Nursing in McAllen TX

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Hi,

There's an agency recruiting nurses from Puerto Rico to work in an undisclosed hospital in McAllen, TX. They offer a CNA job for 6 months and prepare you for NCLEX. Then, as you get TX RN license, they offer a salary of $15/hr and $22/hr for overtime. Isn't this too low a pay for a licensed RN BSN in this area? Also, is this city dangerous? How is the quality of life? I will appreciate any information and opinions on this. Thanks!

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If you search for "McAllen" on this site, you won't see too many good things pop up. How desperate for experience are you? That's the question...

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Do your research. The above poster did some of it for you.

Why ask others to do your own research for you?

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I am doing my research. This is part of it. Thank you. I just wanted opinions from real people that maybe work or have worked there.

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.

McAllen? Ha ha, not a chance.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Although I live in Texas, I wouldn't live in the city of McAllen unless someone paid me handsomely to do so. And even if someone paid me to move to McAllen, I'm not so sure I could live there. It is a poverty-stricken, depressing, high crime border town caught in the crossroads of the drug wars and Mexican cartels.

I am glad I live 500 miles from McAllen...

The average starting pay for new grad RNs in McAllen is in the $20 to $23 hourly range, so $15 is an extremely lowball offer.

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This article is several years old now, but I'm guessing the healthcare milieu in McAllen hasn't improved much:

The Cost Conundrum - The New Yorker

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Thank you for your comment.

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Thank you. Very interesting reading.

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Specializes in ER.

We are all here to help each others,the person above was looking for our feedback as nurses.

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We are all here to help each others,the person above was looking for our feedback as nurses.

And she got it -- what is your point?

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Specializes in ER.

My point is very clear, why advice her to do her own research when we can give her the info. Helllooooooo thats soooo dumb

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