What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

teriadn2004 · Jul 8, 2006

I don't understand why people are taking out such huge loans to pay for school. My loans are miniscule compared to figures I have heard here.
I thought that most nursing students were really good students and thus eligible for scholarships, grants and work-study type aid. I used a combination of the Montgomery GI Bill, grants, workstudy and loans to be able to attend college.
I know that more non-traditional people are going back, but still, if you look around and apply at every opportunity, someone somewhere will give you a break.
There are lots of ways to get through school debt free.

I just graduated ADN 2004 and will complete BSN next month.....I have a 4.0 GPA.....however, I am the sole support for my family, provide the health insurance etc.....I had to work while in school and it has taken me 6 yrs to do this with taking classes at night, weekend, etc. In SC, there was NO help for me beacuse I have a documented income of $32,000 for a family of 2.....my husband was injured in a accident and diagnosed with a brain tumor while in the hospital for the injury.......that was in 2002 and he still hasn't gotten disabilty......meanwhile, we lived on credit cards as I struggled to NOT lose our house, etc and to NOT give up on my dream to get by RN. I applied EVERY term for financial aid & too many scholarship apps to list......all I ever qualified for was "UNSUBSIDIZED" student loans........note, we live in a double-wide trailer, so we are not "rich". I will begin paying my loans back in the FALL......there are lots of roadblocks to getting aid, especially if you are an responsible adult who is not a minority.

P.S.

I am ADN, soon to be BSN

Exp: 1yr, 5mo

Work: Primary Care Outpatient Clinic - Fed Agency

Location, SC

Salary: 40,000

Work: 40hrs/wk

Good luck to all who want to be a nurse.......I wanted it badly enough to not let all of the above stop me and I am 50 yrs old....it may take until I retire to pay back my loans, but it was worth it!:monkeydance: :monkeydance: :monkeydance:

housekuti · Jul 8, 2006

I just pushed some IV heparin today. Hopefully this revelation may truly scare you to death.
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. 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.

Please Please Please stop this type of dialog. Nurses are the nuts & bolts of the Health care field but we get screwed up, down, over, under, around and through because we constantly air our dirty laundry. We need Rn's & LPN's. We are equally valuable. We all know our roles, lets discuss something that is beneficial.ie how to get paid for all the hard work we do.

housekuti · Jul 8, 2006

I signed on to get support and to see what others are going through...it's sad to see so many catty and self-righteous remarks! I'm with Canada! If nurses would just stick together instead of trying to place blame and look down on others we would all benefit! Yah! to Canada!

You Go Girl / Guy!

Nurse Eva · Jul 8, 2006

Hello! I work in a hospital in Toronto, Canada.

I work in a Long-term Care Facility (Level 2/3 Care)

I average 36 Hrs per week.

I've been an LPN for 12 Years.

I work d/e shifts.

I reside in Toronto, Ont..Canada.

I average $1200.00 Cdn after taxes.

catlady, BSN, RN · Jul 8, 2006

Please Please Please stop this type of dialog. Nurses are the nuts & bolts of the Health care field but we get screwed up, down, over, under, around and through because we constantly air our dirty laundry. We need Rn's & LPN's. We are equally valuable. We all know our roles, lets discuss something that is beneficial.ie how to get paid for all the hard work we do.

On the contrary, I don't think most nurses truly do understand the roles of other nurses, as evidenced by the many posts such as the one you referenced. It's clear from many, many posts that a lot of nurses don't have a clue about the roles and responsibilities of nurses outside their own bailiwick.

I think it's important to clear up misconceptions and prejudices. If we don't "air our dirty laundry," then it will never get clean. And that's not always a pretty process. Why are we supposed to pretend it's all one big happy family? Is it because most of us are women and many of us are mothers? Because we've been taught as nurses never to express our own feelings, but to subvert all of our emotions to our patients' needs? To those nurses who are bold enough to risk censure by standing up for themselves and asking hard questions, I say bravo.

Dragonfair · Jul 8, 2006

RN BSN

36 hours a week

15 years experience

52.000 ayear

3 7p to 7a

Quincy Il

Remember I didn't start out at that!!!!!!!!

Thai is a long way from $11.95 an hour.

KyPinkRN · Jul 8, 2006

Geez ladies! Put down the shotguns already! If you're offended by the post -don't respond and move on. I find it more insulting the arrogant 'you should know better' attitude from you mother hens out there. We all know that a "true" nurse is one of compassion for the patient. We also know - that nurse Betty needs to be able to put a roof over her head and make enough money to do so. Anyone in their right mind no matter how compassionate they are would be an idiot to not look at the whole picture before deciding to go to school for at least 4 years of blood, sweat & tears, and a school debt to top it all off. What and then find out in Kentucky you only get paid $9.50/hr. Please! I love my patients - but get real!
Yes, there are websites, books, and several other sources that several of you think should be referenced before you're bothered with such nonsense. However, one of the wonderful things about this site is one can post questions and concerns and those who thoughtfully and sincerely want to HELP in your quest will do so...
All the others should back off and stop playing english professor, Miss Manners on Ediquette, and step out of the 1950's when women didn't 'discuss such things'. Get over it already!
Let's just do everyone a favor - if you don't want to give your info - don't give your info...but if you don't want to let your salary out of the bag, keep your 2 cents in there with it. I'm now leaving my soapbox! Thank you.
ADN, 4 yrs exp. (graduating in Dec. w/BSN)
Work per-diem 36 hrs/wk (mostly days-rarely any weekends)
mainly med-surg, l&d
Los Angeles, CA $57/hr flat - no benefits.

:crash_com

We hillbillies here in Kentucky do not appreciate your dig... please don't use us as an example! The salaries here are very competitive, and your post will only serve to paint a bad picture about salaries here.

nursen_99 · Jul 8, 2006

Some of us minorities here had the same dream, fought the same, if not MORE obstacles and owe the same, if not more than you. I may not live in a "double-wide" but no one was fighting to put me through school for free. Because my parents and I are also "responsible adults", I don't qualify for most of the free stuff. The insinuation that it was easier to get freebies for me is inflammatory and infuriating. I'm in grad school now and by the time I get my dream PhD, I will owe more than 1.5 times your yearly salary. That's the price I paid to attend the best of the best and I own that. That minority bit stung. Please check yourself.

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I just graduated ADN 2004 and will complete BSN next month.....I have a 4.0 GPA.....however, I am the sole support for my family, provide the health insurance etc.....I had to work while in school and it has taken me 6 yrs to do this with taking classes at night, weekend, etc. In SC, there was NO help for me beacuse I have a documented income of $32,000 for a family of 2.....my husband was injured in a accident and diagnosed with a brain tumor while in the hospital for the injury.......that was in 2002 and he still hasn't gotten disabilty......meanwhile, we lived on credit cards as I struggled to NOT lose our house, etc and to NOT give up on my dream to get by RN. I applied EVERY term for financial aid & too many scholarship apps to list......all I ever qualified for was "UNSUBSIDIZED" student loans........note, we live in a double-wide trailer, so we are not "rich". I will begin paying my loans back in the FALL......there are lots of roadblocks to getting aid, especially if you are an responsible adult who is not a minority.
P.S.
I am ADN, soon to be BSN
Exp: 1yr, 5mo
Work: Primary Care Outpatient Clinic - Fed Agency
Location, SC
Salary: 40,000
Work: 40hrs/wk
Good luck to all who want to be a nurse.......I wanted it badly enough to not let all of the above stop me and I am 50 yrs old....it may take until I retire to pay back my loans, but it was worth it!:monkeydance: :monkeydance: :monkeydance:

Spritenurse1210, BSN, RN · Jul 8, 2006

1.Type of nurse?

Medical assistant, pursuing LPN

2. How many hours u work per week?

40

3. How many years of nursing?

been a medical assistant for about 2 years now.

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

Days

5. City and State

springfield VA

6. Average 2 week gross pay

12-1400

SlavicNurse · Jul 8, 2006

there are lots of roadblocks to getting aid, especially if you are an responsible adult who is not a minority.

I agree with what you say here. I would not be able to be in school now if it were not for a minority scholarship. I am slavic (considered caucasian) and attending a predominately black school. If the scholarship wasn't available there would be no way I could afford to pay for it and I don't qualify for any other aid because I make "too much money".

SharonH, RN · Jul 8, 2006

Some of us minorities here had the same dream, fought the same, if not MORE obstacles and owe the same, if not more than you. I may not live in a "double-wide" but no one was fighting to put me through school for free. Because my parents and I are also "responsible adults", I don't qualify for most of the free stuff. The insinuation that it was easier to get freebies for me is inflammatory and infuriating. I'm in grad school now and by the time I get my dream PhD, I will owe more than 1.5 times your yearly salary. That's the price I paid to attend the best of the best and I own that. That minority bit stung. Please check yourself.
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Thank you! I am sick to death of hearing about all these freebies we minorities are supposedly getting! I have worked quite hard for everything I have and I didn't qualify for a bunch of aid either when I was doing my degrees because of my parents' and myself hard work. As I stated in another thread, I currently have student loans which I will be paying back from when I received my graduate degree and I received my BSN with a academic scholarship which I worked hard to get. Good luck to you in your endeavors, I know just how hard it is.

Sodie, BSN, RN · Jul 8, 2006

RN with MSN, as close to 40 hours a week as possible (salaried), 16 yrs of nursing, Days only (no weekend, nights or holidays), Columbia, SC.

It is important to note that I have been at the same institution for 14 years. This increases the amount of pay. Many hospitals in my area give credit to nurses for experience (even if you were a nurse assistant before starting as an RN). I am not going to list my personal salary in case someone might be able to identify who I am. I do not like to tell others what I make and the hospital discourages it. I can say however, that I know new graduate RN's were starting at $19 hour a few months ago. There are 5 hospitals in my city alone making the pay fairly competitive.

Cost of living is also a factor that needs to be considered. For instantce, the cost of living in Charlotte, NC is higher than the cost of living in my area (1 hr 45 mins away). Therefore, I think that the salaries might be higher there. I have a cousin that has been a nurse for 20 yrs or so in Upstate NY- I think she makes about $18-$20 hour. She has never worked at any other hospital.