Specialties Geriatric
Published Jul 15, 2007
RNDreamer
1,237 Posts
I see many threads that indicate what a new nurse's wage is in a hospital, but what about the LTCs? Does a nurse typically make more or less at an LTC than in a hospital? TIA!
biker nurse
230 Posts
my expirence has always been LTC make more !!!!
allantiques4me
481 Posts
Ive done LTC in ohio and was paid pretty well but busted my buns!!!I have a much better position make a little less,but LOVE my job!!!
LPN01112005
110 Posts
My experience has been a better base rate for LTC, but it is a harder more physically demanding job than the hospital. My hospital shift diff. was better than LTC's, but the base rate was a couple dollars less. All in all, it evened out to about the same. I have recently returned to day shift LTC for the hours MON-FRI 7-3. The work load is triple what I was doing at the hospital, but the hours make it worthwhile for me and my family.
Nascar nurse, ASN, RN
2,218 Posts
My area in the midwest, the hospital pays more. Often $2-5/hr more.
Midwest4me
1,007 Posts
In my experience in the northwest the LTCs pay much more.
CapeCodMermaid, RN
6,092 Posts
The hospital here pays much more than any of the SNF's. The nurses have a union at the hospital.
TheCommuter, BSN, RN
102 Articles; 27,612 Posts
I am in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The LTCFs tend to pay higher starting wages, especially for LVNs/LPNs. Hospitals around here start RNs off at $19 to $22 hourly, while the LTCFs start them off at $23 to $25 hourly. Local hospitals start LVNs off at $12.50 to $16 hourly, whereas the local LTCFs start us off at $18 to $22 hourly.
BigB
520 Posts
I saw an ad in my old LTCF for RN's, pay was $28/hr. What a joke! RN's in hospitals make $35 - $48/ hr. or so around here.
IowaKaren
180 Posts
From what I see, LTC pays less in Iowa. Where I work, the LPN's working as Charge get $1.00/hr. extra but if your an RN, no extra pay but still more responsiblitiy.