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Ok, great advice. Thank You.

I currently live in Tampa and work as a nurse making around 84k(no overtime) a year which is really good for this area, but yesterday I was in a conversation with a nurse who just moved from Sacramento, CA and claimed to be making around 80/hr with ridiculous benefits and even mention a pension plan. I went home and have decided to apply for full time jobs out in Sacrament just for the crazy pay increase just for doing the same job. Also, cost of living in the Sacramento,CA doesn't appear much different than Tampa, FL. I would make 150k instead of 84k for doing the same job. Am I missing something?? I work ICU with 4+years experience I've been a RN for 6 years and have my BSN.

I'm thinking about doing exactly what your doing. Is it a good route? Does it pay better than being an RN in the hospital?

I must say, sometimes it is really annoying when nurses say,"If your in it for the money than you should not be a nurse".Most are hypocrites because the next day they are complaining about how they don't want to do hourly visits and the hospital does not pay them enough.....really??? lol I am honest about the fact that it is about the money for me. I take great care of my patients and they loved my care and compassion. I pride myself in making people better and healthier. And because I know that I can provide customer satisfaction and happy patients in any environment I want to get the most $ possible for my time working as a nurse. I am looking to further increase my salary because my agency is taking about 20-30% of what they are billing the hospital for my services. I know there are some people that have been running a business this way for years on this forum, such as NedRN, Expertusprn, renerian, phatlipboardz... and they are taking home the extra cash. I want to know how to take a bigger piece of the pie for my services, because I am the one doing the work! Whether that be starting my own agency where I work as the sole employee, or start being an independent contractor. I need some ideas of how others have increased their salary? Ways I have already increased my salaries include: -Moving hospitals and negotiating with Human resources -Moving to critical care -Becoming critical care agency nurse....this helped ALOT, but its unstable ...So, if you got any secret tips like: become a sales rep for medtronic, or work for a certain strike nursing company. I would really appreciate your input(nothing is bad advice)!

Great JOB!!

I must say, sometimes it is really annoying when nurses say,"If your in it for the money than you should not be a nurse".Most are hypocrites because the next day they are complaining about how they don't want to do hourly visits and the hospital does not pay them enough.....really??? lol I am honest about the fact that it is about the money for me. I take great care of my patients and they loved my care and compassion. I pride myself in making people better and healthier. And because I know that I can provide customer satisfaction and happy patients in any environment I want to get the most $ possible for my time working as a nurse. I am looking to further increase my salary because my agency is taking about 20-30% of what they are billing the hospital for my services. I know there are some people that have been running a business this way for years on this forum, such as NedRN, Expertusprn, renerian, phatlipboardz... and they are taking home the extra cash. I want to know how to take a bigger piece of the pie for my services, because I am the one doing the work! Whether that be starting my own agency where I work as the sole employee, or start being an independent contractor. I need some ideas of how others have increased their salary? Ways I have already increased my salaries include: -Moving hospitals and negotiating with Human resources -Moving to critical care -Becoming critical care agency nurse....this helped ALOT, but its unstable ...So, if you got any secret tips like: become a sales rep for medtronic, or work for a certain strike nursing company. I would really appreciate your input(nothing is bad advice)!