I am currently in the Nursing Program at MCCC and I know that Mercy pays very well especially contigent nurses. It really depends on where you want to take your career but I believe step in the door is just about $22/hr. I think I will work for Mercy for about a year and let them help me mold where I want to take my education. I'm really thinking PA and if that is the case they can help me pay for it. Considering all the $$$$$$ I've given them over the past few decades I'm thinking it's due;)