I'm a cna/pct and a med tech with about 20yrs of experience working in various healthcare settings. i'm an lpn-rn student. i'll get my lpn diploma next feb. and will go into an rn program. i have a few job inquiries that look promising when i graduate from lpn school. i would like to know if any of you lpn's were cna's or cmt's and after you graduated did that experience count towards an increase in your pay as an lpn?
here in mo., i've heard that some rn's get a pay increase upon graduation if they have nursing assistant experience. i havent heard that about lpn's though.
hey that's cool, newbie. i think a new grad should get compensation for their prior experience in nursing because cna's/pct's work their butts off. at one facility were i was working i overheard an lpn state how much she makes, i was like are you kidding me?...well i didn't say it to her but she was making $1 more than i was as a cna. haha...if only she knew.
yeah that would be kind of crappy thankfully at least in my town the 2 big hospitals are always competing so nurse pay is always going up. Lvns even without being a former employee still make at least $7 more than the CNAs. Although it is still kind of low compared to the ltcs but it has created some killer benefits.
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hey that's cool, newbie. i think a new grad should get compensation for their prior experience in nursing because cna's/pct's work their butts off. at one facility were i was working i overheard an lpn state how much she makes, i was like are you kidding me?...well i didn't say it to her but she was making $1 more than i was as a cna. haha...if only she knew.
You also have to consider your amount of experience. It looks like you have 20 years experience. This LPN may have very little experience, however if she had 20 years experience her pay would most likely be quite a bit higher than yours. For instance there are plenty of very experienced LPNs who are making more than new RNs. So the closeness of you pay makes more sense.
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yeah that would be kind of crappy thankfully at least in my town the 2 big hospitals are always competing so nurse pay is always going up. Lvns even without being a former employee still make at least $7 more than the CNAs. Although it is still kind of low compared to the ltcs but it has created some killer benefits.