travel50....thanks for the info. I'm in rural East Tennessee. I've been a nurse 10 years..BSN. I worked med/surg for four years, parish nurse 1 year, and then I've been staying home for the past five years with my three little boys, but I'm getting back into working now and trying to find out some things. I've been out of the loop...lol. I had no idea what the pay was for an RN now.