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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 attend the ADN program at a local technical college and they have their lpn and adn programs combined. Everyone starts out the same in the 2 yr program, but after 1 yr those that wish to stay at the lpn level can put in for graduation and take their state boards. Those of us that wish to go on for the next year can do so. You can even take you pn boards and continue on with the rest of your class. Wisconsin's tech colleges offer the same nursing curriculum so you can (if there are openings) take one or two classes at different colleges if the ones offerred don't fit in with your schedule. I was able to take 2 theory courses online at a different college. I'm not sure if other states are doing this, but check it out.
As far as more clinical hours, you can work as a CNA or many hospitals offer Shadow Programs. This is where you shadow a nurse (no hands on anything, but you get to observe). Hope this helps
In '93 I left a $15.05 + $2.00 diff Med-Surg LPN job (that I got as a GN ) for a
$10.00 an hour job (with ALL the OT I wanted) for an EP doctor, and as a Cath lab float scrub.
Sure, it was crazy, but I acquired very difficult to acquire experience, which enabled me to get my IV cert. and qualify to work in the units PRN (as much as I wanted), and also get some cath lab experience.
My point is that sometimes the way to where you want to go is not exactly
from A to B.
Are you ready for this? I have been out of school for 15 months, been licensed for right at 14 months. I started at my current job as a clinical LPN in a Pediatric office at 10.50 per hour. I work for the only NP in the office (which I KNOW makes a difference), so my pay is not determined by him, but by all of the doctors in the practice (the same as the receptionists and the general office staff). I am his only full-time nurse. We only see maybe 5 patients less than any of the other doctors per day, and they each have an LPN (2 have RNs) and a CNA. When I got my 1 year raise 2 months late last month, they gave me a whopping .20 raise. That's right...10.70 per hour for the same work that 2 nurses do. Unfortunately, I really love my job and I am very loyal to my kids and my mommies. Darn them...:)
Omg... that is crazy... i am starting nursing school on Jan 9 but right now i work at a home health agency doing clerical work and make $12 and i'm sure you do way more than i do
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New LVNs grads make about $18-21 base pay in LTC, $15-19 base pay in the hospital. I made $18.25 starting out in a nursing home almost 3 years ago and JPS hospital offered $17/hr + $2.00 shift differential with 2 years experience. Usually the LTACHs and Rehab hospitals like Kindred and Healthsouth pay more. I just recently started with hospice and I will be making about $50,000 - $56,000 (depending on how much I work) a year now. Not bad for the low cost of living around here.