Salary question?

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Hi, RN's

I know 2 girls who work as RN's. One of them has 15 y of experience and said to me that they pay her $60/h (she works nights). The other one has 7 years of experience and said to me that they pay her $35/h. Can this be true? :rolleyes: Both work in Palm Springs, CA.

If it is I want to be a :nurse:

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This could be true!! But...Become a nurse for the passion & drive you have for this field. If not you will be chasing a dream that will never "pay" off =)

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Both RN's can be telling the truth.

You should really do some research on nursing before you get into nursing because nursing is not easy. You have to enjoy your career and do it because you love nursing and not because of the salary.

Shadow an RN for a day to find out that being an RN is not easy and you have a lot of responsibility. Make sure you really want to be a nurse and you love patient care because the healthy care field is not easy and you do have to put up with a lot of bs.

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Specializes in SRNA.

Sounds about right to me. Where I live/work, the difference between a new grad and the top of our pay scale is about $25/hr.

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Specializes in Occupational health, Corrections, PACU.

If you just want to make a lot of money, get into business with a business degree, Tech degree, Human Resource degree.

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Specializes in ICU, ER.

The $60 could be a per diem position with no benefits. The other could be full-time with benefits.

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Don't listen to the myth that you can't get into nursing for the money. I got into it only for the money and job security and have been doing it well for years. Never even considered nursing until I was getting pushed out of a 9 year job in business. To this day my "passion" is to better my family, nursing is my job.

If you are going into nursing for the money what you will need is a top of the line work ethic and professionalism. If you lack either of these, in fact if you don't down right take pride in either of these attributes you will burn out and be an example of nurses who left after "getting in it for the wrong reasons." I hate that line.

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Specializes in ER, Trauma.

I disagree or misunderstand John20. Care can be an action, such as giving meds, and is also an emotion where you care (have compassion) about a patients situation and understand they may be having the worst day of their life, and help them deal with it emotionally. Sheer profesionalism sounds to me like doing the job as required, but caring is the extra mile that people in crisis need. If you're doing it for the money, stay away from my family, friends, and patients. They deserve better.

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Specializes in ICU, ER, EP,.
i disagree or misunderstand john20. care can be an action, such as giving meds, and is also an emotion where you care (have compassion) about a patients situation and understand they may be having the worst day of their life, and help them deal with it emotionally. sheer profesionalism sounds to me like doing the job as required, but caring is the extra mile that people in crisis need. if you're doing it for the money, stay away from my family, friends, and patients. they deserve better.

you either didn't read, didn't listen or didn't hear his post

"what you will need is a top of the line work ethic and professionalism. if you lack either of these, in fact if you don't down right take pride in either of these attributes you will burn out and be an example of nurses who left after "getting in it for the wrong reasons."

he is seeking work ethic, professionalism, that's more than the average bear comes to the table with now. i don't want caring and all mushy nonsense.. i want a professional that adheres to the standards of care, has the work ethic to see it through. if that nurse doesn't hold my hand and "po-po" me, but provides competent patient care, i'm good. get your priorities straight!

we have a nurse that sweet talks all the family whom love him dearly, the whole time he caters to them, the patient is never turned, meds are always late, makes many med errors and all the time the family loves him while the patient lacks care. get real, get informed.. caring does not equate to quality care, infact caring can lead to giving the patient and family exactly what they want to get them that warm fuzzy feeling... but certainly not what the patient needs. geeze.

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I disagree or misunderstand John20. Care can be an action, such as giving meds, and is also an emotion where you care (have compassion) about a patients situation and understand they may be having the worst day of their life, and help them deal with it emotionally. Sheer profesionalism sounds to me like doing the job as required, but caring is the extra mile that people in crisis need. If you're doing it for the money, stay away from my family, friends, and patients. They deserve better.

I am boarderline emotionless at work. Which is a step up from many nurses who are downright hostile with patients who don't behave in the manner in which the nurse expects them to. What I am is competent and professional. I take pride in my assessment skills and ability to treat all patients the same regardless of how they treat me. Spare me the melodrama of "Stay away from my and blah, blah, blah....". What an empty sentence. If you or anyone you knows comes under my care they will get quick, competent care. You'll have to do the hand holding and hugging.

My point to the original poster was that you can get into nursing(and be good at it) for money/career reasons only if you are mature, hard working, and professional.

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Specializes in ER, Trauma.

Thanks for proving my point John and Zookeeper. Zookeeper, your name says it all.

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I disagree or misunderstand John20. Care can be an action, such as giving meds, and is also an emotion where you care (have compassion) about a patients situation and understand they may be having the worst day of their life, and help them deal with it emotionally. Sheer profesionalism sounds to me like doing the job as required, but caring is the extra mile that people in crisis need. If you're doing it for the money, stay away from my family, friends, and patients. They deserve better.

Oh...ok, i am sure that most of them are doing it for the money, they just do not want to admit it. I often wonder if they were getting paid , say $11/h, would they be still doing this job? Probably not, the ones that volunteer are probably doing it more for the experience. I tell you something: 11 months ago, i had 2 surgeries in one day. I spent 7 days in that hospital, 3 of which in ICU. For that time, i had 7 different nurses, trust me ONLY TWO of them, yes two out of seven knew what they were doing there. The others.....for god sake what were they doing there? I remember one night i was in so much pain and asked for my nurse, she came in 45 minutes after i called her and she said " Oh i'am sorry just now i saw the light on", I thought: " Are you kidding me, were you asleep or what, is that what you get paid for?" Of course i did not say anything, i just asked for my painkiller. So the other five were useless, i doubt they love their job, they like the money more than cleaning diarrhea that for sure. Do you want those five nurses to care for you, your family or friends?

I too deserved better.

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