Tampa agency nursing

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Hi all,

I am hoping/planning on moving to Tampa this summer. I have talked to hospitals..and am disappointed with pay form LPN's (which I am). The lowest I heard was $11.62 (hospital)...and the highest $16.50 + shift differential (for a long term care facility). I make more than that here in Minnesota...but the 16.50 may be doable for me. Of course...I'd like to make there what I make here...and was curious about agency nursing. Does anyone currently work for an agency that they would recommend...or does anyone know of any good ones?

Any help you can offer would be appeciated!!

Thanks,

Lisa

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Hi all,

I am hoping/planning on moving to Tampa this summer. I have talked to hospitals..and am disappointed with pay form LPN's (which I am). The lowest I heard was $11.62 (hospital)...and the highest $16.50 + shift differential (for a long term care facility). I make more than that here in Minnesota...but the 16.50 may be doable for me. Of course...I'd like to make there what I make here...and was curious about agency nursing. Does anyone currently work for an agency that they would recommend...or does anyone know of any good ones?

Any help you can offer would be appeciated!!

Thanks,

Lisa

are you still looking for agencies? i am familiar with most of them. i've worked agency on and off for 6 years

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I have a few questions. How long do you have to work as an LPN to do agency? Do they ever hire them right out of school? What are your thoughts on that? Thank you for the info.

are you still looking for agencies? i am familiar with most of them. i've worked agency on and off for 6 years
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I have a few questions. How long do you have to work as an LPN to do agency? Do they ever hire them right out of school? What are your thoughts on that? Thank you for the info.

well some agencies say you have to work 6 months some say a year. I got hired right out of school, by mistake actually. I went to school out of state and when i came back i saw ads for agencies in the paper and i jumped right on it because the pay rate was so high. i never lied on my application, they just never checked anything and i started right away. i never said anything because i didn't know to say anything. i assumed they checked references, etc. i didn't realize i was doing wrong. they found out about 6 months later when they asked how long i've been a nurse and they told me never to tell anyone how i got hired! i made a fortune back then though....

a lot of people i know will work their one year of med/surg hospital experience and then go agency. or work in a hospital and just do long term care through agencies. as an lpn, i tried to set myself apart as much as possible. i went and got ACLS, telemetry certification, and i found a website that offers ceu's for really cheap and i did about 50 different ones (x ray reviews, cardiac things, ekg reading stuff like that) that's how i got a lot more shifts then other people because i could go to ICU, ER, etc. that was almost 7 years ago. (Ugh, i feel old now)

if there is anything else i can help you with, feel free to ask.

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It pays to be assertive and put your self out there. Thank you for the info. Great ideas.

well some agencies say you have to work 6 months some say a year. I got hired right out of school, by mistake actually. I went to school out of state and when i came back i saw ads for agencies in the paper and i jumped right on it because the pay rate was so high. i never lied on my application, they just never checked anything and i started right away. i never said anything because i didn't know to say anything. i assumed they checked references, etc. i didn't realize i was doing wrong. they found out about 6 months later when they asked how long i've been a nurse and they told me never to tell anyone how i got hired! i made a fortune back then though....

a lot of people i know will work their one year of med/surg hospital experience and then go agency. or work in a hospital and just do long term care through agencies. as an lpn, i tried to set myself apart as much as possible. i went and got ACLS, telemetry certification, and i found a website that offers ceu's for really cheap and i did about 50 different ones (x ray reviews, cardiac things, ekg reading stuff like that) that's how i got a lot more shifts then other people because i could go to ICU, ER, etc. that was almost 7 years ago. (Ugh, i feel old now)

if there is anything else i can help you with, feel free to ask.

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