i'm still just in shock. Some had been there for 30 plus years. Everyone was called into HR and told they were no longer needed and would not be working another shift. So much for my educational loan assistance....
So we were good enough to take teams of patients and make half RN pay while doing the work before, but as soon as the hospital had budget issues, we were suddenly not good enough nurses anymore apparently.
Obviously it was impossible to work on hospital layoffs throughout the entire hospital rather than targeting one class. (sarcastic)
I just felt the need to chime in re: pay differences.
I make $4.50/hr base pay less than a new RN grad, as a LPN with eight years of experience. Over the last five years at my current facility, the RNs have received 3 different "market value" increases of $1.00-1.50/hr, which the LPNs did not. Shift differentials for nights are $1.50/hr more for RNs, for weekends are $1.25/hr more. Extra shifts pay LPNs $10.50/hr more, whereas RNs get $15/hr more.
So...basically a new RN grad working nights makes at least $6/hr more than I do. Doesn't seem like much, but it really adds up.
Regarding the pay difference I calculated (based on 40 hours a week & 50 weeks a year to account for time off) that $6.00/hour difference you refer to amounts to $12000 more a year...or basically a thousand more month.
To me that seems like a pretty significant difference.
mama_d, BSN, RN
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I just felt the need to chime in re: pay differences.
I make $4.50/hr base pay less than a new RN grad, as a LPN with eight years of experience. Over the last five years at my current facility, the RNs have received 3 different "market value" increases of $1.00-1.50/hr, which the LPNs did not. Shift differentials for nights are $1.50/hr more for RNs, for weekends are $1.25/hr more. Extra shifts pay LPNs $10.50/hr more, whereas RNs get $15/hr more.
So...basically a new RN grad working nights makes at least $6/hr more than I do. Doesn't seem like much, but it really adds up.