Nurse ($66,000 salary) -- from Charge Nurse ($44,000) to Nurse Emergency RN ($144,000)
Calling projected employment opportunities for nurses "excellent," BLS details that Nursing already makes up the largest healthcare occupation, at 2.5 million jobs, and that roughly 587,000 new Nursing positions will be added through 2016. A registered nurse (RN) has the ability to specialize in multiple areas of patient care -- for instance, as a pediatric nurse, you'd work with children, while as a pediatric oncology nurse your specialty would be young people with cancer. There are many specialty options for nurses, varying by employment setting. Educational options take three main forms: a bachelor's of science degree in Nursing (BSN), an associate degree in Nursing (ADN), and a diploma (administered within hospitals).
Nursing will be a second career for me. Currently I have a decent salary, however, I am changing because I have always wated to be a nurse. I am not going into nursing for the money, however in making this career switch, I have often wondered if it is a wise idea economically. Having said all of that, my question is in orlando, Florida, what is the average salary for 1) a New RN 2) a clinical specialist. Thanks in advance.
You have to make sacrifices to make this amount. I work fulltime at one hospital and work a few days at another. All of the hours run together because both hospitals belong to the same corp. Therefore only one tax id and all of my hours become alot of OT. I work OR and have for over 30 years. NO ONE should ever think they are going to make great money straight out of school. This takes years and has alot to do with experience. To tell you the truth I put some skepticism in the starting wages of new grads in the Bay area. I live in NorCal and have yet to see any ads stating this. Of course living in SF will cost you dearly so I am sure the wages are very good. Most, if not all, hospitals only will pay OT to areas that require call standby, like the OR, GI Lab maybe L&D but never ICU or the ED. I don't consider these areas that high demand because I see the constant turnover in these areas and very few people stay in these areas thus it is easy for hospitals to replace lost employees. I have talk to many travelers that wasn't happy with their wages.Why? Because the agencies are cheap and won't allow OT. How could anyone make a 6 figure salary with an agency? So in short, to make a great salary you will have to find a specialty that will give the oppurtunity to get OT, really no other way.
When I was first considering nursing as a career, I did some research and talked with a friend who had worked as a professor of nursing at a local college. I asked her about why she seemed to think I wouldn't want to work locally, and she said that it is hard for the local hospital to compete because they pay so low. I asked what "low" was, and she said "just maybe $45,000 a year." I about died. I make one third of that right now. I would LOVE to make $45,000 a year. My husband has been a teacher here at a private school for 15 years and makes much, much less than that. The mere fact that it is at all possible to make 6 figures at any point in my career (given the right set of circumstances) is just mind blowing to me. If I could get $45,000, that will almost double our household income. I will feel like a wealthy woman! :)))) Yay nursing!!!
Teachers are terribly underpaid. We need to get a better political administration to improve teachers benefits. By better, I mean anyone besides the Bush Clan.
Only administrative/executive nurses who do not work in bedside care positions make the $44,000 MINIMUM quoted by Yahoo! On our pay scale, you couldn't possibly make $144,000 a year even if you worked 12 hours a day, EVERY DAY, with not a single day off for the entire 365-day year.
Specializes in LTC/SNF, Psychiatric, Pharmaceutical.
Nurses make less than $44k where you work? Wow.
Nurses make less than $44K in Oklahoma, period. Pay scale is horrible and is not adjusting to the rising cost of living. Oklahoma also has one of the worst nursing shortfalls in the US, some of the worst staffing ratios, and one of the most punitive SBONs around.
Just went to high school to pick up stepdaughter... there was a list of jobs that made > $30/hour for the students to consider careers in - nursing was NOT on that list anywhere.
It is all about location and differentials. Working in the San Francisco bay area a new grad working 12's on nights will start off around $60/hr. In my first full year of working, picking up just a little bit of OT here and there, got me 150k. I am just happy that i am in a field that i love, and that i get paid to do what i do.
carol34
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Hi,
Nursing will be a second career for me. Currently I have a decent salary, however, I am changing because I have always wated to be a nurse. I am not going into nursing for the money, however in making this career switch, I have often wondered if it is a wise idea economically. Having said all of that, my question is in orlando, Florida, what is the average salary for 1) a New RN 2) a clinical specialist. Thanks in advance.