What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

rngreenhorn · Jul 9, 2006

Oh I love it! I have really enjoyed, every catty, sarcastic remark, every put-down and comeback, and every "sheesh" in this thread. It's been so much fun I had to give it a 5 star rating.

I see we are of like mind. I must agree with your literary review. The "sheesh'es" are a personal favorite of mine. They really portray a feeling of dumb-founded exasperation. If I were Siskel and Ebert I'd give this thread "two thumbs up." (Or in the case of Ebert one thumb-bone up--- or is that Siskel?)

But I digress. A wise man once told me, "It's only funny until someone gets hurt... then, it's hilarious."

punkinjones · Jul 9, 2006

KelliNurse06,

I don't know about 30 years ago, but 22 years ago, I had to sit and take state boards for 2 whole days which covered every discipline of nursing. If you failed one section you had to sit and take the whole state board again and you only got a shot at it tiwce a year if you failed once. When you received your license 30 or even 22 years ago you earned it.

Today, with the shortage of nurses, I think something is lacking in the training or even the exam. I work with new grads that have never inserted a foley catheter or can't even write a complete telephone order.

My schooling prepared me to be whatever kind of nurse I wanted to be. Now I am working hard with the new grads to get their skills and knowledge up to par. I have to...they are our future...they might have to take care of me one day.

lexcourben · Jul 9, 2006

A wise man once told me, "It's only funny until someone gets hurt... then, it's hilarious."

:lol2: This thread has been a hoot and a half!!!! :lol2:

bsweilrn · Jul 9, 2006

RN,BSN 16 years of experience

Telephone triage

24.75/hr

$1980 gross

$51480/yr

additional $for shift diff/and weekend diff.

I have several friends who are educators in nursing and make less than I. I don't think anyone ever got into nursing for the money, and being paid a higher salary never made the job better.

However, we do want to be paid a reasonable salary for our professional contribution to pt. care.

nursen_99 · Jul 9, 2006

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF!!! Thank you Lisky90.

This from a Fellow BSN, soon to be MSN/PhD that EARNED them ALL (and took the NCLEX w/ 75 questions in 1 hour!). I can put in a foley, take down an order, question the damn order and go toe-to-toe with the best of 'em!!!

This is why nurses can't unite and get at the real enemies to defend and promote our profession... too much cattiness.

PunkinJones
Well, excuse me...and all of the other new grads that you have taken it upon yourself to "get up to par." Are you kidding??? I feel that my BSN program prepared me just fine...so well in fact, that I quite often pick up on the many mistakes that some of you older nurses make. There is new technology that had never even been thought about when you were in school, 100s if not 1000s of new drugs that did not exist when you were in school, new diseases that were not yet known, new procedures that did not exist then...things that I have witnessed many older nurses struggle with. Not all...just those with attitudes such as your's...those stuck in their ways who resistant to change!!! Not only have we had to learn about foleys and phone orders...but more information than you could probably even imagine. The new grads of today have absorbed all of what you did in addition to all of this new information in the same timeframe as you!!! This was brought to my attention by my professors who were in nursing school 22+ years ago...they were all in agreement that students of today have it much tougher than they did - their opinion, I personally, do not have any means of comparing. What I can tell you is that I do feel quite confident is saying that I truly "earned" what I just accomplished. I do not feel that I am less deserving of my license because it took me two hours versus two days to complete the NCLEX. Just because we may not have been tested on certain areas does not mean we did not have to be knowledgable of those areas. We had no idea what was to be covered...we just had to know it all.
I do hope you keep your opinions to yourself in your real world...up on that soap box of yours you're bound to fall off, get hurt and end up with one us!!! God forbid it isn't one of us that has yet to be blessed with your supreme knowledge and skill. I think you need to get over yourself!!!

catlady, BSN, RN · Jul 9, 2006

Not all...just those with attitudes such as your's...those stuck in their ways who resistant to change!!! Not only have we had to learn about foleys and phone orders...but more information than you could probably even imagine. The new grads of today have absorbed all of what you did in addition to all of this new information in the same timeframe as you!!!

Nice to see that nurses can eat their old as well as their young.

Jo Dirt · Jul 9, 2006

Nice to see that nurses can eat their old as well as their young.

And people wonder why nurses aren't taken more seriously...there's more bickering and posturing going on here than in a schoolyard.

azhiker96, BSN, RN · Jul 9, 2006

KelliNurse06,
I don't know about 30 years ago, but 22 years ago, I had to sit and take state boards for 2 whole days which covered every discipline of nursing. If you failed one section you had to sit and take the whole state board again and you only got a shot at it tiwce a year if you failed once. When you received your license 30 or even 22 years ago you earned it.
Today, with the shortage of nurses, I think something is lacking in the training or even the exam. I work with new grads that have never inserted a foley catheter or can't even write a complete telephone order.
My schooling prepared me to be whatever kind of nurse I wanted to be. Now I am working hard with the new grads to get their skills and knowledge up to par. I have to...they are our future...they might have to take care of me one day.

Hi punkinjones. You are correct, nursing training has changed and the testing has changed also. I don't think all of the changes were for the better. I'm halfway through an ADN program but I've got a straight cath (F), two foley DCs, 4 IV starts, 2 IV DCs, and dressing changes under my belt. I've administered drugs IM, SQ, PO, PEG tube, and also eye ointment. Most of my classmates are missing one or more of these opportunities because we depend on clinicals to get the experience. Liability concerns were quoted as why we could not practice injections, blood draws, or IVs on each other. I depend on good experienced nurses like you for the opportunity to learn, hopefully during clinicals or on the floor later. Thank you for spending the time to help others. I have been blessed with great nurses for most of my clincal rotations. I have had one or two who were not helpful.

There was a comment made about new drugs and procedures. I realize that floor nurses get in-services on new drugs and in some cases may have had input on the new procedures. The fact that someone graduated 30 years ago shouldn't imply they stopped learning. I know my learning is just beginning and hopefully will not end for several decades.

GI Jackie · Jul 9, 2006

I love the variation in responses. I know that cost of living varies greatly from place to place but I think another question that should have been added would be -- How much does a single family home cost in your area? I read one of the responders say they live in So Cal and take home over $3000 every two weeks. I lived in Cali and remember how expensive it was to live there back then. The house that my mother sold for $350,000 8 years ago is now on the market for $800,000!!! I couldn't afford to live there now, boo hoo, I miss it!

For the record, I live in Oklahoma, have been an RN for 7 years, work in a GI Lab approx 35-40 hours per week plus call. My take home after 401k, medical, taxes is between $1300-$1400 every 2 weeks. But a single family house costs around $90,000 -$120,000 here.

shodobe · Jul 9, 2006

It's nice to see that most of you can't stay on the subject. All of your minds wander into other areas and can't really see what the OP was asking. You delve into areas that aren't important and take on each other as to who is better than whom. I give this a 5 star also because it has been a "hoot"! To go off on a tangent in a completely different direction doesn't really answer the question as originally asked. I have noticed this over the past year where someone will post a question and it will get answered by most but there is always that one person who gets up on their soapbox and makes it a debate. Complete waste of time. I don't have this on my favorites list anymore because it isn't just for this reason. I come back once in awhile to see if it has gotten better, but it hasn't. Most of the posters are honest and forthright, others tend to just waste peoples time with their rhetoric. Sorry to be so blunt but I can't help it.

Jo Dirt · Jul 9, 2006

It's nice to see that most of you can't stay on the subject. All of your minds wander into other areas and can't really see what the OP was asking. You delve into areas that aren't important and take on each other as to who is better than whom. I give this a 5 star also because it has been a "hoot"! To go off on a tangent in a completely different direction doesn't really answer the question as originally asked. I have noticed this over the past year where someone will post a question and it will get answered by most but there is always that one person who gets up on their soapbox and makes it a debate. Complete waste of time. I don't have this on my favorites list anymore because it isn't just for this reason. I come back once in awhile to see if it has gotten better, but it hasn't. Most of the posters are honest and forthright, others tend to just waste peoples time with their rhetoric. Sorry to be so blunt but I can't help it.

I agree with you. I'm officially jumping ship on this one.

BK05 · Jul 9, 2006

I live in Missouri, i am a LPN with 1yr experience. I make $ 14.00 hr. I specialize in Geriatrics. I am glad to share what God has given to me. I hope this helps....