Per Diem Rates in Albany

[Kadeco1]

How much, hourly rate, should a nurse with ICU experience ask for at

a surgery center. The position is per-diem an located in Albany.

Thanks in advance

[daisybaby, LPN]

I can only speak for acute care, but several capital district hospitals are paying around $36/hour. No benes, no shift diff. I don't know that your ICU experience would net you an increase, and most places don't give increases for BSN, either.

Will you be expected to take call, or work eves/weekends? On-call rates when I last worked in acute care (in the past year) were pitiful- under $2 an hour, and if you got called in, straight pay upon clock-in (no call-in diff).

Good luck!