years. It was at that point that they didn't want to lose us to other hospitals. As someone just exiting a new graduate program, you might not have much leverage yet.

When is your first performance review? That might be a good time to explore the subject, especially if they have good things to say about you. I agree that asking HR what typically happens might also be a good idea.

Adelaf02 · May 18, 2021

Fist of all, thank you for the responses, have been very helpful. All nurses are able to transfer after 6 months (including nurse residents) in the hospital I work at. I will certainly be asking HR and inform myself. I was not planning of formerly asking for a raise, I was more curious about it since I do not remember if they mentioned a raise while in the nurse residency program.

My performance review was a couple of weeks ago with my previous manager. We now have a new manager. There have been a few changes in my unit.

Now that I have a new manager I am not sure how it would work with a transfer?