What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

amnesh · Jul 10, 2006

First off I am a minority and I didn't get any aid either. I was told my wife and I make to much money which is a joke. Second, I have not recieved any scholarships either. Don't say minorities get all the breaks because you didn't get any. Don't use that that tired, dead, weak, past due excuse that so many have used to justify unfair treatment to many who did not and who do not desevre it. The money and rules are tight for everyone. If you look at nursing as a whole there are way more non-minorities in positions. Isn't it time that we offer training to those who may be want a chance that happen to be of a different backround? I rmember when women were fighting for equal bill and they still are. We need people who want and can do the job, if it happens to be a minority then so be it, AS LONG AS THEY CAN DO THE JOB!

amnesh · Jul 10, 2006

First off I am a minority and I didn't get any aid either. I was told my wife and I make to much money which is a joke. Second, I have not recieved any scholarships either. Don't say minorities get all the breaks because you didn't get any. Don't use that that tired, dead, weak, past due excuse that so many have used to justify unfair treatment to many who did not and who do not desevre it. The money and rules are tight for everyone. If you look at nursing as a whole there are way more non-minorities in positions. Isn't it time that we offer training to those who may be want a chance that happen to be of a different backround? I rmember when women were fighting for equal bill and they still are. We need people who want and can do the job, if it happens to be a minority then so be it, AS LONG AS THEY CAN DO THE JOB!

LIZZ wrote:

You should come out to California. There is a TON of money for minority nursing students. If I had to guess, at least a quarter to one half of the scholarships in the state list minorities as a preference criteria. For one thing, the state board of nursing gives high dollar scholarship awards (starting at $8K to $10K) with preference for minorities, especially if they speak another language.

I too didn't qualify for financial aide, and applied for many scholarships which, I didn't get and not being a minority was one of the reasons. Still, most of my nursing school expenses have been paid for through scholarships I got through my nursing program, mostly due to good grades.

Of all of the scholarships I applied for, the local school scholarship drive was the most productive as far as actually getting results.

Also, the county had this work program which reimbursed nursing students for most of their expenses. You weren't eligible for it during the first year, but it pretty much paid for everything during the last year of school.

Maybe the problem is that you're not in nursing school yet because, once you are officially a nursing student, there is money out there ... whether you're a minority or not.

manna, BSN, RN · Jul 10, 2006

1. RN/BSN, ICU, small community hospital (

2. 84 hours in a 2 week pay period (8 hours of that is built-in OT)

3. New grad since May '06, been working here about 2 months

4. 7p-7a, every other weekend

5. rural Mississippi

6. Definately gross! ~1800.00 gross, bring home about $1400 after taxes and insurance... can't contribute to 401K yet (waiting for open enrollment). Should go up a little bit once I get off orientation and get ICU differential (about another $2/hour).

1st edition · Jul 10, 2006

Small Survey
1.Type of nurse? LPN
2. How many hours u work per week? 40+
3. How many years of nursing? 8 MOS
4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? Nights
5. City and State Mobile, AL
6. Average 2 week gross pay $1000 W/ overtime
Thanks

The pay is lousy here in the South. Mississippi is not any better. For this reason my husband and I are moving back up north. I make $13.50 hr in LTC in Mobile. I took an $8 hr pay cut when we moved to the South.

morganvibes · Jul 10, 2006

QUOTE: Never forget, if there there was a sudden glut of RN's, your employer (who by now is probably a for-profit subsidiery of some mega-corporation) would have NO bones about cutting your salary in half. The market dictates your wage, period.

If there were so many nurses that they could be had for $9.50/hour do you think your employer would care that you can't support your family on that?

MY ANSWER:

I liked a lot of your points, BUT you are buying the LIE that there is a nursing SHORTAGE! There is NOT.

There are enough nurses right now to fill all the jobs in this country. The only reason their are so many vacancies is because of bad working conditions that are allowed to continue (too high nurse patient ratios so nurses CAN'T feel they can comfortably DO their job, so they leave the profession) and NOT ADEQUATE PAY.

The "nursing shortage" is something that has been basically "made up" by HMO's who don't want to ackowledge the actual truth: that THEIR main concern is not good patient care, but huge profits. It has been shown that when the salaries go up, the so called "Shortage" goes down, but they still won't do it. (or if the ratios go down, nurses would be happier as well with a little less money).

So I guess their are not as many "Florence Nightingales" that will do this job no matter what the conditions are as we might have thought. Yes, even Florence has her limits!

I try to abide by the law of gravity as well:)

NC_RN · Jul 10, 2006

Small Survey
1.Type of nurse? Nursing Informatics Educator
2. How many hours u work per week? 40
3. How many years of nursing? 7
4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? 8, 10, 12 hour days working every second weekend 12 hour days
5. City and State Winston-Salem, NC
6. Average 2 week gross pay 2,156.80
Thanks

Sheri257 · Jul 10, 2006

MY ANSWER:
I liked a lot of your points, BUT you are buying the LIE that there is a nursing SHORTAGE! There is NOT.
There are enough nurses right now to fill all the jobs in this country. The only reason their are so many vacancies is because of bad working conditions that are allowed to continue (too high nurse patient ratios so nurses CAN'T feel they can comfortably DO their job, so they leave the profession) and NOT ADEQUATE PAY.
The "nursing shortage" is something that has been basically "made up" by HMO's who don't want to ackowledge the actual truth: that THEIR main concern is not good patient care, but huge profits. It has been shown that when the salaries go up, the so called "Shortage" goes down, but they still won't do it. (or if the ratios go down, nurses would be happier as well with a little less money).

While I agree with a lot of what you're saying, I also think it's more complicated than that. Yes, there are nurses who can fill these positions but choose not to work, but 70 percent of them are over age 50. One of them happens to be a friend of mine who keeps up her license but only works occassionally because she really doesn't have to work at all.

California has a ratio law which has attracted many nurses to come back to work and, also, to come here from out of state yet ... there's still no end of the shortage here. It's important to remember that while ratios help retain and attract nurses, it also means you have to hire more nurses to take care of the same number of patients ... which can also add to the shortage.

Don't get me wrong ... greedy corporations and lousy working conditions are a major problem and definitely contribute to the shortage but ... there are other factors at play also.

:typing

SMarty1 · Jul 10, 2006

After I pay my wife, kids, bank and insurance companies.

I think $50.

weirdRN, RN · Jul 10, 2006

After I pay my wife, kids, bank and insurance companies.
I think $50.

:roll:roll

my goodness....what an expensive lot.

raremoon22 · Jul 10, 2006

This thread have ben soooooo!! halariuos that i ca'nt stop laughing.With all the bad grammmer who can. :lol2: :lol2: :rotfl: :roll :yeahthat: :lol_hitti

KarenF · Jul 10, 2006

I am a nurse in our postpartum unit in Panama City, Florida. RN since Oct 2005

I work 24 hours a week

I make $16.80 per hour (crappy, I know)

kgkarma · Jul 10, 2006

LIZZ wrote:
You should come out to California. There is a TON of money for minority nursing students. If I had to guess, at least a quarter to one half of the scholarships in the state list minorities as a preference criteria. For one thing, the state board of nursing gives high dollar scholarship awards (starting at $8K to $10K) with preference for minorities, especially if they speak another language.
I too didn't qualify for financial aide, and applied for many scholarships which, I didn't get and not being a minority was one of the reasons. Still, most of my nursing school expenses have been paid for through scholarships I got through my nursing program, mostly due to good grades.
Of all of the scholarships I applied for, the local school scholarship drive was the most productive as far as actually getting results.
Also, the county had this work program which reimbursed nursing students for most of their expenses. You weren't eligible for it during the first year, but it pretty much paid for everything during the last year of school.
Maybe the problem is that you're not in nursing school yet because, once you are officially a nursing student, there is money out there ... whether you're a minority or not.

Whatever the reason is, don't give me that crap that someone didn't get a scholarship because they are not a minority. If she wants to be a minority, she can go to a prodominately black university where she is the minority. IMO, anyone that would make that statement would probably not even consider that option.