notsoinnocentkali

I just started in Springfield at CASPN Tuesday.

I am in LPN school right and I am seriously considering moving to Lousianna they need Nurses so bad there and my friend who lives there says they are opening more Nursing schools and making classes bigger so they can except more students. She says right now that CNA's LPN's and RN's get to pick what job they would like to take not just what job can I get sort of thing. Since Katrina they have lost alot of Nurses and because of that hospitals are offering better pay and better benefits..

I just started LPN school in Springfield IL and I have been searching jobs online at my local hospitals just to see if they hire LPNs because that is where I would like to work and I am finding that none of them are hiring LPNs. I am a CNA and have only worked in Nursing homes and I do not want to do that anymore. I figured I would go to LPN school since it is so hard to get into any RN programs right now. I also figured with having my LPN it would be easier for me to get into a RN program. I am getting a little disappointed that I have yet to find a hospital that has any opening for LPNs.

I was just wondering if anyone could please tell me what I could expect to make as an LPN when I am done with school in central Illinois. Thank you