OR Nurse Pay and On Call Pay

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I am curious what OR Nurses out there are making. I have eight years experience and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I was planning on relocating but I cannot believe the difference in pay outside of where I live. Granted it cost a lot to live here, but real estate prices have drastically gone down, and rentals are still fairly reasonable considering the amount of pay we get here and how we are paid to be on call. I am just curious about hourly pay in other regions and pay to be on call. Thanks!

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Specializes in O.R., ED, M/S.

You are probably in the most desired place in the country. Pay has always been very high and just because real estate is coming down doesn't mean it will stay that way. It seems most posts if not all from out of state has to do with wanting to move to the Bay area. Most, if not all, can't afford it! Do a search on this because there have been many posts on this subject.

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Hi,

I'm a nursing student with one year to go. I am interested in specializing in OR but would like more information on what the RN does in OR. We did not have this section in our rotation and I was curious about the duties that are involved and are the surgeons as hostile as some people state they are. Any heads up would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Hong

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