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Hello
I am not an lpn but am thinking about becoming one and i have researched salaries.
I have seen salaries as low as $12 an hour and as high as $18 an hour.
What is the average starting salary for A NEW lpn?
Just want to know if I will be able to pay off my student loan!
I am concerned about school. I am a person who Stutters and frankly have a pretty substantial phobia of reading out loud because of this. Could anyone elaborate on how much reading is actually involved in class? Has anyone had the same problem or know of someone who has who completed L.P.N. or R.N.? Will most instructors be sensitive of this?
Hi Robert,
I would say that SOME instructors may be sensitive to your needs, but every instructor is different. In my school.. it seemed as though my instructors were TRYING to prepare us for the stress of the real world or something, because they. were. horrible!
Please don't be discouraged! Every instructor is different!
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I am a new LPN in LTC in Upstate NY. I started out at $13.59 plus shift & weekend diffs, as well as incentive pay if I work a weekend that I'm not scheduled for. In that case, it is time & one half plus $2 for Sats & $4 for Sun. So, when I picked up hours for tomorrow morning working with the aides doing cares, I'll be making approximately $24.38 per hour. Yeah, I'll take that!
There is a big pay difference where you work in my area of Florida. I started out in a Dr office making ten dollars an hour, I was nervous and worried about finding a job as a new LPN. I realize now that that they were underpaying me quite a bit. I stayed there for 7 yrs, left making 16.25. I started my next job, working night shift at a rehab/nurshing home with the base pay at 18.00 and shift differential was 2, so total $20 an hour.
I will be moving to Wisconsin in 2 yrs, and I am wondering what kind of pay rate they have. I will be living in the Waukesha/Milwaukee area, and probably night shift still. I would like LPN pay and RN pay, as I may be graduated from RN by then. Thanks :) Val
I live in WI and grew up in Milwaukee. There are some hospitals that hire LPN's and ltc that are always looking for lpns as well. I now live about 40 miles away from Milw. and it's slim pickins for lpns out here. Lots in Milw though. You might want to check out the local paper's jobs online its www.jsonline.com (journal sentinel online)
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In the Kansas City metro area.. It's anywhere from $13.00-$22.00/hr.
I just got a job at a LTC facility for $17/hr. The very next day.. I got a job at a correctional facility for $20/hr.