Nursing Supervisor salary

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Dec 8, 2015

Hello everyone :)
Just curious on the average salary of a nursing supervisor in LTC with two years nursing experience. It is in the state of New Hampshire.

I'm nowhere near New Hampshire, but earned $33 hourly as a night shift supervisor in LTC four years ago. At the time I had nearly six years of experience.

jalanajay · Dec 9, 2015

The Commuter you are making as much as I am now as an ADON in a 106 bed facility. Now I feel I'm being ripped off, other than the ADON, I have other responsibilities that includes Staff development/educator, Safety and Restorative. Wow, what state are you at?

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Dec 9, 2015

The Commuter you are making as much as I am now as an ADON in a 106 bed facility. Now I feel I'm being ripped off, other than the ADON, I have other responsibilities that includes Staff development/educator, Safety and Restorative. Wow, what state are you at?

I am in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. I feel somewhat spoiled to be living in a region that combines competitive pay rates with a somewhat reasonable cost of living.

LittleOldLadyWho, ADN, BSN, LPN, RN · Apr 12, 2016

Cannot believe the house supervisor in a hospital would be hired after only one year of nursing experience...wouldn't want to be a nurse or patient in that hospital. Supervisors are relied on to help with problems that come up (problems or procedures that competent nurses on the floor are unable to handle). I worked with supervisors who could do everything or knew how to find the answer. If they couldn't, there was little respect for them by the staff. Leadership is not a role to play; leadership is a quality or character that someone has and uses to keep things going like they're supposed to do. And supervisors make much more than $28/hr and deserve it.

needlesmcgeeRN, ASN, RN · Apr 12, 2016

You're saying "nursing supervisor", and when I worked LTC (as a new grad), my co-workers and I were ALL "nursing supervisors".

What are your duties for this position? Are you actually supervising staff other than the CNAs?

CloverPark, RN · May 5, 2016

I don't know if OP is still considering a supervisor position, but I was hired last year as an evening shift supervisor at a LTC/subacute facility with 1.5 years of experience. I am salaried, but when calculated down to the hour, it's a little over $35/hr. This is in NJ. While there are very valid comments regarding a certain amount of experience needed to be a supervisor, I do not believe there is any special number of years required. I think it's "quality" over "quantity." I feel that the 1.5 years of experience I had as a floor nurse at another facility was enough to prepare me as a supervisor at the facility I currently work at.

At my old job, the population was younger, many/most on the subacute unit were full codes (I participated in and even lead several of them), there were more treatments and patients with serious/complex wounds, and there were much more trachs, g-tubes, IVs, etc. I have been supervisor at my current facility for about 8 months now and there has not been a single code (they are all DNRs and almost all deaths that occur are those already on hospice) and there are usually only 1-2 patients with g-tubes, rarely any with trachs, and only a handful in the whole building have IVs. The biggest struggle I face as a supervisor is staffing and employee relations (i.e. complaints against each other, arguments, etc.), which you really have to be more of a people person to handle, and has nothing to do with the amount of nursing experience you have. When it comes to questions/issues regarding patient care, treatments, meds, sending someone to the hospital, etc., I feel as though I have been competent enough in my experience to effectively handle it/answer, and when I'm unsure, I don't hesitate to ask for others' opinions/input, or contact a unit manager/DON/ADON, etc.

Before I was hired, I actually had applied looking for an 11-7 floor nurse position, but was then considered for a supervisor position. I felt as though I may not be qualified, so I decided to just be 100% honest in my interview. When they asked if I had experience in something I did not, I was honest and said no. I was given emergency scenarios and how I would approach them. Due to my experience with more acute patients, even though not a whole lot as far as time goes, I was still able to correctly answer and explain how I would handle it and why. I also feel as though I was a good "fit" there, which is also important. I feel as though my values, goals, attitude, ideas, etc. were very in line with what the facility expected.