RN pay in Florida

Florida is the worst paying state for staff RNs. I have three years of experience and I get 25 dollars an hour. It is an absolute joke how poorly they treat nurses down here! I work in Fort Lauderdale. I have no idea if the gulf coast is better. For your sake I hope it is. I've only worked in FL for 6 months, and I'm done with being a hospital nurse. Doctors are rude, patients think they are in a hotel, administration has their heads up their butts and are clueless to what is actually needed on the floors, which is more staff. I'm from Canada, and we are protected there by a union, while here you are **** upon and expected to hold the hands of incompetent doctors. I'm being blunt because no one was with me and it was a rude awakening. I really hope for your sake it is better on the gulf side, but Florida does have the reputation to treat highly trained RNs, who are smart, intelligent and skilled, as if they are nothing more than grunt workers. The minute I find another job, I am leaving nursing all together.

Yes, it's very sad how nurses are treated. What you have described is a situation that I have seen in every State I have worked, that is CA, MO, NY. Doctors, administrators, managers, patients, the whole thing... It really is a disgrace that a profession of service, like ours, receives so very little appreciation! Unfortunately, as I said, I have seen this all over. Once in a while, you can find a manager that - at least - makes an effort to support our needs.... However, so far, I have only found that once!...

Still, we do our job as best we can...

Thanks for taking the time to write back :)

Good luck! I wish you the best!

I am a native Floridian and was a traveler nurse.

Hands down, FL is the worst paying, poorest ratio, bad working conditions state that I have been to.

FL was my home for 16 yrs. I returned to Canada in 2011. The only thing I miss is FL winter.

I'm happy you were able to go back! That is my hope when my hubby finishes dental school here.