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I'm not sure what it is this year, I want to say last year my friend and I both started around $23.70/hr base pay (there is a $4/hr night differential if you end up on nights). It's gone up a bit this year, by like a dollar an hour, based on some cost sharing thing or something where they realized we were supposed to be paid a little more. I'd ask for what you think you're worth tho, I regret not negotiating a bit because once you're in it gets harder to negotiate your salary up if you're starting off low.

Overly optimistic advice isn't very helpful, but neither is overly pessimistic advice. Without knowing where you live, I have no idea whether your chances of finding a day shift job are realistic or not. Where I work, you get hired for either days or nights- nobody rotates. I have a single mom friend who was given a choice of whether she wanted to go on days or nights once she completed orientation for her first nursing job. And for what it's worth, most of my graduating class found jobs within 6 months and I went to school in a competitive job market. People seem to get some sense of satisfaction from warning nursing students about how rough they'll have it getting a job but it sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders and will figure out what you need to do. Ask around, people in your area will be able to tell you what's standard there.

I'm starting the new grad RN residency at Seton Main in Austin on... Monday. Anyone else? It seems like the structure of the residency changes every year so I thought I'd start a current thread!