salaries of an office nurse

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I currently work in an inpt peds unit (5 yrs at this/7 total in nursing) and one of our family practice residents is planning on opening her own office in my small town and has asked me to work for her. I REALLY like her as a person and a MD! Therefore I am concidering this move. However, she wants me to give her want I "need" to make hourly. I know that leaving a hosp to move to an office would be a pay cut, but I have no idea where to even start. ( I live in Illinois.) I also know I need to get a job description because I think I would also be helping her run the office. Any suggestions?

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I took a three dollar an hour cut in pay when I went from a nursing home to a doctor's office. I don't have to pay anything for health insurance at the clinic, where I did at the nursing home, so that helps offset a bit.

Extremely worth it, by the way!! :)

Edit: I should mention that included my shift differential of $1/hour for working nights at the nursing home. So just going by base pay it was a 2 dollar an hour cut in pay.

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Thats great that she asked you. There was one office job I looked into once, it paid a r.n. 13.00 an hour:rotfl: . I have seen it advetised alot, wonder why...lol.

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I work at a family practice office part time and make $14.00 an hour. Not great, but less stress than our med-surg floor (my full time job) and the perks are not office bills.

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I was earning $21 an hour as an office nurse five years ago. I would be very honest about what you need to make; once you agree on a wage, it is going to be very difficult to negotiate upwards when it is time for a raise.

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wow!!!! where was that and what kind of office. H*ll, I don't make that on the floor.

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wow!!!! where was that and what kind of office. H*ll, I don't make that on the floor.

It was an exceptionally busy peds practice in north San Diego County. I have a friend who is working for a doctor involved in some research project (brain's fried at the moment, can't remember what he's studying, but it is oncology related). She negotiated a $50/hr rate. I intend to bring her along to my next performance review, lol!

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