Pay in Dallas area????

[tobelpn]

Hi

I passed my nclex-pn in florida and have recently moved to Dallas.

I have no nursing experience.

i am going start looking for an lvn job and i need some info like :

1) How much pay can i expect with and without the shift diff etc in an acute facility as well as in a long term care facility???

2) which are the best hospitals/nursing homes in the dallas area hiring lvns?

I am currently residing in Mesquite.

Advice and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

LVN in a long term care facility = $17 to $22 hourly

LVN in a DFW hospital = $12.50 to $16 to start

[AdobeRN]

I worked at a doctors office last year and made $14.50/hour. I do home health now and make $20/hour.

[joker523]

I work in home health... in collin county as a home health nurse, I make 30.00 per visit with no pay for miles. I get 40+ visits a week. I have worked in Home health and Hospice and made 26.00 per hour with 46 cents per mile. Also 22.00 in Ltc. I discovered that in this area lvn are not employeed by hospitals.

[Iam46yearsold]

I work in home health... in collin county as a home health nurse, I make 30.00 per visit with no pay for miles. I get 40+ visits a week. I have worked in Home health and Hospice and made 26.00 per hour with 46 cents per mile. Also 22.00 in Ltc. I discovered that in this area lvn are not employeed by hospitals.

wow you are underpaid. seriously.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

wow you are underpaid. seriously.

Keep in mind that the poster is an LVN. If he/she was an RN, this person would be underpaid. However, those pay rates sound about average for LVNs in the DFW area.

[Iam46yearsold]

That still seems like underpay.

[Fun2, BSN, RN]

The VA hires LVNs, but not sure of the payrate.

UTSW has/had an opening for a Senior LVN....whatever that is.

Of course, that may be too far to drive from Collin Co.

[muffi36]

what is the typical pay rate for an RN doing home health in the dallas area? where can i find a p/t job (hourly or per visit)? any referrals would help.

[froggy6619]

I work for Texas Health Resources. We have hospitals all over DFW. Check out the website. Texas Health Resources is a great system to work for. I graduated May 2007. A new graduate nurse will start off making 21.50 and will get at least a $1 raise every 6 months for 5 years, to bring them up to the same pay an RN would get with that much experience. This is to keep the new RN from wanting to take a job offer from another hospital. Sometimes you get more than $1 raise. I started off making $19.50. About a year after I graduated the pay for a graduate nurse went up to $21.50. I at the time was about to recieve a raise that would take me to that same pay. To make up for the fact starting pay went up the gave me an additional $2 so that brought me to $23.50 with just one year of experience. I am sure they have very competitive pay for nurses with prior experience- Check them out!!! If you do decide to go with them put me down as a referral. It iwll help me out- I will get a little bonus :). Hope this information helps

[redranger]

How aggressive can a new graduate RN be when looking for starting pay.

I would like my wife to start out around $28 to $32 per hour in D/FW area.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I would like my wife to start out around $28 to $32 per hour in D/FW area.

If she's a new RN with no experience, there's virtually no hospitals in the DFW area that will pay that kind of money to a new grad unless she works night shift or decides to work at a LTAC hospital such as Kindred, Lifecare, or Healthsouth.

The regular acute care hospitals in the DFW area are paying new grad RNs between $21.50 and $23 per hour. Some specialty hospitals, such as Cooks Childrens, pay $25.