Expected pay in LTC for Kansas RNs

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Specializes in Medical.

Just applied for PRN position in a Kansas LTC, starting pay is $17/hr for new grad BSN with 6 mos med-surg experience--pay sounds low, is it?

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Isn't that what an LPN would receive for pay, not an RN and certainly not a BSN.:twocents::twocents:

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Specializes in Stroke Seizure/LTC/SNF/LTAC.

RN's that are PRN in my LTC in KC area average $31-32. Keep looking! Staff RN's in LTC prob. $23 or so.:coollook:

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.

We start our per diem RNs at 28 per hour...no benefits of course. Staff nurses make 23 straight out of school. No extra pay for BSN.

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Specializes in Mental and Behavioral Health.

Sure, they want to hire you for that if they can get you for that. They may be fishing to see how low they can go. Please don't work for that amount. It degrades the entire profession. Imagine how corporations would treat us if they thought they could make us work for that kind of wage!

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Specializes in Legal, Ortho, Rehab.

Hun, I made that amount when I was a new grad staff LPN (back in 2003). Also, when I used to do agency as a LPN it was an easy $21/hr w/double holiday pay.

Let me make it known the southeast does not have the the highest paying rates either, so you'd be getting conned big time.

Don't take that wage!!!!!!!

P.S. New grad RN regardless of degree (ASN v. BSN) get the same starting pay.

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Specializes in Medical.

I'd have to be really desperate... I AM really desperate to make a change, but I hear you. Better keep lookin'.

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I am graduating in December and have great interest in this question. I have been working at KU Hospital for the last year while in school and can say with absolute certainty that I have no intention of working at a hospital once I graduate. I spent many years in LTC as a CNA and love it. I would really like to get an idea of what I should expect for pay and where I should start my negotiations at when they offer a lower amount than what is expected. Anyone with advice or ideas, please post on here or send me an IM. Thanks!

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.

How's the job market where you live? I'm not saying you should work for slave wages, but how much negotiating power do you have as a new nurse? Probably not much. If they can't match your salary expectations, perhaps you could ask them to work in a raise after 90 days. Once you've proven yourself as a good employee they might be more willing to give you a raise to keep you.

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Specializes in Rural Health.

I started at $17/hr at LTC right out of school 5 years ago. I got an extra $1/hr for nights. That's in a very small town LTC though.

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Specializes in FNP- psych, internal med, pediatric.

Just took a job at LTC for 20 pts paying new grad little ole me $21 in Manhattan, KS. :coollook: I know in Salina, my new grad peers with no nursing experience as CNA's or LPNs were started not more than $20 an hr. How often the bonues are, whether they will foot the bill for CEU's, license renewal, scrub stipend, how soon you qualify for benefits, and how often you get raises and/or bonuses has to be factored into your wages! Always look for the nurse to patient ratio and what other incentives come with your job because the company's not always just paying your base wages. :twocents:

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7 years ago in Colorado I started at $17 an hour as a RN. I got a nice raise after my 90 day review though.....a whole $1.50 :lol2:

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