Don jobs

Hello all. I work in a nursing home that is certified for 99 beds but census runs between 65-75 any given time. I came to this facility about 4 months ago.I have been an RN for just over a year and have worked in LTC since I graduated.
I am supposed to be the day shift charge/desk nurse although I often end up working the floor. Apparently there have been numerous DONs over the last several years most of whom left the area for personal reasons (I personally knew some of them and know that their leaving had little to do with the facility itself). The last DON walked out 2 months ago and the ADON is filling in on an interim basis. The ADON is very knowledgeable--she has been a state surveyor and a DON--but wants to work part time until she retires. Procedure wise she knows her stuff but practical wise sometimes things are left half done becuase she has trouble keeping up with it all (d/t age/health). When the facility hires a DON, she is planning to resume her parttime ADON/desk/charge nurse role. She and I are the only RNs in the building although we have an RN who will start on PMs shifts soon.
Nursing staff consists of several LPNs, the facility has been severely short staffed for a long time due to the rural area we live in.

I have talked to the Asst Adminstrator and let her know that I would be interested in the DON position. I am supposed to talk with her and the Administrator next week. I am pretty sure that the interim DON would be more than happy to act as a mentor to me and that other staff members, such as the MDS coordinator will be willing to help me. The floor nurses seem to like and respect me, especially the older ones who have seen me work the floor and do whatever is asked--from helping CNAs to pitching in for all of them when they have a hectic day in spite of the fact that I was not hired to work the floor. I have good communication skills and understand the "big picture" which I think will make me a good DON.

I was reluctant to apply for the DON sooner becuase surveryors were due in--which is the primary reason our ADON stepped into the role--surveryors were in and gone, we had a not too bad survey EXCEPT one major thing which was that Novolog insulin was on the MARS to be administered up to an hour before meals. Although most of us used our nursing sense and adminstered novolog within 15 minutes of meals, the state said the potential for harm was still there. The biggest problem in this facility has been the lack of consistency and stability in the DON position and I think that the administrator would be willing to forgo experience in favor of someone like me--who will stay with the facility and be a team leader instead of the my way or the highway attitude (which I can do too when needed, but there is a time and a place for it).

So, sorry to be so long winded, but what I want to ask is, what kind of salary range should I ask for?