PAY FOR NEW GRADUATE RN's FOR ST. LOUIS AREA

U.S.A. Missouri

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Hey just thought I would throw some pay info out there for new grads for st. Louis area. I interviewed this month with SSM St. Joseph Health Center, SSM St. Mary's and I have 2 more interviews this week with St. Lukes and Missouri Baptist Med Center. The starting pay at SSM St. Joe's is $18.25 with a sign on bonus of $5000. Shift diff is different for evenings and nights and weekends and weekend nights. I was told weekend days was $2.00 xtra and weekend nights was $3.00 per hour more. SSM St. Mary's is downtown St. Louis, and they are more desperate for nurses, but I don't think the pay reflects that much. St. Mary's offers 11% nights and 16% weekends of your base pay. Base pay is $18.25. SSM does offer tuition reimbursement and they will pay back your student loans up to $12,000. Benefits will start the day you start. I used to work for SSM before as a Medical Assistant and they paid better than BJC. I was offered a position years ago at BJC and they couldn't touch SSM pay. If you start as a new grad, they only require a 18 month contract, which isn't bad considering that you will get your experience in 1 1/2 years and will be eligible to do travel nursing and make more money. I don't know about you all out there, but I would like to retire in 20 years or sooner and have my house paid off, and be able to travel to other countries on vacation before I end up too old. Nursing to me, isn't just about money...I want to be able to be somewhere, where I will be happy to go into work in the morning. I will post next week what St. Lukes and MOBAP will offer.

According to Salary.com, nurses in St. Louis area should be making minimum of $53,000 and max of $64,000. I am wondering if the $18.25 would be negotiable. I would be happy starting at $20.00. Does anyone know how to go about negotiating base pay? Thanks

I know this is an old post, but does anyone know the current night & weekend differential at St. Clare's Hosp in St Louis?

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wow, I am CNA right now & in an LPN program. The nursing home I work at starts LPNs at 20.50 & i am returning for my BSN soon after this program & have been wondering how much the starting pay would be at some of the local hospitals. I know there are not many hospitals that hire LPNs anymore but hoping that there are still a few, because I would love to get the experience working in the hospitals. At this point I want to work L&D or NICU as my first choice or just work on a pediatric floor.

Does anybody know of any hospitals that still hire LPNs and what the starting pay would be. Although I could make more at the nursing home, I will take the pay cut to get the hospital experience.

Also I have heard of LPNs occupying tech positions but not sure about that. any info would be greatly appreciated

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For those of you currently in the program or recent grads - what have you experienced about getting that first RN job? I keep hearing that hospitals don't want to hire RN's with less than a year experience. Is this reality? Is it easier to get a position in the hospitals you've done your clinicals in? Are there cities/states that have greater need? I'm currently weighing if the cost of the Accelerated Programs are going to be worth it if there are no jobs out there. Any advice is appreciated!

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