South Florida LPN's

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Im wondering.. which hospitals in south florida hire LPN's? base pay?

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Most hospitals hire a limited amt of LPN in SWF. But I doubt if you will except the pay. $13.50-$15.00 @ the most for base pay.

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Base pay in previous post is about the same in the Tampa area at hospitals if you can find one that is hiring lpns.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, ER, Peds ER-CPEN.

inland SW FL it's not much better, experienced LPN's make around 15$hr while a fresh RN makes 20$hr

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Specializes in psych. rehab nursing, float pool.

Base pay when I started here in 1999 with 20 years experience was a bit over $12.00. Last year top scale at our hospital for LPN's is almost $22.00 an hour not including shift differential.

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I worked as an LPN in FL from 94-97. I found the most money to be in home health and agency nursing. I was making $15-$18/hr back then. I have a friend who went to LPN school with me and she works for a research firm going to collect info from pts in the hospital. She says she makes near $80k. Mind you, she's been an LPN now for 14 years. I'm no longer an LPN but perhaps the market got saturated with LPNs? I can't see why the pay would not go up....

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Specializes in psych. rehab nursing, float pool.

The law of supply and demand I suspect. What I quoted is for working the local hospital. I believe pay in LTC is more, however I do not have any figures to substantiate that with. Also depends on what part of this state you are in, or in what other parts of this country you are in. I envy your friend her $80,000 .

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Specializes in EMS, ER, GI, PCU/Telemetry.

lpnflorida, what part of florida do you work in?

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Specializes in psych. rehab nursing, float pool.

Fort Myers Area

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LTC does make more money. I work in LTC in the Fort Myers area.

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i lived in naples 5 years ago and Naples Community Hospital hired LPNs. I dont know if they still do. I never worked there. Did my clinicals there though. I think back then the starting wage was between 13 and 15 an hour.

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Specializes in Tele.

where I work, LPN's only are being hired in the ER, and on the floors the LPN's there are because they have been LPN's at the hospital before.

$13/hr

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