Expected pay in LTC for Kansas RNs

Isn't that what an LPN would receive for pay, not an RN and certainly not a BSN.

RN's that are PRN in my LTC in KC area average $31-32. Keep looking! Staff RN's in LTC prob. $23 or so.

We start our per diem RNs at 28 per hour...no benefits of course. Staff nurses make 23 straight out of school. No extra pay for BSN.

Sure, they want to hire you for that if they can get you for that. They may be fishing to see how low they can go. Please don't work for that amount. It degrades the entire profession. Imagine how corporations would treat us if they thought they could make us work for that kind of wage!

Hun, I made that amount when I was a new grad staff LPN (back in 2003). Also, when I used to do agency as a LPN it was an easy $21/hr w/double holiday pay.
Let me make it known the southeast does not have the the highest paying rates either, so you'd be getting conned big time.
Don't take that wage!!!!!!!

P.S. New grad RN regardless of degree (ASN v. BSN) get the same starting pay.

I am graduating in December and have great interest in this question. I have been working at KU Hospital for the last year while in school and can say with absolute certainty that I have no intention of working at a hospital once I graduate. I spent many years in LTC as a CNA and love it. I would really like to get an idea of what I should expect for pay and where I should start my negotiations at when they offer a lower amount than what is expected. Anyone with advice or ideas, please post on here or send me an IM. Thanks!

How's the job market where you live? I'm not saying you should work for slave wages, but how much negotiating power do you have as a new nurse? Probably not much. If they can't match your salary expectations, perhaps you could ask them to work in a raise after 90 days. Once you've proven yourself as a good employee they might be more willing to give you a raise to keep you.