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Sooo I was sitting in class & I started to ease drop on the conversation behind me. The 2 girls were talking about salary & the one girl started going on about how she knows several LPN's that make in the upwards of 20k a year in overtime! I was in about shock then she started to talk about how they were only really working 4-5 days a week....from what I gathered most of them worked baylor shifts then picked up shiftts durning the week.

Is this possible! I know I wanted to "butt in" but I thought it would of been rude on the account I was ease dropping:lol2: Have any of you made this type of money in overtime?

Specializes in CVICU-ICU.

RubySlippers------Im answering your question..Im not sure how to paste what you asked but I was a LPN from 1983-1989 and graduated R.N. in 1989. I work in the Tampa area. I work in CVICU and my base pay is alittle higher than the average pay in this area because I started as core staff 5 years ago in a hospital that began a open heart program and they recruited R.N.s with experience to get the unit up and running and therefore paid a higher rate of pay per hour.

Good Luck with the rest of your schooling and future in nursing!!

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I have been an LPN for 11 years. Last year (traveling) working 48-50 hours a week I made $69,000. If you live in a state that allows LPNS to work in hospitals and do everything that RNS do except charge then you are really marketable. They would rather pay LPNs $5-10 less an hour for the same work. I have been very fortunate to have worked in several different areas. I have never done LTC. The money is there if you have the experience. Good luck! icon7.gif

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I have been an LPN for 11 years. Last year (traveling) working 48-50 hours a week I made $69,000. If you live in a state that allows LPNS to work in hospitals and do everything that RNS do except charge then you are really marketable. They would rather pay LPNs $5-10 less an hour for the same work. I have been very fortunate to have worked in several different areas. I have never done LTC. The money is there if you have the experience. Good luck! icon7.gif

WOW that is really good! I know I would LOVE to do travel nursing but I thought you HAD to be a RN to do it. How many years of experience did you have before you started traveling?

Also if you dont mind me asking what state do you live in?

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I started traveling after 2 years of experience. I live in NC. The hospital that I received my Advanced LPN was Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC. (and I also worked at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg. (right outside of Fayetteville) I currently am back in Raleigh, NC to receive my BSN. An RN friend of mine made $121,000 last year traveling in CA, and did the very same job that I did. That's why I'm back in school. Good luck to you!:uhoh3:

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Not to sound silly....but what is a Advanced LPN? I am planning on starting my RN pretty much right after LPN school.

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An Advanced LPN can do the following: monitor chemo, insert huber needles in a port-a-cath, IV's and drug pushes (except for a few cardiac drugs), administer blood, administer TPN/Lipids, phlebotomy, dressing changes to central lines. Not all hospitals in NC offer this though.;)

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Specializes in med surg, ob, ER, pedi home health,.

Do you like the traveling agency you work for? Does your friend work for the same company?

I have been an LPN for 11 years. Last year (traveling) working 48-50 hours a week I made $69,000. If you live in a state that allows LPNS to work in hospitals and do everything that RNS do except charge then you are really marketable. They would rather pay LPNs $5-10 less an hour for the same work. I have been very fortunate to have worked in several different areas. I have never done LTC. The money is there if you have the experience. Good luck! icon7.gif
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Specializes in PACU/Cardiac/Nrsg. Mgmt./M/S.
I started traveling after 2 years of experience. I live in NC. The hospital that I received my Advanced LPN was Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC. (and I also worked at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg. (right outside of Fayetteville) I currently am back in Raleigh, NC to receive my BSN. An RN friend of mine made $121,000 last year traveling in CA, and did the very same job that I did. That's why I'm back in school. Good luck to you!:uhoh3:

how did you like Cape Fear and Womack?? any bad/good experiences? I am thinking of traveling there.:paw:

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Yes I loved Cape Fear. Stay away from Med/Onc (6 South) They have some serious issues going on right now. Womack was great. I worked mainly in the ER, but also worked Tele, Peds, M/S, MICU. Good Luck!:smiletea2:

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Dear offtowork,

I have never heard of an Advanced LPN, but, would be very interested in this. Do you know of a website that I can visit to find additional info?

Thanks...

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To get your Advanced LPN, you have to be certified by the facility that you work in. They don't offer courses on the web that I am aware of. I have only seen this in hospitals on the east coast.

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Thank you for the info offtowork.. .

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