Please tell me Im not being Dramatic!

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So I recently becamed licensed as a RN on 10/24/12 and I currently work at a family practice office as a LPN...5 months prior to graduating I spoke with my supervisor and asked if I would be compensated as an RN once I completed school and passed my NCLEX, she replied yes. So the same day I passed I printed my license number off the State board of nursing and put it on my supervisors desk and since I still have not recieved my RN pay and have not even heard about it again and it will be exactly 1 month next week.

I did call HR but they were of no help and just basically called my supervisor and told them I called to inquire about my pay and as a result my supervisor asked me if I had any more questions--I just asked her if she could give me a time frame of how long the whole process would take and her answer was "several weeks". WHich I explained to her is not very descriptive that could mean 2 weeks or 4 months, I just feel like I am not being told whats going on. So I just feel like things shoule be moving along faster than what they are. Has anyone been in a similar situation? Am I over-reacting?

Maybe a bit trusting is more like it, which is not wrong because that is how it should be. Unfortunately, there should have been a clarification and a documentation about it so that there will be no vague answers given. Maybe it is time to have a talk with your supervisor about it and clarify the issue once and for all.

Tiny bit of advice. Take your picture off of here. I've seen co-workers surfing this site at work, and people tend say things here they'd never say at work.

I would apply for new jobs...in a hospital is where a new grad belongs to get the skills. You'll get paid more. I doubt they'll ever compensate you where you are now

You will probably get paid retroactive from the day you became licensed. It took a couple of weeks for me (not months) but they did pay me the difference from the date my license was posted.

I don't have any advice for you, but I just wanted to congratulate you on receiving your RN! Even if you get screwed where you're at, at least your newly minted RN can open higher paying doors somewhere else.

Specializes in Adult/Ped Emergency and Trauma.

I couldn't imagine this, I would have been more dramatic after all that work, I entered an Internship at a Medical Center with several weeks of classroom prep after graduation that gave me time to pass boards before clinical rotations started. RN pay started immediately upon entering the program(which being in MS was probably less than your current LPN salary!) Poor Mississippi!!!:(

Congrats on the RN! I'm surprised they'd pay you RN pay in an office. I worked in an office and the manager made the comment once, when another LPN was talking about bridging over to the RN, that they don't hire RNs so they'd need to find somewhere else because they couldn't afford RN pay. I'd ask when/if they want you moving into your new role and if your pay would be adjusted at that time. If the manager isn't the one who knows pay rates, then who is and why is that person not being consulted on it?

Specializes in Adult/Ped Emergency and Trauma.

Oh, and Huge Congrats!!!

Specializes in Adult Critical Care, Med-Surg, Obs.

Get it in writing, we all learned this in nursing school

If it wasn't written down, it never happened.

Get it in writing, we all learned this in nursing school

If it wasn't written down, it never happened.

Brother, you beat me to the punch! I was going to say that the corollary to "If if isn't documented it wasn't done" is "If you don't have an offer in writing....you don't have an offer"!

Specializes in LTC and School Health.

You are NOT over reacting. A month is way too long. When I transitioned from LPN to RN, I immediately got a 10/hr increase and saw it on my next check.

Stay on top of them.

Specializes in Medical Oncology, Alzheimer/dementia.

Something similar happened to me. I was an LPN at a LTC facility for over 6 years. Management kept asking me, "when do you graduate?" When I graduated, I planned to keep my hours but now as an RN. Imagine my surprise when I was told my position was budgeted for an LPN and there wasn't a need for another RN for nights. My title never changed, my job responsibilities never changed. I was an RN working as an LPN, so I resigned. Wasn't a place for me anyway.

I don't think you're being dramatic. It doesn't seem like they're in any big rush to do this. If you were doing the work of the RN, but still getting your LPN pay I could see your frustration, but from what I understand you haven't taken on different duties. You can either sit tight or see what else is out there so you can start building up your RN experience.

I really feel like they dont have a RN position available but they are just not telling me which is very frustrating-I would much rather appreciate the truth instead of them having me wait for something that may never come. So Im still putting in applications and 2 people have already called back for an interview, so for now IM just going to hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Thanks for your advice EVERYONE! &&& the congrats

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