RN training pay at 10$/hr??

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hello and HELP! I am new RN I have my ASN and enrolled in a BSN program. I went to my first interview for a pediatric home health company the other day. They told me they would pay me 10$/hr for the first 12 weeks of training!!! I am in shock, I feel insulted, and I'm disappointed. Ive never heard of a nurse being paid that! after training they told me my pay would be 20$/hr working nights and weekends, but that even seems low to me. Has anyone ever encountered this before? As a new nurse I dont know if this is a regular rate, or a company taking advantage of new grads who dont know better. I was so excited to even get the interview, but this just doesn't seem right to me... help!

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

WOW!

I would say that is low but with the plethora of new grads in your area it is clear they are low balling on purpose.....WOW.

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Ouch! $20 is low as I'm guessing your cost of living is pretty high. I have heard of other employers paying less when training.. Usually those were places where Nurses didn't stick through training because the companies were awful. Perhaps others have had more positive experiences?

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I would say absolutely not! Techs make more than that. I understand being open because I applied everywhere before I got my job but nobody offered me anything that low and I am in the south.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

That's not uncommon for PDN. I was getting paid that much as an LVN & I live in Texas.

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Twelve weeks of ten dollars an hour and then twenty an hour after that, for an RN? Something is rotten in that pumpkin patch.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

I'm surprised of 12 weeks of orientation. I've only gotten a few days or a week. I don't know how to take it.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Sadly, that is common in the home care world. I only had a couple days' training (due to my experience) but it was also at that same sad rate. And my annual competency day is paid the same even after many years with the company.

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Specializes in ICU.

The $10/hr part is awful. Heck, I made $20/hr at my first job as a new grad in Georgia, in a town where I rented a 3 bedroom, 1400 square foot house with a garage for less than $800/month.

Still, if that's the only interview you've landed and the only offer you've gotten, it doesn't sound like you have a ton of options. If you take it, you can always keep looking until you find something new. Maybe they are open to a bit of negotiating...

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Wow, it's getting rough out there- that pay is horrible.

What a sad state of affairs we're in.

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They probably offer the LPN $2.35 an hour plus tips, after 12 weeks of $1.65 an hour for a training wage. Have to keep things in perspective you know.

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What will your pay rate be if you are not working nights or weekends? If $20 an hour is including a night and weekend differential, yikes!

I'd hate to work a 12 hour day shift during the week to fill in and make $12 an hour.

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