Who pays your salary?

[adam56]

I am thinking of taking LPN classes in a year or two... I've been a graphic designer / web coder for about 7 years but there's really no steady work in this area much anymore.

If for example you work as an LPN at a nursing home - who pays you? The home? The state?

Also - what is the standard pay for LPN? I've read in my state (Connecticut) it is $50,000 / year and that this state pays the highest salary in the country for nursing.

I've also read though that it's only $27,000 / year? If it's that low then I sure as hell won't be going into Nursing.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

If you work for the state, then the state pays you.

If you work for a corporate-owned facility, it is the corporation that pays you.

If you work for a facility owned by an individual, sole proprietorship, or partnership, your paycheck will probably come from someone's commercial account. Most nursing homes are owned by corporations, but a few are still owned by sole proprietors or business partnerships.

The type of ownership can definitely have an impact on the wage/salary.

[SonorityGenius]

Don't do it if its solely for the $......And jobs are very difficult to obtain nowadays for new grads.

[adam56]

It should always be about the $.

Hm ok. I'll see how things are in another year or two.

[KarmaWiseRaven]

And if your getting in to nursing just for the money then really nursing is not for you best find something else. How about that truck driving school you see on TV or how about computers they will need programmers soon i think that might fit you best. I wouldn't want someone taking care of my loved ones knowing they are there for the paycheck. That would show the type of care she would get and screw that. These are my thoughts use them as you wish.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Don't do it if its solely for the $......

I feel that perhaps we should stop shaming people who do this job for the money. Nothing is wrong with seeking stability and security through a job in the nursing field. Virtually nobody shows up to the workplace for free.

Nursing is the only profession that pays close attention the motivations of its members. Are you doing doing this for the money? Are you a nurse because you truly like people? Are you a nurse because you're a caring person?

Let's look at a few of the other educated professions in society. No one is examining the ulterior motives of the physician, lawyer, stock broker, professor, engineer, computer scientist, historian, consultant, physical therapist, banker, urban planner, businessman, accountant, or pharmacist. Other members of their professions aren't hassling them about having selected their respective career fields for the love of the job or other altruistic reasons. Their colleagues are not interfering and asking, "Is this a higher calling from God?"

Another nurse's personal reasons for entering this profession are absolutely none of my business. We, as nurses and student nurses, should take a lesson from other professions and stop belittling each other over wanting the most competitive pay for this job. I do not work for free, and I want to be paid competitively for the services that I render.

[merlee]

If you are interested in the financial end of nursing, becoma an RN. No point in becoming an LPN if you are motivated by the bucks!

Aside from that, you must be at least interested in working with people! I can not recall a time when I was dealing with whatever (physically) messy situation where I thought "Well at least this is worth twelve dollars of my time"!!!!

But money can be a motivating force to work an extra shift, work permanent nights or weekends, offer to work a holiday for someone else.

If you are going to go to school, do it now.

Best wishes!!!

[lvnnars1]

please dont do it if you're only after the money...

[JacknSweetpea]

And if your getting in to nursing just for the money then really nursing is not for you best find something else. How about that truck driving school you see on TV or how about computers they will need programmers soon i think that might fit you best. I wouldn't want someone taking care of my loved ones knowing they are there for the paycheck. That would show the type of care she would get and screw that. These are my thoughts use them as you wish.

With all due respect....I wouldn't be a nurse if it didn't pay well. I'm "there for the paycheck" and I do my job very well. Have you got bills to pay?

[suanna]

Why else would anyone ever go into nursing but for the money? Consider this- you get to payday and your employer says accounts are behind and they can't give you a check. Are you going to say " that's OK, I got to help people all this week, that's what I'm here for". NO! The job satisfaction is a nice perk- but I work for a paycheck. When we turn nursing into a "calling" to help people we diminish the value"$" of nursing. I'm not a nun, or a missionary, or a volunteer at a soup kitchen. I'm a highly trained, highly skilled health care provider and I expect to be compensated as such. Other posters are right. If you are expecting to be well compensated for an in-demand job- look into RN/BSN rather that LPN. The market is saturated and the pay isn't what one would expect from the job for LPNs.

[meandragonbrett]

I show up everyday for the the paycheck. Let the paycheck stop and see if I show up. Quit shaming people because they are concerned about their financial interests. We're not all martyrs for the profession.

[evolvingrn, BSN, RN]

I would venture to think that lpns make closer to 27 thousand........ I don't know their salary at our facility but their are more than a few bitter comments that were thrown my way.... "were not paid like you 'mighty' rns' ect........ of course whose positions did they try thinning out earlier this year because we cost to much ...........