Rate for RN flex hours

[Anonymous]

I just geaduated from college with a 4 year nursing degree. I plan to spend a few months studying for my nursing exam and would like to find a part time job taking care of infants. I will be living with my parents in Rockville until I start working in nursing.
What is a realistic hourly expectation for someone who doesnt have a ton of infant experience but does have a nursing degree?

[Anonymous]

Do you have any infant experience?
Not trying to be a jerk buf experience would mean more to me than a degree, even in nursing, unless my kid had SN and needed medical type care the nursing degree is not an advantage.

[Anonymous]

$25 an hour, but you have no experience.

[Anonymous]

With no infant experience, you're going to struggle to get a job, plus people with infants generally don't want part time.

I would recommend instead considering older kids. Lots of families want someone from like 3-6pm for their school aged kids and it can be REALLY hard to find someone for that window. If you could do that, I bet you could get $30 an hour, especially if you could commit through the end of the school year.

[Anonymous]

There’s a big need for Night nurses for newborns. Agencies require experience though so I’d recommend volunteering at a hospital, through a religious org, or a community to get infant experience first. You could also try date nights for parents of infants or offer part-time day help while parent is on maternity leave to give them a break. You’ll need to offer a lower rate w no experience and build up over time. For no experience w RN, I’d say about $20-$25/hr and after you have a few references it will be easy to up it to $25-30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s a big need for Night nurses for newborns. Agencies require experience though so I’d recommend volunteering at a hospital, through a religious org, or a community to get infant experience first. You could also try date nights for parents of infants or offer part-time day help while parent is on maternity leave to give them a break. You’ll need to offer a lower rate w no experience and build up over time. For no experience w RN, I’d say about $20-$25/hr and after you have a few references it will be easy to up it to $25-30.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have any infant experience?
Not trying to be a jerk buf experience would mean more to me than a degree, even in nursing, unless my kid had SN and needed medical type care the nursing degree is not an advantage.

This. And if my kid has SN or requires medical care, I'm not hiring a brand new nurse who doesn't have experience outside of clinicals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just geaduated from college with a 4 year nursing degree. I plan to spend a few months studying for my nursing exam and would like to find a part time job taking care of infants. I will be living with my parents in Rockville until I start working in nursing.
What is a realistic hourly expectation for someone who doesnt have a ton of infant experience but does have a nursing degree?

So you are only looking for a position that lasts a few months? I think that will be the more challenging thing about finding a job.

[Anonymous]

I mean this nicely but ...you're an inexperienced person looking to be a nanny for a few months. The fact that you graduated nursing school means nothing.

[Anonymous]

I hired a nursing student to help me with my infant twins during the evenings. $25/hr sounds right. It was a great arrangement.