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Please let me know what your base pay is in your part of the country. I live in TN and where I work our base pay is 13.00/hr. And if you are a CVICU nurse, do you get paid more for what you can do. thanks

Specializes in PACU/Cardiac/Nrsg. Mgmt./M/S.

i am a 49 y/o nurse in the midwest working telemetry in a "magnet" hospital voted one of the highest in the nation for nurses (their marketing)...graduated in 90...bs in psych.. ancc certification as a nrsg generalist...current masters student in liberal studies with concentration in gerontology...i make 21.63/hr base...eve diff is 4.00...

the nurses top pay is 24./hr..

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Here in North Carolina pay ranges from $17.00 (new grad) to $25.00 per hour. At my facility pay is the same regardless of department. You can acquire more pay by climbing the clinical ladder.

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Originally posted by lncmitch

..AND THEY WONDER WHY THERE IS A NURSING SHORTAGE?

:mad:
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Specializes in OB, M/S, ICU, Neurosciences.
Originally posted by chrisB

Hi:

I am an ICU nurse with 12 years experience. I work in La. outside of New Orleans. I am 23.00 base with diffs on top of that. 2.50 for CCRN plus any night shift diff. On the weekends, I make about 33/hr for weekend nights. What a difference from around the country. I wish I lived in Los Angeles though..WOW..40/hr

Chris B

You also need to consider the cost of living in Los Angeles, which is probably easily 100% higher than Louisiana or Mississippi.

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Specializes in Med-Surg Nursing.

I make $21.05 right now, that doesn't include the 5%shift differential for night shift. I am thinking about going Full time at a job that is further away from my home and would make less money. This job starts out at $16.59/hr. Because I have 5 yrs experience, I'd get paid an extra 7% so that brings my base pay up to 17.75/hr. They pay a 7% diff for 3-11 shift and a 12% sdiff for nights and every shift gets an extra 35 cents an hour on the weekends.. No differential for ICU setting and no differential for my BSN till I get to a certain point on the clinical ladder.

But, where I am at now I am an ICU nurse but because our census is so low I get floated out to the floors so am not truly getting ICU experience. SO, that's why I am thinking of leaving my current job.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I work agency evenings for $40-42 an hour in ICU. I think the new nurses on med surg start in the $15.00 range in Pittsburgh

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I have an associate's degree in nursing w/ acls certification. I have been a nurse for 6 years. I am starting a critical care internship program soon to work in the hospital's cvicu. Base pay: $20.15/hr.

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I live in the southeast suburbs of Chicago, near the Indiana border. I'm currently in LTC-facility w/approx 150 residents. My $$ is 19.50/hr. + 1.00/hr diff for house supervisor duties. Our facility does NOT offer shift diff. for 3-11s, 11-7s or w/e shifts. We get time and a half for ALL hours over 8 hours/day..NOT 40 hrs/wk. which is great! Full-timers do NOT get any holiday pay..but if we work holidays..pay is DOUBLE time and if we work 16hrs (double shift)--we get double time and a half..which adds up nicely!! Our cost of living in Cook County Illinois (chicago) is very high..our gasoline is about 1.58/gal. Our retail taxes are 9.25% on everything - including groceries..we jump to Indiana for purchases..NO tax on groceries, and 5% on ALL other purchases... It is so very interesting to see how the salaries differ through the country... The facilities in Indiana, which borders my area, pay much less than in Illinois...d/t cost of living..... Agencies and hospital registries in Illinois are paying near 50 and just over 50 bucks/hr for midnite/evening/weekend shifts in critical care areas. Just saw an ad for 50 bucks an hour at Little Company of Mary in Evergreen Park, IL... Move here and aleviate our shortage !!! Keep Smiling !! :-)

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Specializes in Critical Care, Management.

There were some questions about VA nurses. I work in a 200 bed hospital in their 12 bed CCU unit. i have my ADN. graduated in 95 w/ base pay 11.07 for Med Surg. The last 6 years i have worked CCU. I am now making 16.83 an hour. I am PALS certified and ACLS Instructor Certified. I get no extra pay for this. We get no speciatly pay for working CCU because we are told that all the units are speciatly. We get no extra pay for coming in when busy unless we go over 40 hrs then time and 1/2. no on call pay, no BSN CCRN extra pay. Our night shift diff is 1.00. So just imagine how i feel.:( :o

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As a ICU nurse with 2 years of experience. Here in Rural Maine we are currently being pain 19.32. Plus DOUBLETIME:D :D for all overtime picked up.. Picking up one shift can make the differnce in the paycheck and helps to get through the vacation crunch.:kiss

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Specializes in CCU (Coronary Care); Clinical Research.

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As a new graduate RN, BSN working in the CCU, our base pay is 21 an hour for days with a four dollar night differential and almost 2 dollar weekend differential. Nurses are worth every penny that the hospital pays out...

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Specializes in Obstetrics, M/S, Psych.

RNIAM

Hey, I too, work in rural Maine and get double time for OT! Could it be we work at the same place or is this double time pay a Maine thing?

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