For nursing students like myself, I thought it would be helpful and intersting to see what type of salary is out there for graduating nursing students for different area's. Looking around the site, I see different salary threads, but many replies are from nurses with 10 or more years experience, or the threads are years old and the starting salary is long outdated. I thought it would be more helpful to have a thread with nurses who are fresh out of school and what their starting salary is.
List whether you are an LPN or an RN
What your starting salary is/was after you graduated
RN for 1 year. Rehab at LTC. Part time 21.50 base. 1-4 dollars more for evenings and weekends. This is northern Colorado. Just hired for med/ surg unit in hospital @ Cheyenne, Wy. Base 27.31 with 8 and 12 % for nights and weekends.
My first job out of school was $21 an hour at a non profit community mental health agency serving low income clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses. M-F 9-5, no holidays, 8hrs PTO per pay, 401K, okay insurance. My job now (left the first job after 9 mos) 22.83 + 4 hr diff on evenings, 7 hr diff on nights (which I never work), 401K plus matching, better and cheaper insurance, 10 hrs per.pay PTO. Private psych hospital. Both in MD. I am a RN ADN.
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RN for 1 year. Rehab at LTC. Part time 21.50 base. 1-4 dollars more for evenings and weekends. This is northern Colorado. Just hired for med/ surg unit in hospital @ Cheyenne, Wy. Base 27.31 with 8 and 12 % for nights and weekends.