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Enigma
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 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:35 am Post subject: Starting salary for nurses in Korea? |
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I teach adults and I had a university girl start last night who said she's studying to be a nurse. Another student mentioned that he heard that the starting salary for nurses is around 600,000 won. That seems extremely low to me for what seems to me to be a very stressful job (shift work, putting up with some patients who are obnoxious idiots and their families/friends, increased exposure to disease, etc.)
So do any of you know if that number is accurate, or was he way off? He said it was only the starting salary and he didn't know how long it was before they got a raise, but it still seems really low to me. |
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Hugo85
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| 600,000 won a month? I hope not, that's a joke of a salary. |
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alongway
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:45 am Post subject: |
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8-9000 for most places.. in some big places if they're doing something very specific they might get 10k or 11k/hour
working in those little clinics, might get 6-7k/hour.
They don't get paid anywhere near what they do in North America.
but for a lot of them it isn't a long term career either.
most of them "retire" by their mid 30s. |
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Moondoggy
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NilesQ
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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| There may be the distinction, too, between a registered nurse and a secretary that wears a white uniform. Like the LPNs, RNs, and medical secretaries in Canada. Maybe a coloquial use or misuse of the term "nurse"? |
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Chris.Quigley
Joined: 20 Apr 2009
Location: Belfast. N Ireland
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I can ask a friend of mine. She was a nurse in Canada - and is currently doing the same in Korea. I can't imagine why she would give up $40-45/hour in Canada to work in Korea for $9-10. She is an RN. |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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No, it really isn't.
Very few nurses make that much.
my wife is a nurse and frequently checks the nurse job board, average salary is 8-9k/hour. If you are a pretty young nurse with some talent working at a higher end plastic surgery clinic you might get 2.5/month |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| From my experience post op in a hospital here, nurses shouldn't be making more than 8-9k per hour. I've heard that that is what they make, on average. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Why wouldn't they go to Canada or some other country where they can get paid more? I knew some chicks back home that took nursing and some of them worked in foriegn countries for the adventure and to make high salaries. I almost thought of taking it myself and being a man nurse (very straight by the way). Decent salary, can help people out, can travel, lots of holidays - at least in Canada. Nurses are one of those jobs that let you travel across borders. |
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Moondoggy
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| alongway wrote: |
No, it really isn't.
Very few nurses make that much.
my wife is a nurse and frequently checks the nurse job board, average salary is 8-9k/hour. If you are a pretty young nurse with some talent working at a higher end plastic surgery clinic you might get 2.5/month |
your wife seems to be underpaid (or didn't get her 4yr college diploma). according to the korean medical journal the average annual salary of hospital workers (excluding doctors but including nurses) is 35.46 million won (in 2010), and nurses make about 30 million. i've checked multiple sites and results are very consistent.
http://www.dailymedi.com/news/view.html?section=1&category=4&no=715844 |
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detonate
Joined: 16 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
| From my experience post op in a hospital here, nurses shouldn't be making more than 8-9k per hour. I've heard that that is what they make, on average. |
Yes, I do wish they'd be more... proactive while doing their job. Then they could demand higher wages. |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been considering going back to school for nursing when I move back to the US. Starting salary for a nurse with just a BA is about 80k in NYC. Do a MA part time, and that can double. |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
| I've been considering going back to school for nursing when I move back to the US. Starting salary for a nurse with just a BA is about 80k in NYC. Do a MA part time, and that can double. |
You can make a lot of money but many get burned out quickly with the hours and the stress. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
| I've been considering going back to school for nursing when I move back to the US. Starting salary for a nurse with just a BA is about 80k in NYC. Do a MA part time, and that can double. |
Not to nitpick, but it's generally BS/MS, not BA/MA.
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
| I've been considering going back to school for nursing when I move back to the US. Starting salary for a nurse with just a BA is about 80k in NYC. Do a MA part time, and that can double. |
You can make a lot of money but many get burned out quickly with the hours and the stress. |
You don't have to be a floor nurse, especially in NYC. My mom makes extremely good money with her bachelors in nursing and works from home. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
Why wouldn't they go to Canada or some other country where they can get paid more?
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They do, but they have to get their English good enough first; that's the hard part.
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Actually when I went to uni in Canada a lot of the nursing grads went to the U.S. I remember recruiters from Texas at their job fair. |
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