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Salary expectations

Good morning! Looking for some insight. I am interviewing for the DON or DNS position for a 197 bed facility and unsure of the salary expectation. I have 7 years experience and have 5 years experience in leadership: mostly in acute care. Any insight?

Thanks-

Chris

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    No expertise in this area ... but suspect you'll need to include something about the geographic area to get much of a response. The salaries in a rural location in the South are going to be very different from the salaries in a major city in California or the North East.

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    Sorry! Thought I posted that... this is for Massachusetts, around 40 mins from Boston.

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    No experience in long term care and you've applied to be the DON???? Get yourself to the psych section of allnurses!

    I've been a DNS for10 years....started out making $78,000 on Cape Cod....moved...made 80K then 88K then 105, then 110, now close to $130,000. So much depends on the company and the location.

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    Hi... I'll type more when I am not in my phone... I have 11 years total in healthcare: 7 as a nurse. Of those 7 5 of them I worked LTC as a second job. And was offered 120,000

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    Wholly, he**! I have 9 years experience as a nurse. 8 in long term care, no including the many years I was a CNA before I went to nursing school. I am DON and started at $50,000. Good luck to you!!!

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    Wholly, he**! I have 9 years experience as a nurse. 8 in long term care, no including the many years I was a CNA before I went to nursing school. I am DON and started at $50,000. Good luck to you!!!

    Wow, that is crazy! I hope you are making way more now as an experienced DON. I started at 50K as an RN in LTC with no experience! I think the OP's salary of 130K is much more realistic. I would have guessed 100K and up.

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    Interesting thread and hard to get a real answer.

    I've been in LTC for 20 years and the opportunity comes up a few times every year or so to take a DNS position. I keep saying no due to family situations (hubby would need to go part time or switch to the SAHD) When I look at what I make and hour with the potential for OT here and there and then look at what was offered to me (before negotiating a salary) I continue to say no.

    Getting back...all going to depend on size of facilty and location.

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