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Old 12-29-2008, 04:20 PM
 
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I'm looking into moving back to Minnesota from Virginia after graduation in the spring and I wanted to know the salary for new nurses in the Twin Cities. Looking more towards mpls VA med center, fairview u of m, and as far as St cloud hospital

Any info??
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Old 12-29-2008, 07:05 PM
 
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$40,000-60,000 depending on which hospital and specialty-assuming you have a 4 year RN degree.
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Old 12-29-2008, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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I believe the union rate as of a few years ago in Mpls was $26+/hr starting, but I could be wrong about that - the person I knew started at Abbott Northwestern at this amount immediately after graduating/ passing the boards (in 2006 I believe), but she was bilingual Somali/ English so am not sure if this was factored into her pay or not. The Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) would be the highest paying in the state/ region - although not a union hospital, they consistently pay nurses higher than whatever the going union rate in Mpls is.
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Old 12-30-2008, 09:07 AM
 
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Check out Regions Hospital in St. Paul. They are non-union, BUT match union pay. I think $26/hr starting sounds about right with pretty agreesive increases for the first 10 years. There is not a big difference between AA or BA degree. $1/hr at most.
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:41 PM
 
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The 4 year degree hardly makes a salary difference in nursing anymore. They're that in demand that whatever you got gets you paid.
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Old 12-31-2008, 06:22 AM
 
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try allnurses: A Nursing Community for Nurses
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Old 12-31-2008, 06:58 AM
 
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The 4 year degree hardly makes a salary difference in nursing anymore. They're that in demand that whatever you got gets you paid.
True, but an RN gets paid a heck of a lot more then an LPN so that distinction needs to be made.
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Old 01-01-2009, 06:13 PM
 
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Yeppers. I meant the 2 year RN programs vs the 4 year RN programs though. I am suprised the LPN position even exists anymore, to be honest.
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Old 01-01-2009, 07:02 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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I think we need JenLee to chime in - she's a nurse. But to my knowledge, the 2 year and 4 year RN are virtually the same thing, to do the 2 year RN you have to already have a college degree (and/or the first 2 years of generals completed?) so with the addition of the 2 year RN program, you have the same thing (or close to) as someone who started out as a nursing student/major at the start of their 4 year degree. But I might be wrong.

The LPN is like the equivalent of an Associate's Degree in Nursing, there is a substantial pay difference, but there are a lot of roles out there for LPNs (which I believe often times are persons that are still in school working to complete their RN).

And do people know about Indeed nowadways? I know a year or two ago people would never know what I'm talking about when I mentioned it, but I'm assuming this is pretty widely used/ common knowledge these days? All RN Jobs in Minneapolis, MN | Indeed.com
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Old 01-07-2009, 12:48 PM
 
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I'm not so sure anymore about the job market for nurses. My wife is a nurse at Fairview. Four jobs recently opened on her unit and there were more than 100 applicants. I think the nursing shortage is done because of the media saturation. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there are now a surplus of nurses here, especially with the layoffs at places like Park-Nicollet.
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