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!

Specializes in Aesthetics, Med/Surg, Outpatient.

Oh and let me add that they do not require a commitment of 1-2 years with them after the grad resident training program (As most hospitals do). They only require one to stay for at least 6 to 9 months after the training

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
Oh and let me add that they do not require a commitment of 1-2 years with them after the grad resident training program (As most hospitals do). They only require one to stay for at least 6 to 9 months after the training

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Very helpful. At one time they were charging for the training reimbursed after 250-500 hours of work for them

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Specializes in Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing.

Bayada has always been fantastic with their communications with me. I get responses quickly from customer service managers and clinical managers, and whenever I call HR for benefits or payroll they take my call immediately and are very helpful. Nobody ever makes me feel guilty or stupid for any questions or problems I may have. When I say "no" they don't hassle me, and when I say "yes" they are lavish in their expression of gratitude. They give me every day off that I need and all overtime I can safely handle. I'm disappointed that they didn't offer you more to start, but truly, they are very careful about making sure the nurses they assign to their cases really know what they're doing. If you come in w no experience at all, they I suppose that they just want to be sure your orientation is extensive.

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Specializes in Aesthetics, Med/Surg, Outpatient.
Very helpful. At one time they were charging for the training reimbursed after 250-500 hours of work for them

Oh wow. Thank goodness that has changed :)

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Imo,it depends on the office.

My local office is horrible,but the office in another county is the best of the best.

It might be the "vibe" of the office.

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Specializes in nurseline,med surg, PD.

They do that because unlike other home care agencies they hire new grads and give them an excellent orientation. Unlike other agencies which will not orient you. Yes 10.00 hr is pitiful but they will hire new grads and other agencies won't.

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One year of LTC experience in NJ, i was offered $26/hr for a simple pediatric g-tube patient.

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I'm an LPN and I got paid 26 an hour on my first day of training. And going forward.

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Specializes in Home Health,ID/DD, Pediatrics.

I'm an RN with 2 years PDN experience and an agency starting w/an "M" pays $7 and change per hour of orientation! Now, tell me that would happen for ANY other profession? NOPE.

Health care wouldn't run well if at all without nurses, yet we put up with this...have no idea why.

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I'm an RN with 2 years PDN experience and an agency starting w/an "M" pays $7 and change per hour of orientation! Now, tell me that would happen for ANY other profession? NOPE.

Health care wouldn't run well if at all without nurses, yet we put up with this...have no idea why.

That is an improvement. When I worked for an agency that started with "M", we were expected to go to orientation to a new client on our own dime. Their excuse? "We are already paying one nurse to be there at that time. We can not pay two nurses to be at the same client at the same time. The reimbursing authority will not allow it." Another agency that used the same reimbursing agencies as "M", paid for two hours of orientation. If a difficult or involved case, they would pay up to four hours of orientation. How one agency can do it, but another can't, just an example of the game.

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Specializes in Pediatric.

Wow, that seems insane!

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it is 12 weeks at 10$ an hour with classroom time and field

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