heather24242

At the hospital I work at, CNAs do not get any extra pay for working per diem or being in the multi site float pool. However, nurses who work per diem or in the multi site float pool make a substantial amount of extra money for doing so. I don't understand how that happens. I thought all per diem staff was supposed to get at least a little bit of a pay increase because they get no benefits. What do you think about it? I've never heard of such a thing before!

I did not pay for 3 years of training, I went to a voactional high school where I got my CNA license junior year. CNA training was a part of the shop cirriculum. I did not pay at all for it either. And yes, my wage is less than what the internet tells me the average CNA salary is in my area.

No I am not in a union. The average salary for CNAs in my area is about 14 to 15 dollars. I believe other CNA's make more than me, but I have never asked them what they make as I feel that is not an appropriate question to ask them, especially since I am not close with any of them due to me constantly floating to different units. Many coworkers that I meet ask me what unit I am from, and when I say I am in the float pool and I am per diem, at least half the time they comment on how I must be making a lot of money. I never know how to reply to that, because honestly I think they are actually making more than me!!

So I am per deim CNA at a hospital. I have been working there since August (so about 6 months). I am also a multi-site float, which means I have to call in 2 hours before each shift to see which hospital I am working at. There used to be just 2 hospitals that I floated between, but they recently just changed it so that there is now an additional hospital I may be asked to go to, making 3 possible locations. The one they just added is further from my house than the other 2, and I have never been oriented to it all. In fact, I have never even have been there before in my life until my first shift there (which was very confusing because the Manger didn't even meet me like she was supposed to until I called my own manager to ask what I was supposed to do because I was not told what floor or unit I was working on and had no idea where anything was in the hopsital.) Anyway, I have always been unhappy with how little I am paid. I don't even make a full dollar over minimum wage (which is $ 11 per hour). I actually took a pay cut from my nursing home job (that I had for over a year) when I accepted this job at the hospital. I regret not negotiating it when I was being hired, but I was too nervous too and there is nothing I can do about that now. Also, I got my CNA at a vocational school, which means I had 3 years of CNA training before getting my license. We got far better and more in depth training than any regular CNA training course. Considering all of this and the fact that most per diems are typically paid more than regular staff CNAs because we don't get any bennefits, plus that fact that I am a multi site float (which should also be paid more as I have to be flexible to go to different locations and units, as well as call 2 hours before my shift), do you think I would have a chance at getting a raise? If so how should I go about doing this. I am just so fustrated at how little I am paid for how much I deal with. Also, most regular CNAs I talk to ask me if I get paid more to be a multi-site per diem CNA, and are all very surprised when I say no. I am pretty sure that there are a lot if regular CNAs with about the same experience that get paid more than me!

I'm not sure what to do in this weird circumstance. I am currently a per diem CNA at a nursing home. I applied to a per diem CNA position at a hospital a while ago because I wanted to get hospital experience since I am starting nursing school this fall. I finally had an interview about a month after I submitted the application, and I was offered the job over the phone the next day. I accepted the job over the phone, but at a pay cut. However I don't think they knew they gave me a pay cut. That is because when I applied over a month ago, my pay at the nursing home was $11.75 an hour, so that is what I put on my application when applying to the new job. The new job hired me for exactly $11.75 and hour. However since originally applying to the job, I got a pay raise at the nursing home for $13.50 an hour. So when I accepted the new job, I actually am now getting a pay cut. I think if my application has said I was making $13.50, they would have probably offered me that instead. However, I already accepted the offer at $11.75 because I am a very shy person and I did not want to confront HR and about it, and I did not want to loose the job offer. So now my question is what should I do? I am already hired and have orientation scheduled for next week. Do I tell someone about my circumstance and try to get them to match the $13.50, or should I just deal with getting a pay cut, which I am disappointed about. I regret not telling them about my pay raise at my old job when they first offered me the job at the hospital, but I can't change that now. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I should do in this situation? Thanks.