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Aug 23, 2009 12:54 AM

Wound care nurse salary range


hi,
I will be graduating next week for my associates degree in nursing...wohoo!!!!!
I had been a wound nurse for 6 years in a LTC facility as an LVN.
I love wound care so much that i wanted to specialized in wound care as an RN so i decided to apply in wcei wound care certification next month in las vegas (wish me luck...for my certificate..lol).
I searched online and found several companies/hospitals here in southern california looking for wound care rn's.
I would like to know what would be the starting or expected salary for a wound care nurse (rn) so i would have an idea if i do go for an interview, especially as a new grad. In addition, would they take my 6 year experience in wound into consideration when hiring and how much i get paid. thanks
robert

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from NC29mom
Old Aug 23, 2009, 07:39 AM

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Interesting question, I too would like to know. I have been a LPN for 3 yrs, really got into wound care over the past year, but have always done my own trmt's and such (didnt' have trmt nurse). I will graduate with my ADN in May 2010, and I would also like to become certified. I absolutely love wound care.

I looked into the certification programs, and with some of them you have to have you BSN.
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from jwardffrench
Old Sep 27, 2009, 08:07 PM

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as a woundcare nurse(LVN), here in Texas, I make 45.5K a year, and that is without certification. As with the rest of ya'll, I absolutely love wound care, ande do not want to do anything else. I a 2 yr nurse, who fell into this about 6 months ago. I work in LTC/Rehab. I have been assured by my old DON, in CA, that I could be making a lot more there! Oh, and that amount, is not with any OT. Can you imagine, if I can get the cert's!!!
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