Hi All, I would really appreciate some advice. I recently applied for, and received a job offer for a home health agency in South Dakota. I'm a RN with just over 2 years experience. 1 year 4 months in a large university hospital on an intermediate care abdominal transplant and surgical oncology unit and currently 10 months in an outpatient hemodialysis clinic. The job offer is PRN (I plan to stay at the dialysis clinic) and they plan to use me mainly for admissions. There are no benefits offered. They offered me $20/hr with $.37/mile plus "windshield time" starting from the office. They also said after orientation they would most likely give me a $.50 raise. I would really love some opinions to see if this seems like it is worth my time? Just for some background on how low nursing salaries are in this area, the local healthcare system offers $17/hr clinic $22/hr hospital to new grads with 2.5% increases/year experience. I moved here from AZ and was shocked at the low salaries but I guess that is rural America for you??? Thanks for any input.
caliotter3 38,333 Posts Dec 14, 2013 Sounds like the offer is within prevailing wages there. Not much you can do.
caliotter3 38,333 Posts Dec 14, 2013 Oh, I agree. Moved to a place with lower wages and a couple of years later the employers started lowering the wages even more. Very depressing.
KelRN215, BSN, RN 1 Article; 7,349 Posts Specializes in Pedi. Has 16 years experience. Dec 14, 2013 That's about 1/3 less than I make but it's within the going rate for your area, so it seems fair.
turningred15 54 Posts Dec 15, 2013 You also have to consider there are no benefits. I would shoot for $22 or $23. Good luck!
RNDialysis80 17 Posts Dec 19, 2013 One question I have is... Does the Home health nurse pay depend on what area you live? I know someone who is a home health LPN, says she makes $30 per hour? Does that sound right? That's more than some RN's make???
caliotter3 38,333 Posts Dec 19, 2013 The LPN hh nurse who makes $30 is probably making that amount per visit, rather than per hour for extended care.
KelRN215, BSN, RN 1 Article; 7,349 Posts Specializes in Pedi. Has 16 years experience. Dec 20, 2013 One question I have is... Does the Home health nurse pay depend on what area you live? I know someone who is a home health LPN, says she makes $30 per hour? Does that sound right? That's more than some RN's make???Pay for ALL careers depends on where you live. What kind of work is this LPN doing? I don't know any LPNs who are paid this much in my state- and it's a well paying state. LPNs at my agency have a base pay of $22/hr.
LVN_it1995, BSN, RN 27 Posts Specializes in Sub-Acute, Skilled, Home Health. Has 7 years experience. Dec 21, 2013 In 2011 I as an LVN was earning 17 and hour and was considered low wages. As an RN I am sure you could expect much more than 20.Is this your 1st year or something? Some agencies do that with 1st year nurses. Sorry.
kmc217 3 Posts Dec 30, 2013 Pay for ALL careers depends on where you live. What kind of work is this LPN doing? I don't know any LPNs who are paid this much in my state- and it's a well paying state. LPNs at my agency have a base pay of $22/hr.I am an LPN in homecare (7.5 years now) and make $29.89/hour (not per visit). I am in MA where pay scale is higher but this is significantly higher than any other LPN job I have encountered here. I am so high because I got an 8% raise my first year for merit and have received max raise each year after that. So it is unlikely but possible to make that much.
