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$13/ hour to be on call. Time and Half when called in. California, union hospital.

Your best bet to get an accurate number based on your background and experience is to call the HR department and ask to be connected with a recruiter. For me BSN education, certification in my area, and 2 years of experience my number was $32/hour (Colorado Springs) and $32.50/hour (Denver).

Thanks! I was able to talk to a recruiter at a hospital and she game me the exact number based on my education and years of experience.

Hi, I am looking into relocating to Colorado with my family and I wonder what is the current pay for a BSN nurse with 2 years experience? Best hospitals to apply according to benefits and culture? Any information would be helpful. Thank you so much.

I think it depends on you and the facility that you are working for. I have met quiet a few nurses that have successfully transitioned from the OR to other specialties such as ICU and have even being doing both. I work with 2 nurses that work part time in the ICU. I also know a current PACU nurse that started her career in the OR, transitioned to the ICU and did it for 10 years and is now working PACU as she is close to retirement. There are so many options in nursing.

OR nurses in my system make the same base rate as they call it "a lateral transition" if you are moving from the ED to the OR or any other specialty. We do take calls, but they are not that bad. 4-5 calls are required per month (50% weekend, 50%weekday + half is 1st call and half is 2nd call.... I get everything done in a single weekend), the call shifts are only 8 hours long, and you get paid $3/hour while waiting at home. There is an excessive call pay if you sign up for 20+ hours of call per month. Pay is a time and a half if you are called in. I am never sent home due to low census because I work for an extensive trauma center. If the charge nurse asks you to stay past your shift, you get paid time and a half for the hours worked after your shift. The call pay is time and half for 3 hours guarantee even if you came in and worked for 1 hour or were sent home because the case got canceled for some reason. The people from the liver transplant team get paid more, but they take more calls as well, and it's hard to get into the team because the pay is good, and nobody ever leaves. I worked at another facility where the cardiac and transplant teams were paid a particular base rate. These are the rules at my facility; I am sure it changes across the board everywhere. I am happy in the OR and can't complain because I work with an excellent team.

2018 in Utah, $25.25

Awesome, even better.

Thanks for sharing your experience. You mentioned that you "travel" now. How many years of experience you had before you decided to start traveling?

Hi, I just went through this process and it was pretty fast. It took almost 2 weeks to receive the cards from CBRN. I applied on March 20th and by April 19th my license number was posted on Breeze. I got everything that I needed first, read all the instructions before applying. Requesting the cards was the first step. I requested the cards back in January, moved on February so I just got to do my application in March. March 20th- I went to my local police department to get the fingerprints done and sent to the CBRN by overnight certified mail. Got a new passport photos, went home and did the whole application online and submitted, paid NURSYS verification, and sent all the transcripts from all the schools I have attended. Luck for me, 3/4 schools used national student clearinghouse so they were e-transcripts. March 21st- Got confirmation that my transcripts sent through the national student clearinghouse were retrieved by the recipient. April 2nd- I received a letter saying that my application had been evaluated but they still needed my fingerprints. Checked online on Breeze, and it was showing as a deficiency on my application. I called them and it was not a horrible wait like you read on most posts. I probably waited for 30 minutes and spoke to a person that sounded like she was in a hurry. She told me that they had the fingerprints and they were waiting for the results of the fingerprint. She told me that the deficiency would only clear from my application once they had the results. April 19th- I noticed a license number on my application when I logged in to my Breeze account. I was shocked about how fast everything worked out because I was expecting for a 4 - 6 month process based on online posts. I applied to the permanent license. My friend that applied in mid December got her license by late January but she had done the Livescan fingerprints in Sacramento. I did everything she told me to do with the exception that my fingerprints were a hard copy but I wanted to make sure they had the cards back ASAP. I am confident that you will have your license before August, just send the cards back as soon you get them.

You may need to relocate for an OR residency program. The great thing about an OR residency is that will take experienced nurses and new grads. I had 3 offers for as a new grad for the OR residency last year. The offers were in Utah and Washington. I started my research looking on indeed for the residency programs, then looking at the hospitals' main page. It was time consuming trying to find OR residency programs throughout the country but they are out there. Make sure to apply to places where they have a solid OR residency training that will set you up for success. Don't give up, keep on trying.

Yes, I agree and it screams red flags to me too. There is staffing issues (about 12 nurses quit in the last 3 months) and for budget reasons, they always have only 1 nurse, 2 techs, and one huc at graveyard. I have been considering looking into a solid new grad residency program but I am afraid that I may not qualify or that leaving could hurt me in the future. I brought up my concerns to management many times and they don't take me seriously.

Trauma 1 Pediatric facility. I am working days but will be required to take calls and work occasional graveyard shifts which is down to only 1 nurse in house. During the 10 weeks, I rotated through General, Urology, Ortho, ENT, Plastics, Neuro, and CV. I was just placed on the Urology/General team. They are taking into consideration my 200 hours of capstone in the OR and previous work experience in an adult OR as a CNA. I still feel super uncomfortable because it's a huge transition from being a CNA to the Nurse role. I am terrified and they say it's normal because it takes 1 year to get used to the OR. I am terrified because I don't feel like my orientation was enough.

Hi Everyone, How long is a solid OR orientation for a new grad? I was promised 5 months during interview but given 10 weeks orientation when I started the job, should I be worried?

I would like to send you a private msg but I can't because I don't have enough posts online. Could you please send me a private msg? I have a couple of questions regarding to contract and few other things. Thank you.