RN wages (Boston, Newton, Wellesley: salary, live in, medical center)

[cymmiller]

I'm wondering what a new grad RN makes in Boston. I'm looking for info on full time ( not per diem, flex, agency etc...) hospital nursing. Thank you for any replys.

[podmate]

I can't give you a salary because my wife has been a nurse for 20+ years. But, nurses in Boston make a very good salary. As soon as you get out of Boston the salaries go down quite a bit.

If you are looking for a job in Boston, I would suggest looking at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (my wife worked at BI for 15 years and I worked there for 4 years -- it is a great place), Newton Wellesley Hospital or Boston Children's.

I would stay away from Mass. General. I worked there for a while and can't say enough bad things about that place.

NEMC is also an OK place to work and you will see just about everything there.

[cymmiller]

nycbambi-
Is the 30-45$ base pay for full time before sift dif, w/e dif etc...?

podmate-
I'm actually not a new nurse, I just figured it'd be easier to find out what new nurses make and compare it to where I live now. I've tried to contact BIDMC and talk to the nurse recruter and HR all I get is the run around.

Thank you both for your time.

[bostonrn]

I work at the BIDMC and it is a great place to work. Where do you live and work now, and how many years experience do you have. (Brigham, Boston Medical and NEMC all have unions, I believe.)

[cymmiller]

I have 6 years now and live in the Mid-West. Do you have to get so many CECs each year and if so, how many? Some of the hospitals are union? I would have thought it would have been all or none. Do you have to be union to work in them? Sorry, about all the questions. I'm glad to hear good things about the hospitals, from an employees point of view. It can be nerve racking being faced w/ so many unknowns.

[podmate]

Originally Posted by cymmiller

Some of the hospitals are union? I would have thought it would have been all or none. Do you have to be union to work in them? Sorry, about all the questions. I'm glad to hear good things about the hospitals, from an employees point of view. It can be nerve racking being faced w/ so many unknowns.

Yeah, only some are union. You do not have to join the union to work at the hospital, but you will become an 'outsider' if you don't pay your monthly dues. I've worked in a few unionized places and won't do it again. I don't believe that one should get certain hours just because one has worked somewhere for a million years.

I moved from Little Rock to Boston and it was very nerve racking.

I would really recommend looking at Beth Israel/Deaconess. My wife and I worked in the NICU there for quite a while and we loved it. Great docs and great staff. BIDMC is also non-union.


Boston Children's is also non-union. Nice place to work too, if you can put up with the 'holier than thou because our hospital has Children's in it name' mindset that too many of the docs and long term (meaning - has never worked anywhere else) nurses seem to have.

[bostonrn]

I would imagine at least 30 -35 an hour without shift diff. usually max is over 50. this is IN the city itself, as soon as you go outside (even 2-5 miles) it drops off. I don't know for sure, but I think if you work in a union place you have to join and pay dues. In MA you have to earn 15 CEUs every 2 years to renew . A full day conference is usually 6.5. So its not to difficult. MOst hospitals in the city offer free courses also.

[cymmiller]

Thanks a lot for all the info, it's really appriciated!