Dalton

Dalton

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  1. Moving to Tennessee from New Jersey

    Vanderbilt pays the lowest of all the major hospitals in Nashville. I would suggest sending resumes to all the local hospitals and see who offers you the best deal. The cost of living in TN is MUCH...
  2. Difference in pay at Nashville hospitals?

    Vandy will pay the lowest of all the major hospitals in Nashville. We know since we applied to most of them. Although you will have the best chance of getting hired there since Vandy actually prefers...
  3. What's it like to live in Nashville?

    Vandy is fine if you're a new grad desperate for your first job. Actually Vandy prefers to hire new grads since their pay is so low. For nurses with experience there are other hospitals in the area...
  4. And hires unqualified "scabs" as replacements. I would strongly suggest anyone from this area avoid sending your family members to this hospital if you care about their well being. This hospital...
  5. And hires unqualified "scabs" as replacements. I would strongly suggest anyone from Northern New Jersey/New York City area avoid sending your family members to this hospital if you care about their...
  6. Texas nurses are unionized

    My wife has been in a union for nearly 6 years working as an RN in a hospital in Northern New Jersey. She has no desire to ever be in a union again in the future once she leaves this job. For all the...
  7. How much is your pay?

    I have many friends from Canada who come to the United States for their health care rather than wait months for simple medical procedures back in Canada. Same story in the UK. The single payer system...
  8. How much is your pay?

    I stand by my previous statement regarding unions. It seems you have a problem with opinions differing from your own. Not surprising coming from a union member. Not used to having individual thoughts...
  9. How much is your pay?

    This information is from 2004 but will give you a general idea regarding salaries in comparison to the cost of living for each state. For instance California may have the highest average salaries but...
  10. How much is your pay?

    My wife was in a union for 5 years working as an RN in a hospital in Northern New Jersey. She has no desire to ever be in a union again in the future. For all the union dues she's had to pay they've...
  11. Say It Isn't So

    My wife was offered a job (telemetry unit) 30 miles north of Houston in The Woodlands and the base salary is $32.00 an hour. Not including the shift differential. Also a 10k signing bonus. She has 10...
  12. Houston doesn't like me!!!

    It's experience that they're looking for. There certainly is still a nursing shortage in Houston. As well as the rest of Texas. The three major Houston hospitals have been in the New York/New Jersey...
  13. new grad, cant get hired

    There is a lot of demand for RN's in other states. I know of many nurses who have relocated recently. We had three large hospitals from Texas last week at the Nursing Spectrum Career Fair in Teaneck,...
  14. How much is your pay?

    My wife was just recruited by a large hospital in the Houston. She has nine years experience and a BSN. She accepted a position in one of their satellite hospitals in the suburbs for $32.00 an hour...
  15. new grad, cant get hired

    My wife went through the exact same thing 8+ years ago as a new grad. She must have sent resume's to 20 different hospitals and didn't get one response. She eventually had to accept a job at a nursing...
  16. Houston relocation

    My wife is an RN/BSN with nine years experience and was recently offered $32.00 per hour at a hospital in The Woodlands. Also included was a 10k signing bonus in which she has to stay for two years to...
  17. Houston relocation

    I'm well aware of that fact. $36/hr seemed to be a much higher salary than we expected to find anywhere in TX. I wanted to know if that was a base salary or with the shift differential factored in....
  18. Houston relocation

    $36 an hour? Is that a base salary or does it include shift differential? We had assumed the pay was much lower in Texas verses here in the north
  19. new grad feeling discouraged

    My wife went through the exact same thing 8+ years ago as a new grad. She must have sent resume's to 20 different hospitals and didn't get one response. She eventually had to accept a job at a nursing...