Starting Salary At Christiana For New Grads

[summersent]

Its a little over $26 but that goes up in June/July.

is that with benefits?

[mlizhev]

I worked at Christiana for almost 5 years as an LPN on a Med/Surg floor and had to leave due to a MVA now they won't give me the time of day. HR there is absolutely horrible. When I did get to meet with HR they would not consider my LPN experience and all of it was at CCHS! It's a shame too because they monoplolize the area. I'm sure if nurse managers realized how hard it is to get in there they would try to change things, being as though some positions have been open for months at a time.

[BouBou]

hI,

I'm interested in this one because I believe you are able to earn so much more in the States that we do over here in Scotland. My salary is £11.40 per hour, we make in an average month a take home pay of £1600. which includes unsocial hours made up on Sat/Sun shifts and nights too. I work in ICU and we do 12.5 hour shifts doing 2 weeks days and 2 weeks nights. I dont know what that is in dollars. I have 10 years Accident & Emergency experience and 7 years ICU. My last pay rise was in 1999...I'm at the top of the earnings for my grade.

Your are making about $22.80. The pound is quite a bit stronger than the dollar at the moment. Do you make any shift differentials for nights and weekends? Also, do you have an overtime incentive?

[soontobe_RN]

I worked at Christiana for almost 5 years as an LPN on a Med/Surg floor and had to leave due to a MVA now they won't give me the time of day. HR there is absolutely horrible. When I did get to meet with HR they would not consider my LPN experience and all of it was at CCHS! It's a shame too because they monoplolize the area. I'm sure if nurse managers realized how hard it is to get in there they would try to change things, being as though some positions have been open for months at a time.

CCHS pays more then Union Hospital in Elkton and at Union we start out at 24$/hour (RN). GN gets 22$/hour. I'm not sure about LPN, but I know it is a little less. Benefits used to be great at Union but they recently changed and now, if you don't live in MD or have physicians in another state, it is horrible!!!!! In fact, it is pointless for me to even have insurance through that hospital since I live in DE. I don't know about CCHS benefits.

[GreenEyedNurse]

Christiana Care is a great place to work. There endless options as to what you may want to do there. I worked at Wilmington Hospital for 7 years and left for 3 to work for private practice. I went back to Wilmington because I missed the bedside. I'm now a PCC at Christiana. You're right, they do own everything and they are lacking in the HR dept. I've seen a few horror stories from people who have gotten injured. However, there is some pride in working for the biggest healthcare organization in Delaware. Even the change from Wilmington to Christiana has been huge. I used to say "Wilmington Hospital" and people would say, "Where, St. Francis?" No one had any clue that Wilmington was part of Christiana. I swore I'd never go to Christiana, but I took the chance and I'm there now and I am pretty happy.

Things could always be better. One hospital versus another? They all have their good and bad sides.

[jodyangel, RN]

Yes I agree with her ^^^. Christina has been very good to me. As a new RN they've given me my 6 weeks orientation without even a whimper of me cutting it short. I had great preceptors and can see myself working there forever. I feel as tho it is a very organized organization and I've met loads of very personable friendly nurses.

I would recommend you to check them out. I'm truly loving it!

[soontobe_RN]

i don't know how christiana is to work for, however it is a great teaching hospital!!!! the thing is b/c it is so big i felt a bit overwelmed. which is one of the reasons why i went to union. the other reason is b/c union payed their student nurse externs a few dollars more then christiana, but now that i am a nurse, they pay their nurses a few dollars less. ragardless, i want to specialize in cardiology so i will eventually try coming to christiana since they have one of the best cardiac centers around.

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

as of this time last year, the starting rate for an inexperienced rn was $25.02 (if you are 80 hours per pay period, benefits are free) before any shift differentials, weekend, holiday rates, or overtime. and the orientation on general floors is 8 weeks long.

*jess*

[bill4745, RN]

Does anyone know about the ER @ Christiana I am graduating in May from a BSN program in PA and I ma from CT. Im trying to narrow my options down for applying

Avoid the ER, espec. a new grad. I've been a pt there several times and it is out of control.

[Azzurri]

Avoid the ER, espec. a new grad. I've been a pt there several times and it is out of control.

I don't know they have an ED-internship program which orients new grads and nurses with little experience for months to prepare them for their ED. I'm sure you're not gonna be a master and will probably still be overwhelmed but I've heard great things about it.

In fact I start the program in February. I'm not a new grad neccessarily but I have 3 months critical care experience.