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Following. I'm in TX, finishing up my FNP and interested in working in women's health. I've considered working at planned parenthood as well so I'd be curious to hear from anyone regarding planned parenthood salaries in TX. A quick search on Indeed shows $120,000 for planned parenthood in Houston.

Hi, does anyone know if this white memorial pays overtime after 8 hrs or is it straight pay for a 12 hr shift?

Thanks for the info.

I have a MSN from WGU. I'm finishing up a post master's cert in FNP and University of Texas at Arlington. It's 100% online. They only accepted like one or two classes from WGU. I had previously taken grad level advanced patho and pharm at another university and they accepted those also but you are pretty much starting the FNP coursework from the beginning. Also, I didn't find out until I was accepted at UTA that you don't qualify for federal loans because a post master's is considered non degree seeking. So I'm paying out of pocket. Some schools will allow you to do fed loans for post master's tho.

I'd be interested in hearing from current travelers as well. I'm currently employed at a VA and have considered the travel nurse corps. How long are the contracts usually? Do you keep your current pay grade/scale and they just keep you at that scale for whatever state you're in?

I live in Dallas. I used to work at UTSW full time and prn. With 6 years of experience you can expect to make low $30s. Float pool with night and weekend diff pays well. I learned that working prn at UTSW gave me the best bang for my buck because they offer what they call critical ($150) and double critical ($300) incentive bonuses when they are short staffed. They seem to be short staffed a lot so I would just wait until they call offering double critical. You get your pay rate, plus differentials, plus the $300 bonus that shift. The health insurance was good. I don't remember about the retirement. The hospital is new and everything is top of the line. The ratios on med/surg were 5:1 and the cardiac unit was probably 4:1. Although they were always initially short staffed, they always found nurses to cover the shifts. It's a great place to work, I ended up leaving because full time with benefits was not financially working for me. Also, I've been in Dallas for 3 years. Purchased a home when I first moved here. Housing prices are steadily increasing. The property taxes are crazy. My mortgage has gone up $100 every year due to taxes. I'm single so if this continues I guess I'll have to sell or get a room mate. The cost of living is not that cheap here either. HCA hospitals seem to pay the best here. They are all over. All locations don't have the best reputation but they aren't that bad. I've worked at one. You could probably make around $45 base not including differentials, and around $50 if you don't need benefits. They also give sign on bonuses and tuition assistance. Baylor does have seasonal positions for $40-50 but I'm not sure what happens when your contract is over if you can renew it at the same pay rate or what. I've never worked there.

Hi, I'm in the post master's fnp program. I've only got a few classes left then clinical. So far the program has been good. The 5 week courses are kinda tough tho. So much info crammed into a short period. I chose UTA because I was looking for a brick and mortar school that had a good reputable program but I wanted the convenience of online. There are usually 200 online students per class so there is a professor who is over the entire class and then they put you into smaller groups with a coach. The coaches are usually NPs. We all get the same information. It's just easier to contact your coach for concerns. Imagine if the professor had to post grades for 200 students and reply to emails.

Hi, is anyone doing post master's cert (FNP) for the Spring 2018?

I ended up working one of my agency jobs which paid double time. I submitted that pay stub. I didn't ask HR the reason for this but I'm still curious to know.

I'm just going to tell them I don't keep my pay stubs

Hi, I have a tentative job offer with the VA and they are asking for a recent pay stub. This "might" be okay if it was only going to HR, but the email specifically states that it is one of the required documents that the board uses to determine salary. I'm just wondering if those of you who work at the VA had to submit a pay stub and how did it affect your salary offer from the board? This seems wrong on so many levels.

I currently live and work in SoCal. I'm planning to relocate to DFW area soon. I have 6.5 years exp. I was just quoted $32/hr base at Baylor. The differentials for nights and weekends were $5-6. This is for a med surg float position. Seems really low. I would assume that float pool pays more. Anyone have any insight into the best paying places to work? Thanks.

thank you for your response

Hi, I currently work in California. I have a potential interview for a Unit Coordinator position in MD. I'm not familiar with a position of this kind unless we call it something else here. The HR rep read a brief description but I'm still unsure of what it really is. I'm wondering if anyone can give me any insight on this kind of position? Thanks.

I guess once you find information to support another recommendation or have all the staff voice their concern something can be done to change it. Sometimes hospitals spend money on new software and system upgrades and don't want to admit when things don't go right. We are required to complete acuity paperwork each shift and it is never even used for staffing.