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This topic has been around before, but I was looking for something more up to date. Things have fluctuated in past two years or so. I know people are always looking for salaries and most of the time its for RN's. I'll start ;-)

Around the Cincinnati area here I'm not sure about the starting pay or pay in hospitals for LPN's. But I know LTC facilities are about 16 to start ranging up to about 22. I've seen ad's in the paper saying $24 but I don't know what that was for. Agencys are about 21-25 dollars for LPN's also. I believe Jobs are plentiful around here! Also when I was up in columbus, I heard an instructor saying they are starting their LPN's out with $27-30 while the RN's get about $40-50 ..I don't really believe that, but I just tossed that out there maybe for some clarification?

Just got hired fresh out of lpn school for a 7:30 to 3:30 mon - fri job at no weekends or holidays for $20.80 Thank you GOD!!!!!!! exactly what a single mom of a young child needed! I am soooooooo thankful for this opportunity!!!!!!!

Just got hired fresh out of lpn school for a 7:30 to 3:30 mon - fri job at no weekends or holidays for $20.80 Thank you GOD!!!!!!! exactly what a single mom of a young child needed! I am soooooooo thankful for this opportunity!!!!!!!

Just curious, what kind of facility is this position in?

Congrats!

Just curious, what kind of facility is this position in?

Congrats!

Thank you! THis is an EECP Treatment center. it Stands for Enhanced External Counter pulsation ( I had no clue what this was when I first saw the job listing) so I researched it before I applied. It is bloodpressure cuffs applied to the lower half of ones body and they rapidly inflate upon the persons diastole and rapidly deflates just before systole thus pushing more blood towards the myocardium to help facilitate collateral arteries to the heart for those with heart disease. It is non invasive and may be the best first option for those with angina, fatigue etc. r/t heart disease. It is a supervisory position, but they were looking for new grads. Once I am trained I will (HOPEFULLY) be overseeing the treatments at their new clinic. Lots of assesments, exams before and after treatments and patient education. I will be working for one of the top docs in the nation for these treatments. The only down side I can think of is that I will loose clinical skills as these are all ambulatory patients so I will no have trachs, vents, IVs, med admin, catheters etc. But as with any job you outweigh the pros and cons, and for me this is perfect! I am so excited to start..... and scared out of my mind LOL.

I wish you luck as well!!!!!!!

-Jami

Thank you! THis is an EECP Treatment center. it Stands for Enhanced External Counter pulsation ( I had no clue what this was when I first saw the job listing) so I researched it before I applied. It is bloodpressure cuffs applied to the lower half of ones body and they rapidly inflate upon the persons diastole and rapidly deflates just before systole thus pushing more blood towards the myocardium to help facilitate collateral arteries to the heart for those with heart disease. It is non invasive and may be the best first option for those with angina, fatigue etc. r/t heart disease. It is a supervisory position, but they were looking for new grads. Once I am trained I will (HOPEFULLY) be overseeing the treatments at their new clinic. Lots of assesments, exams before and after treatments and patient education. I will be working for one of the top docs in the nation for these treatments. The only down side I can think of is that I will loose clinical skills as these are all ambulatory patients so I will no have trachs, vents, IVs, med admin, catheters etc. But as with any job you outweigh the pros and cons, and for me this is perfect! I am so excited to start..... and scared out of my mind LOL.

I wish you luck as well!!!!!!!

-Jami

Sounds perfect to me.

I live in CT and the going rate here is around 25.00 to 35 or more, depending on WhAT type nursing job you take, and trust me, one can CHOOSE which they want.

This is in nursing homes LTC, and rehab units.

my daughter is LPN and does work for the local visiting nurses PSHYC, and all she really does is drive to pts homes and pass meds and assess the pt as far as mentations. she tells me she takes in like 30-50 dollars an hr, depending on the day, : holidays, weekends ect, and with 3 kids and a lazy husband SHE supports ALl 5 of them easily, so an LPN CAN do VERY WELL.

My wife is an LPN as well and works rehab, at a local health care facility,and draws 30.08 an hr.

I do pool nursing and pull between 30-50 PLUS an hr, again depending on what day, I choose to work.

Granted I have been an LPN for many years buy here in CT it seems we have a decent rate of pay, I see the 11 dollars an hr and wonder WHY you doing this for that low sum? One can at least double that here in CT, and WE NEED nurses. IMO.

Specializes in Rehab, Corrections, LTC, and Detox Nurse.

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Granted I have been an LPN for many years buy here ib CT it seems we have a decnet rate of pay, I see the 11 dollars an hr and wonder WHY you doing this for that low sum? One can at least double that here in CT, and WE NEED nurses. IMO.

Cost of living really does comes in to play. In Georgia, the cost of living is not so high unless you live in the Atlanta metro area. So 15-20 is decent money in Augusta. Also, contracting yourself out through agency is also an extra boost in hourly pay. When I contracted I made between 23-25/hourly.

The less populated or the further you stay from a metro are the less you get. That's how it goes here.

Specializes in L&D, Postpartum.
I live in Kansas City and I make $18.50/hr plus differentials after that and I am full time with benefits. Our PRN LPNs make $22-25, but I applied for some agency jobs this week and I was only offered $18 at one place and $20 at another and I am also IV cert. I was only making $14/hr at my last job with no differentials, you can see why I left. So, I would say that in this area it would be $14-$22/hr. Hope this helps you![?QUOTE]

Where in KC are you working now Shop? NKCH here, like the pay rate you are getting. Let me know.

Dan

OK Shopgal... LOL, cough it up... Where do you work?

I am a new grad, take my boards this Wednesday (xing fingers) and need a J-O-B as my hubby lovingly refers to it...

Dan, I have tried at NKCH, how in the world do you get a call back from them? I have several good friends that work there. Only one is a graduate nurse from my class but she was a CMT for them during school and they bumped her right into a PN position. (AND she took a pay cut to move to the PN position)

Specializes in L&D, Postpartum.
I work at Specialty Hosp. of Mid-America with the Vents in Overland Park, KS. Our facility is also big on education and so if there is any kind of cert. that you need or CEUs, they pay you to go, I mean pay for your class and then you clock in and go to class, they pay you hourly for being there! I think that I will stay awhile.

Is Specialty Hosp of Mid-America the same as Select? In OP Hospital? One of my instructors from PN school works there. We did our acute care clinical there as well. I really enjoyed it. How long have you been there?

Do I just have to fill out paper work and (more than likely) a fee for become licensed in KS?

Tara

Specializes in Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne.

Here they start out at about $14.00 /hr. Sad because my cousins wife down south makes that much as a nurses aid...

Hey there all......I am an LPN in Indianapolis, IN and am in a private hospital. I ahave been there for 31/2 years on the Oncology/Hematology floor. I am now @ 16.85/hr with full beifits. I am moving to Austin, TX soon and want to know what they pay is like. Anyone know?????

I've been an LPN for 9yrs, I work in LTC and currently make $17/hr, but i work 3 twelve hour shifts a week (36hrs) and get paid for 44hrs. BUT this is only because I work every Sat & Sun and then one day during the week. My best friend is an LPN with the same experience as i have, working one town over at a LTC facility making $14/hr, working the 3 twelves, but only getting paid for the 36hrs she works. Staffing agencies pay a little more, some as much as $23-26, and as little as $16 but that depends on where they send you and your experience. The cost of living in the rural parts of eastern KY is really cheap, though, 7compared to lots of places.

$28.50/hr in San Francisco, Ca

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