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if you have 26 years of experience in CA, you are at the top of the pay scale of the entire US.

New grads here in the greater DC area will make less than half of that.  (and that's if they work in a hospital--clinic RNs, etc make far less).

Nurses are unionized in CA and so they get paid a ton more than just about anywhere else.[/quote]

The ratios make it awesome, the pay is gravy.  New grads here make half that as well....this is, I think, the third cycle of "nursing is a well-paying stable job so I'll go into it" that I've been through.  It was a tough job market years ago when I graduated, and it has fluctuated since.  One of the things I was getting at, however poorly, is that the field is stable because of the chaos and lack of control nurses have.  I love my crazy job, but there are so many people who can't deal with it...they want to finish one thing at a time.

Besides, I wear the equivalent of PJ's to work every day.  And get to say Dammit, breathe! on occasion......[/quote]

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