LTC Salary for new grad RN

Well, all I can say is that the pay has improved for both RNs and LPNs. When I first started nursing as an RN, I made $4.50 an hour, but that was in 1969! Today, in LTC here in the Chicago area, LPNs are making anywhere from $18.00 to $22.00 per hour. If I were you, ask for about $20.00 per hour. It is a good place to start. Good Luck!

Keywords. New Grad and STARTING pay! you gotta work your way up, negotiating starting pay as a new RN in this economy is probably not the best idea. Nurses are getting laid off left and right, The DON most likely will not think twice and say "Yea right! I have people breaking the doors down to have a job right now". Pay raises will come. ( I thought the same thing when i started my new job as a Rn in LTC 2 months ago) my mother said ( a nurse of 28 years on Mother Baby) " Patience is a virtue" Its tought though, just starting out, you think after graduation you are going to get hired in the job you want at a hospital and then suddenly they are not hiring, let alone new grads, take the job and use your skills as a nurse, everything else will eventually fall in to place!

Goodluck!!!

I just started as a new grad in Colorado and the pay is $26/hr base pay and $27/hr for nights. I have heard of other new grads at other facilities getting $30/hr.