nursing career helppppp???

[rita1988]

Hello I was wondering if anyone has graduated from the nursing program recently and found a job... I have heard that with the recession nursing career is not the best major because a lot of people have majored in RN and there isn't enough jobs for nurses.... also how much did you start your job as a nurse....

[NurseKitten, MSN, RN]

Won't tell you what *my* starting salary was...y'all would croak...but that was in 1994. :)

They're starting ADN-RN's around here at about 18/hour. BSN-prepared's start at 18.50. It's a little better over at the private community hospital, but I wouldn't risk my license there being such a new nurse.

Remember, night diff is ~15%, weekend diff is ~10%. In other words, if you're willing to work weekends and nights, you *can* make money. :)

[kristie0701]

If you want to keep the nursing license you worked so hard for, stay away from South Carolina! The nursing board (a department of SC LLR) is drunk with power and enjoys taking licenses away from nurses, even if they have to break several state and federal laws to do so. They have had a practice, since at least 1999, of violating laws and Constitutional rights in order to wield their tarnished sword of authority. They have absolutely no regard for laws, other than to quote them to pull licenses, yet they refuse to follow the laws themselves and refuse to afford nurses the benefits of due process. They do not even follow the laws they quote to revoke licenses. Corruption and apathy run rampant in South Carolina. Look at what the Governor of the state has done! With leadership like that it's no wonder why the agencies in the state are abusing their authority, after all the Governor picked the agency heads!

So Please, do yourself a favor and stay away from SC, if you are unfortunate enough to already be in the state, then I'd leave and work in any other state! Get out while there is still time!:angryfire