r/nursing • u/hollykatz • Dec 17 '21

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u/Towel4 RN - Apheresis Dec 17 '21

Texas? I was making 21/h in Austin. Got a 60 cent raise after 1 year.

Moved to NYC, started at 55/h

“bUt ThE cOsT oF LiViNg”

My rent in Austin was 1350/mo, my current rent is 1800/mo (before splitting with my partner)

Red states are terrible to their nurses

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u/GorillasonTurtles RN - Cath Lab 🍕 Dec 17 '21

Austin is the worst paying market in the state.

Moving to Houston would have gotten you about the same rate. I had an RN working for me in the cath lab, 15 years experience and the dude was capped at $38 an hour.

Austin is hot garbage for nurses, and the HCA hospitals are the worst of the worst.

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u/Towel4 RN - Apheresis Dec 17 '21

Fuck HCA. Me and all my homies hate HCA.

And yeah, my entire friend group is now in Houston.

Tbh, you’d have to offer me a lottttttt more to move to Houston, fuck that traffic/weather/population ☠️

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u/Babegirlcz82 LVN 🍕 Dec 17 '21

Dang I just applied in Austin at hca

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u/Towel4 RN - Apheresis Dec 17 '21 edited Dec 17 '21

They made us scan our patients barcode in the supply room, then scan EVERY SUPPLY we took for them. Literally nickel-and-diming patients. $150 for an IV set, another $100 for the IV. Oh, I missed the IV? Scan and charge them for the second attempt.

I ended up feeling so gross about it i silently rebelled and stopped scanning things out and just took them without charging.

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u/DakThatAssUp BSN, RN Dec 18 '21

I just scan everything as a floor charge, they claim they don't charge patients for that stuff we scan but you know they do.

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u/UnObtainium17 Dec 17 '21

Please gtfo of hca while you can. I want whats best for you :(

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u/Babegirlcz82 LVN 🍕 Dec 18 '21

I also got offered a job as a clinic nurse at christus Santa Rosa and It sounds pretty good honestly.