The "Experience"..

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*Sigh* This special word and one of the most commonly heard in nursing-and a pain for new grads! So, when do you cross from being a novice to having "the experience". Is it measured in years, skills or "just a feeling" you tell the interviewer.

And another, someone mentioned in a thread that her asking price would be 50dollars an hour?Nurses can ask for that?:eek:

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

I guess you can ask for anything. Does not mean you will get it. HR knows what the market is in your area. They expect you to shop around.

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Specializes in home health, dialysis, others.

In that post, about a nursing home not wanting new grads, the poster was being sarcastic. Although I am certain there may be a few RNs that make really good money, it's on weekend nights overtime! Or certain holidays.

Years ago, I worked at a facility that paid time and a half for holidays, and you had a choice of getting another day off, or a days' pay. I made about $24/hr, so if I worked a holiday, and chose the pay instead of another day off, I would be making $60/hr. The best was Thanksgiving, and the day after. Plus, I worked a 10 hr shift in acute dialysis, and we were allowed to leave when all the work was done. One year we worked about 6 or 7 hours each of the days, but got our full pay. 20 hours at about 60 bucks an hour!

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.

I know several nurses that make just a little under $50.00 an hour.

It's doable...and experience is measured in acuity of patient care and yes--years.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.
*Sigh* This special word and one of the most commonly heard in nursing-and a pain for new grads! So, when do you cross from being a novice to having "the experience". Is it measured in years, skills or "just a feeling" you tell the interviewer.

And another, someone mentioned in a thread that her asking price would be 50dollars an hour?Nurses can ask for that?:eek:

Salary scales vary widely across the country -- usually related to the cost of living. A nurse in a small town with a low cost of living would not make $50/hour. Even nurses in leadership positions don't earn that much. However, a nurse in Manhattan or San Fransisco, etc., where the cost of living might well make that much as base pay as the compensation rates stay in line with the high cost of living in such areas.

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