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HI Everyone

I'm just curious about the pay rate for LPN and RN in Alabama(Mobile area) for New Grad?

Do you know can LPN do IVs or that get a job in the L&D wing?

Thanks for any info.

Did anyone see the article in the Birmingham News in April titled Paging Nurses? It showed the pay rates for new grads in all Birmingham hospitals with the exception of Healthsouth and Carraway. The highest paid were the nurses at the VA hospital. The lowest paid nurses were at Cooper Green. I think I still have it at home I can try to type it up if anyone is interested.

Sorry Guys! I wont be able to post the article. I was saving the newspaper at home and it somehow got knocked into the floor. My little puppy recognized what newspaper meant, and the rest is history. Cooper Greens starting pay is $16 and some change, but they pay $1 more for RNs with a BSN.

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Specializes in SICU-MICU,Radiology,ER.

According to www.salary.com RN's can make:

Minneapolis 49,000-56,000. Thats 26.00/hour on the low end. This is about right as I have worked there. This was staff pay BTW not agency or travel.

Mobile 44,000-50,000 for 23.00/hour low end.

Pensacola 43,000-49,000 for 23.00/hour.

Orlando 46,000-52,000 for 24.00/hour.

I based these figures on a 36 hour work week not including over time etc.

I dont know about the other cities but a hospital in the panhandle offered me 17.00/hour. And thats with three years ICU experience including CRRT and IABP.

I hope it gets better than that-

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Just an old RN here reading for fun, and remembering when I searched for that first job. Just for kicks, try figuring out how much spending power your pay will have in different locations... a 'lot' of money in Alabama may not cut it in New York because of cost of living. You can play with salary power on the website: http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/21-6.shtml

And, I found out that it's not all pay - work climate and working conditions can make a lot of difference. Sometimes the pay just isn't worth it in the end.

Happy hunting!

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Another website that compares the salary required to maintain the same standard of living in different areas is:

http://swz.salary.com/CostOfLivingWizard/layoutscripts/coll_start.asp

I'm not sure how accurate it is for the South, but it seems to be pretty good for where I'm from (Washington State.)

$12.50 an hour is absolutely absurd, I started out higher than that as a new CNA in Seattle! Granted the cost of living is higher here, but that is still no excuse for paying nurses so poorely!

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I think $12.50 must be in error for a position today...

I am a nurse recruiter for a fairly small north Alabama hospital (which shall remain nameless by website edict) and our new grad salary is $16+, with shift diff of $3.50 for any shift worked mostly after 5pm, and a raise to $17+ after orientation is complete. Combined with a loan repayment program of $200 per month to a max of $10,000, and a structured new grad program lasting 12 weeks, I think we're competitive with regional and national hospitals. Especially considering our cost of living is very reasonable compared with NorthEast, West, and NorthWest coast.

I find that we are much like most of our competition in salary and benefits.... so keep looking, new grads!

Don't let a few previous posts keep you from looking in Alabama! Or the South....

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yeah, in gadsden al the base pay for an rn (new grad) is 18$ or maybey more by now.

montgomery is where i live. now mind you it is new grad. i am not sure if it is different for experienced rn's, i am sure it is. most of my friends who just graduated are working nights just to make the $2.00 more. it really is pittiful. thats why i will be moving after getting a year experience under my belt.
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I was just down in Pensacola talking with a nurse recruiter at the biggest hospital there, and she said they start new grads at $16.00/hr! For the cost of living in P'Cola right now that is pathetic. So much for going to live near the beach. :rotfl:

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I just found this thread...Think it may be an error to say central Alabama pays $12 to new graduates....We are a small rural hospital ( 125 beds) and we start off new graduates at $18 plus $2.35 (3-11) & $3 for 11pm to 7am. I have techs in my department making $12 an hour

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