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Thank you KelRN215! That gives me a much better understanding of what's possible. I know talking about salaries is still a sensitive issue for many people and I truly appreciate your openness! :)

Thank you guys! I understand that there is a big salary difference in different regions. I'm located in Tampa Bay, Florida and I saw the above mentioned salary range for a local RN job posting. Obviously, a new grad would never get offered the $90,000. But I am just wondering how many years of experience it would take to make that kind of money? I know money isn't everything. I'm just trying to decide if I should invest in 4 more years of schooling (with the burden of taking on additional debt) in hopes of making a similar kind of salary upon graduation with a Masters or PhD, or if I could reach a similar salary as an RN. I just never talked to any RN who actually makes that much... Anyway, I appreciate all your thoughts!

Hi All, I'm a new RN and at this point I'm still trying to figure out whether to focus on continuing my education or start gaining more work experience in different settings. I just have a quick question. I recently read about a salary range for RN's of $46,399- $93,833. To me that is a very wide range, and I was wondering how realistic a salary of $90,000 is for RN's in today's job market? Is that something only a select few can hope to achieve? And how many years of experience does it take to get to that level? Thank you in advance! :)

Wow, thank you everyone for taking the time to respond to this thread!!! Reading all the different posts has helped to ease my concern about getting yelled at all the time once I start working as an RN. I'm glad that many of you cleared up my misconception about the expression "being yelled at", and that it is not the same as "being screamed at". In my mind I was imagining doctors throwing tamper tantrums left and right and literally screaming at the nurses. I'm glad to read that most hospitals out there wouldn't tolerate this kind of behavior in this day and age. And I'm relieved to hear that chart-throwing is now a thing of the past (still can't believe anyone calling themselves a professional doctor would EVER act like that!) Again, thank you all for sharing your experiences and insights with me!:)

I'm currently in Nursing School to get my RN license and I noticed something that is bothering me. Maybe I'm still naive, I just find it baffling to hear how it's almost seen as a given that doctors at times will be disrespectful to nurses. My professors, who are all experienced RN's, frequently comment on the fact that as a nurse you can expect to be yelled at by the doctors. In almost every lecture they will say something along the lines of "if you, as the nurse, don't do exactly what the doctor wants he will probably yell at you." What bothers me most about these comments is that nobody seems to find them shocking or is even a bit upset about it. In what other profession do you hear people talk about being yelled at in such a matter of fact way? My other question is: why do nurses accept this kind of behavior? I've never been yelled at by a doctor but my natural reaction to somebody yelling at me would be:" I'm not sure who you think you are talking to, but you don't speak to me like this." Even if you made a mistake you could say: "I know I made a mistake but that doesn't give you the right to speak to me in this tone. We are all just human." Maybe I'm missing something here and I hope some of you will enlighten me. What is the worst that could happen if you said something like that to a yelling doctor? He would probably think twice about yelling at you again. Please help me to understand, what are nurses afraid of? I'd love to hear some thoughts on this from you guys. Thank you!

Hello there, I graduated from LPN school a while back and originally I thought that that would be it as far as my nursing career goes. I really didn't like lpn school very much and I couldn't really see myself working as an LPN. But now I'm wondering if I should go back to school and maybe I will find something that I like in nursing. ( I'm willing to get as much education as I need to in order to find the right job. Maybe with a Masters I would have better chances to find one that I like) But I'm scared that RN school will be very similar to LPN school and that I won't like it either. And that I will just waste my time. So I guess I'm just asking for some encouraging words from people that have been in both in LPN and RN school and who maybe enjoyed RN school much better?! Thank you! Any help is appreciated!!