Pay Rate 2009

[Baby Nurse]

With the current economic situation, there have been a lot of changes in pay rates. Just so we are all more aware of the current pay rates can you pls. post the following:

1. State

2. City

3. Speciality (RN-Med/Surg., RN-NICU etc.)

4. Pay rates

5. Benefits offered by agency (pls. don't feel shy to be detailed)

[Robert F]

1. Tennessee

2. Nashville

3. Registered Nurse(Flight/Trauma/Critical Care)

4. $35.50 hr(Trauma), $29 hr (Flight), $35.50 hr (Critical Care)

5. Tons of discounts(GM Supplier Discount, Movie tickets, theme park admission, special events, apartments, clothing, hotels, car rental, computers, Groceries, Cell Phone Service, and about a hundred more discounts.), 70% Paid for Nurse practitioner school, Spending account, 401k/Roth 403(b) options, Full dental, medical, vision insurance, Long Term Disability, Pet Insurance(lol), Long Term Care Insurance, Extended Stay Intensive Care coverage, free membership to local gyms, spas and other health facilities.

[dixie816]

FL (worse paying state)
ICU with 32 years experience
$29.72/hr
$ 1.78/hr Clinical ladder
$ 1.00/hr Charge nurse
$ 1.98/hr differential for weekends and after 3 (works out to $ 1.98 for 72 hrs)
=$34.42/hr

[angryamerican999]

If you're concerned with pay rates, you better read the post on Congress' Plan to end the nursing crisis -- by flooding the market with foreign nurses, and driving pay rates down.

[kimmiejs]

Originally Posted by angryamerican999

If you're concerned with pay rates, you better read the post on Congress' Plan to end the nursing crisis -- by flooding the market with foreign nurses, and driving pay rates down.

I live in Australia and we too have lots of international nurses.I am considered to be an "International Nurse" since I am from the states. My husband is Australian so we relocated back to Australia several years ago. Most Australian Nurses are not convinced they/we drive down pay rates however their poor English skills worries me in regards to patient safety. Since I haven't worked in a hospital in the states since 2006 I am not sure how things have changed at my old hospital. I do know back then there were relatively few foreign nurses and most came from the UK, Canada, or Australia.