Guest guest Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Just to make sure I was not “out of touch” w/ what RNs are making. I looked through some job postings and found salaries equivalent to $21-$29/hr based on 40 hrs/wk for 52 wks/yr. It may have to do with cost of living. While NY is expensive and has high taxes and such, I would suspect California is higher. I do know the setting matters too. Even the department matters….Emergency room vs. Med/surg floor. Also, I would refer to your state office of professional licensure to see what kind of supervision is required for LPNs. I know that in NY LPNs need to be supervised by RNs. So at the last practice I worked at they had primary nurses assigned to the providers and the LPNs were assigned to the NPs (as they are RNs as well) and the RNs were assigned to the MDs so that there were no questions about the practice laws. They had other LPNs that worked w/ providers but they were not the primary nurse assigned to them. Unfortunately, nursing needs a national standard of practice at all levels so it more like MDs where scope of practice etc. is the same. Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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