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A degree from any RN program, and pass the state boards is all the educaiton that is required. However, many specialty units such as Maternity units, Pediatric units, etc., require a person have a couple years experience on a general med-surg unit first. The pay scale varies from state to state and facility to facility, even from unit to unit within a particular facility. I was working for an HCA hospital in Virginia, on a Pediatric unit, and when I moved to Florida, I was going to transfer to another HCA hospital. However, they were going to cut my pay by about $3 an hour because the Florida pay scale was less than in Virginia, for the same job, with the same number of years of experience. Also, the shift differential was very different. In Virginia, I was making shift differentials up to $8 extra an hour, but in Florida, they were only going to pay a shift differential of about $3 an hour extra. FYI, a shift differential is the extra pay they give you per hour by working an evening, night, or weekend shift. Your regular pay is what you get Monday-Friday, day shift. Any other shift, you get extra an hour. Example: If your base pay is $20 an hour, then that is what you get M-F day shift. If you work a night or weekend shift, you might get an ADDITIONAL $5 an hour for that shift, so you would make $25 an hour for those shifts. Those figures are just examples, not necessarily what you would be making, although these figures are ball park from my experience.
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