Highest paying LVN job??

lilthorina · Jul 21, 2006

my instructor in lvn prgm work at a correctional facility. he's an RN going on for his MSN.. he's a guy, a big bald guy.. hehe... i asked him if it's scary to work there. he said it's not since you jst hv to give meds and also maybe paperworks. and there's correctional officers everywhere. and he said that you have to carry this kind of a remote thing with a button and u jst hv to push it and in 3 sec, the CO are there. but what if in 3 sec u already got beaten up?

but yah, on tv like those insiders on primetime tv show, ive seen nurses jst passing meds.... im sure they do more than that....

ex1140 · Jul 21, 2006

Talk about expensive places to live....Miami, Florida is a very expensive place to live as well... and let me tell the jobs here are not paying on the same scale as places like San Fransico. There are a lot of openings in corrections for nurses...but the pay scale is not very high (new nurses start with 18.50 for days and night nurses $20 w/diff)...a lot of people are moving from Miami due to the high cost of living and the low pay...I priced a townhome yesterday a 3/2 1/2 for $380,000 it's not in a gated community...the average 3/2 house costs $450,000 and a house in a gated community, nice neigborhood, with 4 or more bedroom $700,000. And if you want to rent...ha, ha, in a nice neighborhood, of course, 1bd 1bth $1100

2bd 2bth $1300 and 3/2 as much as $1600. So if you move here not only will the cost of living be high, the pay will not match. And yes, we are planning to move.

ex1140 · Jul 21, 2006

my instructor in lvn prgm work at a correctional facility. he's an RN going on for his MSN.. he's a guy, a big bald guy.. hehe... i asked him if it's scary to work there. he said it's not since you jst hv to give meds and also maybe paperworks. and there's correctional officers everywhere. and he said that you have to carry this kind of a remote thing with a button and u jst hv to push it and in 3 sec, the CO are there. but what if in 3 sec u already got beaten up?
but yah, on tv like those insiders on primetime tv show, ive seen nurses jst passing meds.... im sure they do more than that....

I'm glad that's how it works in his facility...at the facility I work in there are emergencies and sometimes the officers fall asleep at night...we do have those alarms that he mentioned, but there is more to it than just passing meds...

savage · Jul 23, 2006

I am wondering.....
What do you think would be the LVN job...
I work in Marin County which is across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco and my hourly wage is 30.00/hr. With overtime, I made 98,000 last year and expect to make over 100,000 this year working in a LTC and rehab facility. I'm from Texas and will be going back after I get my house paid off.
Agency nursing is what I prefer and can't wait to get back because LVNs in CA aren't allowed to do much in the hospital compared to what I was allowed to do in Texas. There, I worked in telemetry(had my own patients) and was occasionally floated to ICU and the ER. California has its good points but there is nothing like your own home.

lilthorina · Jul 24, 2006

Agency nursing is what I prefer and can't wait to get back because LVNs in CA aren't allowed to do much in the hospital compared to what I was allowed to do in Texas. There, I worked in telemetry(had my own patients) and was occasionally floated to ICU and the ER. California has its good points but there is nothing like your own home.

im from south california and i hv workd as a nurse tech while i was in nursing skool. my floor was telemetry. and the RNs there really have the chance to get floated to ICU, ER, or cathlab and other dept (ortho & onco). although they dont like to get floated... which i think is really nice coz youll get that experience workn on those critical floors. and they say that they get all kinds of patients from ER, ICU, CCU, ortho, and onco... which makes it easy for the nurses there to step up and consider getting in the ICU/CCu floor right away (with courses). it is a good foundation to start with.....

im thinking of going back to a telemetry floor as an lvn once i get my license but ill probably wont work on the same hospital ive workd at as a nurse tech.... though i dont work there anymore....

wisedome · Aug 31, 2006

Peace

1st it does depend on where your geographically located. What I’ve found the highest paying LPN/LVN jobs are in the following order: Medicaid Provider-Contract Nursing-Traveling Nursing, Nursing Agency, Dialysis Center, Nursing Home, Hospital, and Doctor Office.

I’ve also found that it’s not what you know, but who you know!

Peace

Wisedome

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Sep 1, 2006

Good grief ...I paid $6K for my house . How do people afford to live in these high priced places??????

Talk about expensive places to live....Miami, Florida is a very expensive place to live as well... and let me tell the jobs here are not paying on the same scale as places like San Fransico. There are a lot of openings in corrections for nurses...but the pay scale is not very high (new nurses start with 18.50 for days and night nurses $20 w/diff)...a lot of people are moving from Miami due to the high cost of living and the low pay...I priced a townhome yesterday a 3/2 1/2 for $380,000 it's not in a gated community...the average 3/2 house costs $450,000 and a house in a gated community, nice neigborhood, with 4 or more bedroom $700,000. And if you want to rent...ha, ha, in a nice neighborhood, of course, 1bd 1bth $1100
2bd 2bth $1300 and 3/2 as much as $1600. So if you move here not only will the cost of living be high, the pay will not match. And yes, we are planning to move.

Hoping LVN2BSN · Sep 2, 2006

Good grief ...I paid $6K for my house . How do people afford to live in these high priced places??????

Where did you find a house for $6,000 that is livable?!!?

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Sep 3, 2006

Well Im a hillbilly and my standards for acceptable living may be a little lower than most..lol I bought a 1997 mobile home (16x80 3 bedroom 2 bath) from a friend , it was in ok shape just needed the floor replaced which we did. Not anything fancy but livable. I did that cause I knew me and my husband would both be in school at the same time and I didnt want to choose between eating or paying rent.

Where did you find a house for $6,000 that is livable?!!?

neiti_hoitaja · Sep 3, 2006

I read this thread and I wonder... how much taxes do you pay? For me those kind of wages is sooo much. Here in Finland they pay me about 2000$/month. And we pay a lot taxes.. And living here is quite expensive...

moodychick, LPN · Sep 4, 2006

I have 2 questions.

#1 Can LPN's do travel nursing and through what company?

#2 Are there any jobs for LPN's out West: like Nevada or Arizona?

Thanks!

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Sep 5, 2006

I have 2 questions.
#1 Can LPN's do travel nursing and through what company?
#2 Are there any jobs for LPN's out West: like Nevada or Arizona?
Thanks!

To answer your first question, you'll need an RN license if your goal is to do travel nursing. The LPN/LVN scopes of practice drastically differ from one state to another, so RNs end up doing the travel nursing due to less licensure restrictions.

To answer your second question, there are jobs for LPNs in Western states such as Nevada and Arizona. However, you'll need to live in or near a large metro area such as Las Vegas or Phoenix. Small towns tend to present very few job opportunities for LPNs.