LPN to RN... ask for a raise?

[e.moore30]

Hello, I have been an LPN for about 2 years working for the same Home Health Care company for a year and a half, I recently graduated with my Associates degree and passed my boards to officially become an RN. I am still on my same case that I have been on, but is it wrong of me to expect a raise now that I am an RN. I mentioned this to the recruiter on my case and I was pretty much given the runaround about budget cuts and so on and that maybe I could expect a quarter raise... That felt like a slap in the face after going to school for a year and spending $25,000 to become an RN to be told that I may earn a quarter more! Keep in mind I have an excellent attendance record and have great rapport with the family. So my question is am I asking too much to ask for more than a quarter raise for going from LPN to RN but working the same case? And how do I go about negotiating a pay raise?

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

Best of luck to you!