LPN experience doesn't count as RN

LPN and RN have different scopes of practice. Pay level typically indicates experience as an RN, not healthcare experience at a different scope. Are there some facilities that will recognize previous healthcare experience and adjust starting new grad pay? Yes, but other won't. If you want pay that will reflect your LPN experience, you will need to find a facility that will do that. However, with the current environment where facilities, especially acute care, are dealing with decreased census and are furloughing employees, it's a greater supply than demand, which is going to affect wages as well.