2006-09-20 07:19:36 · 8 answers · asked by suzann c 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
That first answer you got is inaccurate and misleading. Nursing salaries vary across the country. All salaries in Tennessee tend to be lower than those of, say, California, because the cost of living is also lower in TN than in CA. It's all relative. CA, WA, HI, OR & AL tend to pay higher with AL in the lead (most likely to attract nurses to that Godforsaken place). But then it costs an arm & a leg to live in these places, too. RNs can make up to and over $90,000. And in CA, even CNAs can make a fairly decent wage. The trade journal, Nursing 2006 did a national survey last year on salaries. You could investigate that for some good information.
2006-09-20 07:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an LPN in Florida with over 30 years experience - I make $17.00 /hr. I consider this low pay for my knowledge and experience. And this pay rate is working through an agency. I could make more if I were willing to do agency work in hospitals and nursing homes, and I have done that... but it jeopardizes my license and since I need my license to work, I can't afford to lose it. My agency doesn't even pay for holidays.
2006-09-20 07:36:24 · answer #2 · answered by weezyljm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm a nurse; I paintings in a medical institution the place i'm to blame for quite a few sufferers an afternoon...I actual have saved lives. If I make a mistake, i'd desire to kill somebody. you do no longer think of someone with this form of accountability could be compensated? i do no longer take a seat around eating tea and conversing approximately my weekend...while i'm at paintings, i'm *working* and take my job heavily. i actual resent your feedback.
2016-10-01 04:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless u are a R.N.---most of em are not paid well.
Other states have low paying nurses too and nurses aids dont make hardly min. wage
2006-09-20 07:24:16 · answer #4 · answered by sunflare63 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tennessee has the lowest paid anything from nurse to waitress, i no i live there. :(
2006-09-20 08:45:25 · answer #5 · answered by Kathy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
really depends on the area in which you live. perhaps tenn doesn't have the need as, let's say, florida or PA.
2006-09-20 07:27:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are the volunteer state. The pay rate is on the scale of regions in which are harder to inhabit. If you go to an impoverished area the rate of pay is higher.
2006-09-20 07:29:20 · answer #7 · answered by happyteague 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they have no state income tax. Perhaps there is no union.
2006-09-20 07:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by Whoa_Phat 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋