What is the best deal for a new BSN in MD?

shylah1011, BSN, RN · Jan 25, 2005

Help!

I don't know what to expect out of negotiating my salary and all that good stuff this summer when I graduate and be an RN BSN. My desicion is based on monatary and benefit package. What have you guys seen? What do you guys think I should expect?

Shyla

PennyLane, RN · Jan 26, 2005

I took a job at $22/hour.

Please don't base your job selection solely on salary and benefits. You may regret it. I was talking to an RN today who came from a very well-paying job (she started as a new grad). She was overworked and underappreciated. The conditions she described sounded dangerous~it's a very busy ER. She came to another hospital because of what she's heard about it and their philosophy. There are so many other things to consider other than salary.

twinmommy+2, ADN, BSN, MSN · Feb 1, 2005

It would also depend on where you live and work in Maryland as to what you are going to make. Someone Near DC or Baltimore would make more than someone in a more rural setting (at least I would think) but personally I would prefer to work in a more rural setting.

actioncat · Feb 1, 2005

I agree with the previous poster who stated don't base your job selection solely on wages and benefits.

Really, if you are working in an understaffed facility (but making more money) I don't believe you will walk around saying "Gee I sure am burdened with an overwhelming patient load-- but it doesn't matter because I am making 2 dollars more an hour than I would somewhere else!"

Mylife · Feb 22, 2005

$23/hr is what i hear most of my friends, also with bsn, are getting in the baltimore area. i based my first job selection on where i feel would expose me to the most interesting and challenging patient cases, in a big urban teaching hospital, that is also right across the street from my nursing school, so i knew the area already.