What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

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1.Type of nurse?

2. How many hours u work per week?

3. How many years of nursing?

4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only?

5. City and State

6. Average 2 week gross pay

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I am an R.N. with 26 yrs experience. I work in Atlanta and after deductions (not a lg 401k might I add) I bring home about $1750 every 2 weeks. It is to our detriment that we don't discuss salary as this allows our employers to pay us what they want to. :wakeneo: The nurse who speaks up and is aggressive often gets the best salary even if she/he is not the best worker. The passive hardworking nurse may get a raise every 3-5 yrs. We need to become a more unified body.

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I was getting so irritated reading some of these quotes that I could barely see the screen! A curious person asked a simple question regarding pay, a question we ask or wonder about all of the time, and the preachers and saints jumped up on their soapboxes to preach. I don't get it. If you don't feel comfortable answering questions about money, MOVE on to the next quote. Why bother responding with unsolicited asinine comments? I was annoyed until I saw your post. THANK YOU! You said it all beautifully!

Why would you NOT want to know what you may be getting paid? We stay on top of it all for a reason... we pursue advanced degrees, get certifications, and do our best to keep our skills in line with evidenced-based practice. Who's going to do all of that for scraps? I didn't get into nursing JUST for the $ but it sure is a part of it! The money, the flex schedules, the job security, etc... all of that in addition to helping and making a difference. My mortgage company is not interested in my 'desire to make a difference'. They want dollars! So does Sallie Mae. Be real folks. When we get real and get vocal, we'll stop getting screwed as a profession. I'm all for asking... ask away!

As for me:

-I work Ob-Gyn

-3 yrs exper

-36 hr nights

-St. Pete, FL

-My pay is usually $2000-$2300 Q 2 weeks after the standard deductions.

You know what, I get annoyed by comments like yours. Yes, you should go into nursing to help people and because you want to have a fulfulling job in which you can make a difference in people's lives. Yes, it takes heart, not just intellect, to be a good nurse. But you know what? Nurses work HARD. REALLY hard. And why not be curious about what's out there financially speaking? I never got into nursing thinking that I would be rich- by no means, but I did know that nursing paid well AND was a profession that I could be proud of, because it's not just shuffling paper- it's helping heal people. But I really resent comments like yours that infer that anyone who is the slightest bit curious about what they will be making after they graduate is in some way heartless, cold, and should never have gone into nursing in the first place.

Would you be happy making $10-15 as a new nurse? Graduate, go out there and start working, and then get back to me.

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I find it curious you indicate your displeasure with poor grammar with a grammatically incorrect sentence.

NOW THIS IS FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY HUSBAND AND I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING!

The lesson here is- if you're going to be catty, COME CORRECT! LOL

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hello Mander2, I am an RN in a Physc. unit of a hospital in NJ

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1. Type of nurse: Med-Surg

2. Required 84 hours per pay period of 2 weeks

3. 26 yrs as RN but does not factor into pay scale

4. 12 hr shifts - days

5. Blythe, CA

6. Avg gross $2300 per pay period

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you people are petty

I just started an Accelerated BSN program last month, and I do not think I am alone in being curious about the salary. Yes, there are resources out there that give you overviews and averages, but it's nice to be able to gauge things according some of the many variables: location, specialty, work schedules,etc.

Quite frankly, I have done some research and I am pretty sure I'll be taking a pay cut as I begin nursing as a second career. I am proceeding anyway, because I believe nursing is valuable and rewarding profession and it is well suited to my interests and personality. I do hope, however, that as I gain experience and persue advanced certification/education, the salary will match the time, effort, and MONEY I have invested. It is silly to expect people to make an investment into a career and not expect a reasonable return on that investment. What is petty about that?!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
I am also an LVN in Ft Worth, w/ 10 mths exp and make about that much in a yr working the floor. What type of job do you have? zjust looking for other options in the area! Thanks!
I have a full-time job working the weekend double-shift at an upscale nursing home in west Fort Worth. I also have a part-time PRN job at a small psychiatric hospital in Denton.
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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Herrera's reply scared me to death. I cannot imagine a LVN being allowed to push ANY med, anytime, anywhere.
I just pushed some IV heparin today. Hopefully this revelation may truly scare you to death. :p

Sorry, you don't have the same licensure, education or training as me.
As LVNs, we fully realize that we do not possess the same licensure, education or training as our RN counterparts. However, please come to the realization that licensure, education and training do not count for everything. You have strangely left out one of the most substantial aspects of nursing care: experience.
It's not about you as an LVN needing constant supervision. It's about the fact that under MY rules of practice, I AM legally responsible for all that you do.
The RNs at my facility work under their own licenses. The LVNs at my facility work under their own licenses. If I administer 500 units of Humalog to an insulin-dependent diabetic and therefore kill the patient, I will stand alone in losing my license and livelihood. I have watched several LVNs lose their licenses and not one RN went down with them.

If LVNs/LPNs held no accountability for their actions there would be absolutely no point in possessing a vocational/practical nursing license. You are not accountable for my mistakes unless you, the RN, directed me to administer the 500 units of insulin and I was too foolish to realize that your directions were utterly wrong. I refrain from insulting your title, so it would be wonderfully considerate if you refrained from insulting the 3 letters that are behind my name.

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Specializes in dialysis icu.

i like know standards of nursing care or a model for clinical practice.ithanks to every body if help me:nurse:

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Specializes in Long Term Care.
you people are petty

Yep, but getting flamed is sooo entertaining....

Dang grammer police never showed up.:cry:

Can't eat young that I have never had, esp when I am considered young myself. Stick that in your pipes and smoke it.

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Specializes in Long Term Care.

1.Type of nurse?LTC

2. How many hours u work per week?40

3. How many years of nursing?one

4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? evenings

5. City and State WV

6. Average 2 week gross pay with out diff and OT, about 1300 after taxes

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Specializes in ER/Trauma, research, OR.

1.Type of nurse?RN - ADN

2. How many hours u work per week?36

3. How many years of nursing?two

4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? nights

5. City and State Columbus, Ohio

6. Average 2 week gross pay 1600 c OT 2400

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