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I received a sign on bonus at my current job. 5k. But I received 2500 after the 1st month of working FT, and the other 2500 at the 6 month mark. If I left before a year of working ft, the contract said I would have to pay it back. I highly doubt any hospital has a 25k sign on.......unless the hourly wage is $8.00/hr! Lol
Well, it's reassuring to hear that signing bonuses still exist in some places. I thought they only had those in North Dakota! I'm still pretty skeptical about the details of this story - I asked her to clarify with her source and get back to me. If there's any new information I will definitely let you all know!
Surely this can't be true, right?! This was third hand information, but someone just told me a story about selling their house to a new grad nurse in OH who used this supposed $25K signing bonus as a down payment on a house. I was in disbelief, but I thought I'd come check my trusty sources at AN and see if this was a thing.
This is great-Nursing Urban Legends!!
Seriously, though, I just can't believe any hospital would give out that large a bonus. Especially since the Nursing shortage is a myth and Nurses are literally a dime a dozen now.
I know of a hospital in Kentucky that gives a $25k sign on bonus, but not for new grads. I'm not sure but I think it's for ICU only, and they particularly want trauma critical experience. It's a hospital in eastern KY that provides for a large area but there isn't anything to do there so no one wants to move there.
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Surely this can't be true, right?! This was third hand information, but someone just told me a story about selling their house to a new grad nurse in OH who used this supposed $25K signing bonus as a down payment on a house. I was in disbelief, but I thought I'd come check my trusty sources at AN and see if this was a thing.