I am an LPN in LTC, I started out at 18.56/hr and now make 19.81/hr, I was recently offered a position at a hospital that is about the same distance as the LTC facility that I work at with about a 4 dollar an hour pay cut in the PCU. The idea is to enhance my skills as a nurse and use the skill that I have productively. The hospital does offer better benefits (this particular hospital in general), and they offer tuition reimbursement if you go to school after your hire date. I am currently in school my self and hoping to get into the advanced placement nursing program this fall so I'm not sure that I am going to take the position even to just refine my skills. But I would say that the nursing homes in my area pay the best. --from IL