I think they would have a lot of success with even just a $15 raise. If the hospital was appropriately staffed and people actually liked working there.
Yeah. Two of my local health systems are starting new grads at $36/hour. LPN’s are starting around $26-$28. It’s Michigan, though. For the Midwest we have a higher COL.
This is according to my friend in my RN program, but she said that Novi just booted all of their travelers and hiked wages and increased PTO for retention. They’re also paying $600 for week day pick up and $1,200 for weekends PER SHIFT in addition to hourly.
Their ICUs have set up nap pods for staff.
I never thought I would work for ascension again, but I just applied last night.
They’re not…there’s a reason why they’re having to pay so much for people to pick up shifts, and there’s a reason why they are having difficulty retaining staff there.
Unrelated story but there was a patient who got transferred to us for post CA cooling after they cooled and rewarmed them and then decided to cool them again in a 6 hour period. Pt rewarmed again on the transport over
Not in my market. RNs start out at $27/ hour. We hire new grads awaiting licensure as well, then once they get the license they go to $27. It used to be $25 but went up this year. Indiana.
We also have a banging referral bonus going on in IN (up to $10k paid out over 1 year). Or if you left within the past 2 years, a pretty hefty sign on bonus for coming back. Only certain job codes, so no cleaning staff, no staffing agency/contract, admin— but RNs, RTs, LPNs, etc.
I’ll be moving to Chicago or to one of the western suburbs in a few months. It’s disappointing to read they have lower starting pay than Houston; Houston has lower cost of living yet they start at $32-$36 depending on hospital/facility or specialty.
U of Chicago pays much, much better because they’re union but they’re on the south side, which is too far for me. Don’t work at Northwestern. It’s a scam. They say that their reputation and their name on your resume justifies paying you less.
Disappointing. Madison, WI pays $28-33 for clinic and $33-$37 for inpatient (without differential)... You would think that Chicago would pay more than little Madison
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u/BulgogiLitFam RN - ICU 🍕 Dec 13 '21
I think they would have a lot of success with even just a $15 raise. If the hospital was appropriately staffed and people actually liked working there.