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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.

Hi everyone! What is the most up to date timeframe for a license by endorsement for WA?

Hi there, Sorry for the late reply but I saw your post today. So, I applied to Harborview in the beginning of March, I heard back from them almost 45 days later, then followed by an interview 2 weeks after and haven't heard anything since then. I won't be moving unless I have a job guaranteed. Best of luck and congratulations finishing up nursing school.

Hi Everyone, I'll be graduating this May with my BSN and hoping to move to Seattle if I am accepted into a new grad residency program. So far, I have only interviewed with Harborview Medical Center and I am really hoping to hear back from them. In the meantime, I want to come to town for a few days and explore the area. What areas would be doable to live in Seattle if I get a job at Harborview? I have read about the commute and that is something that I want to be mindful because the job will require "call" hours. Any input about people that work at Harborview? Any suggestions and advice would be great because I don't know anybody in the area. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. The pay for a new grad resident is the same of a entry level nurse here (It's just low overall with no difference between ADN to BSN even though they are pushing for BSN nurses). It's really cool that you get to scrub and circulate. Nurses here are trained to only circulate, I met a few that scrub but they used to be surgical techs. Thanks again for sharing your experience and I will keep my head up :)

You need to have your RN license in order to start the CCI program.

I am not sure about the market for FNPs, hopefully someone knows. I only know that one of my lab professors at my program graduated as a FNP and moved away. She had 10 years experience in the ICU before doing the FNP program and it was a person that had done some traveling during her career as a nurse. I don't know if she moved because of the market or if it was time for something new for her.

Thank you for the reply. By flexibility, I meant about the scheduling. I worked in places where I was required to work 50% nights, 50% days and had no control over my schedule for the first 3 months. Now, I am pretty much straight nights which I prefer and a schedule that works great. In the end, it won't matter because I will take any schedule as a new graduate nurse and work as much as possible to gain experience. Intermountain is starting new grads around $24, the U and St marks are not too far from what Intermountain pays. House/Rent keep going up and I work with several people that are already working two jobs. Fair rent if you are willing to commute but commuting is getting worst with the amount of people moving into town. Anyways, seems like the low pay for nurses in Utah has been around for a long time. I would love to move for better pay, experiences, and more diversity. What would you advise? to stay get two years experience in a low paying job? or move to get the experience somewhere else where you can be paid fairly? If you do the residency at intermountain, how long is the contract?

How did you like working for intermountain related to flexibility and benefits?

Thank you! I have been researching and is just a little confusing like, for example the average that I find for my current state and cost of living does not match at all to what is happening in the market right now. I have lived before in San Diego, and Boston so those areas do not scare me as much because I know what to expect. I am a person that lives way below my means, and I want to have a balance of quality of life, and work. I don't want to spend 10 years paying my student loans. The PTO on my facility is similar to yours. I've to keep on researching and thanks so much for your reply.

Hello everyone, I will be graduating nursing school with my BSN in May/2018. I currently live in one of the compact states but I am willing to move anywhere in the country. I would like to start a new-grad residency in the Operating Room. I have school loans, so pay it is important and that is another reason that I want to move as well. My family lives in South America and I would like to be able to visit them more often (where I am right now its too far and it takes about 18 hours to fly home if I am lucky, cost too much money to fly because of the other nearest airport is 7 hours away, and I have to use a lot of PTO to visit my family- I don't accumulate PTO as fast as I would like too due to the rules of the hospital). My background as a nursing assistant consist of Med-Surg, PACU, and the OR. The city I currently live has two hospitals with Operating Room internships, but the pay is low, and you have to sign a contract. Two nurses that I work with has already recommended for me to move if I am able too because this it the main thing they regret. People don't always leave this city, and they tend to get comfortable on the low paying jobs and overworked environment. Don't get me wrong, I am hard work and will work any shifts. During my prerequisites I worked about 60 hours/week between 2 jobs + taking classes. I will do whatever it takes and love working nights and weekends. Should I stay or should I adventure somewhere new? Do you have any suggestions of good OR residency programs around the country? What would you do? If anybody can share some personal opinions from experience, that would be great. Thank you so much!