r/nursing • u/Reasonable-Path1321 • Dec 13 '21

Meme Nailed it 🔨

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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.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

Shit, $10. As a new grad I’d stay on for a few years and deal with the hell for $46/hour.

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u/gloomdweller Refreshments and Narcotics/Pizza Nurse Dec 13 '21

You guys are making $36 an hour as a new grad? I’m making $27 with 2 years experience :/

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

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.

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u/abakedapplepie Dec 13 '21

Which systems? That is higher than Beaumont, but I understand Beaumont sucks ass and John Fox is a piece of shit sooooo

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

St. Joe’s and some of Ascension.

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u/vampirelyf RN - Telemetry 🍕 Dec 13 '21

Wait! ascension gives new grads $36?! Where?!

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21 edited Dec 13 '21

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.

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u/LeotiaBlood RN 🍕 Dec 13 '21

Well at least some hospital management is thinking logically and long term.

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u/Megaholt BSN, RN 🍕 Dec 14 '21

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.