Navy Nurse

U.S. Navy RN 16 yrs Clinic Manager $6,800.00 month Moonlighting job: RN 16 NICU $31.86/hr

I know we are constantly bombarding HMO's and Insurance Companies with bad press. The need for health care among Americans is great, but as with any business there most be a profit or it is not feasible to supply. I pose a question to all: When doe...

That is correct fergus, I am NOT criticizing anybodies program. I am just stating that these foriegn nurses pass the same test the U.S. nurses pass and historically that has been the agruement presented on this board for many issues, ADN vs. BSN, et...

I find it humurous that some talk about colleges must be at the same level as our and they have to have the same rigorous training to get licensed and yet there are programs here in the states you can get your degree in a year or on line and all I ha...

I saw where some Houston hositals are going to the agency mentality. They are hiring nurses for short term contracts and paying them bonuses at he end of the contracts, thus bypassing the agencies. Will be interesting to see if other hospitals foll...

You hit it on the head Pooh. Nurses can BS all they want to about want they really want, but the bottom line is money. There is very little loyality at hospitals. Ones that can job switch frequently looking for more money. Then when they get the ...

Most hospitals have a "red line" as to how high a nurses salary can go. Then they use incentive pay (BSN, Certifications) to raise the salary.

Seen anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 for a four year contract.

My wife and I just finished negotiating a job offer from a hospital. Just let me say don't always focus on pay, negotiate on benefits also. We got a good deal but it took about two weeks for the process to finalize.

Civilian Nursing is nothing like the military....Rank and education are completely different. I can assure you there are nurses in the military whose boss doesn't have the same education but more rank. In Navy nursing the higher in rank you go the ...

You need a BSN for Nursing Management. Tell that to my ADN mother-in-law making over 100K a yr as a CNO. This title issue has been around as long as I have been in Nursing. I remember when we were going to call ADN's and Diploma Nurses "Technical Nu...

Being from Texas, it is great to take the lead and try to make things right. I do however think this idea is not good. It looks very discriminating to me. Why do we just punish the sex offender? Where are the signs and car stickers for people con...

I am just curious to know. I have read many nusing surveys where they claim that pay is not all that important in what nurses want in the work place. It usually goes along, patient ratio, good administration, safe workplace and yet I never see any ...

According to Money magazine, 1 out of 5 American couples make over $100,000 dollars a yr. There is you a measuring tool. To answer your questions: 1) Yes own a house in upper middle class neighbor hood. 2) Own a 1999 Pathfinder, 1995 Volvo, 96 Mercu...

Don't know that much about the Army, but agree with what Lori was saying. The ROTC is a great way to pay for school and get military experience. Having been in the Navy for 22 yrs now, of course I am partial to the military, but I also know that it...

Here is where the ANA can make it's voice heard.

Talking to administrators may not change public policy, but it got the nurses a 25%/hr incentive pay raise. You keep paying your dues and calling your congressman and when they pass public law to change nursing and raise your pay give me a call. Th...

I have spoken in front of an inquiry board on the issue and effects of the nursing shortage. Presented point paper to administrators on effects of nursing shortage. Co-developed and implemented a Nurse run, physician assisted, Diabetic Exercise Clin...

As I read this board, I constantly here the following: 1) CEO's make too much money 2) We must unite 3) Take a stand 4) Nurses are underpaid 5) We need better working conditions 6) Nurses really have power Before you take part in a strike (which prob...

History is always important to show us where we came from, but we seem to be stuck in the past. I don't care why the ANA was formed, I want to know what they are doing for nursing. Right now 18,000 members equates to 18 million dollars a year that ...

To the Nursekaren post, sounds like the 12 items listed that the ANA plans on doing equal a bunch of committees and sub committees meeting to maybe coming to some agreement in 5yrs. Most of the items are problems that having been in nursing for yrs,...

Depends on how much you want to work. My wife (also a RN) and I made $165,000 dollars last year in nursing.

Depending on where you live in Texas, there are places paying lots of money to staff nurses. I do know there are hospital paying $35.00 an hr with sign on bonuses. Come on over Lorrie, everyone knows that Alabama is just a suburb of Dallas.

I think that most of times backstabbing comes from fear. Nursing technology changes and some feel threatened with new nurses because they may know more, so instead of using them for knowledge, they try to belittle them in front of others. Most of al...

First of all Brownie, I didn't say you were personally a liberal, I said your words were spoken like a true liberal. This is a very difficult situation to discuss and points can be made for both sides, but look at some of the evidence. You say we ...