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Author: HobokenUMC
Date: Dec 20, 2007 3:28 pm
We are making an offer to an RN to head our Palliative Care program. This is a new program for our hospital; therefore, this person will be in charge of developing the policies and procedures, growth, education, etc, etc. Our compensation team came back with 85K salary, but the RN said this position calls for 95K. I've met another APN in the area (NJ) who is at 115K. Can you tell me what the average salary would be for either an RN or APN? We are in Hoboken, New Jersey. Thanks so much!
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Re:Salary for RN or APN (by lynceronsky on 02/20/2008)
Salaries for nurses vary considerably across the country. The local market is commonly used as a comparison. We look at comparable positions with similar role responsibilities. It sounds like this position will have a major administrative component. This may mean it is a manager position with a different salary structure than a clinical position. Combined clinical and administrative roles are more difficult to match with similar positions. Palliative care clinicians are difficult to find in some areas, and you may want to consider a salary range based on that,too. Lyn Ceronsky, MS, APRN, BC Systems Director Fairview Health Services Palliative Care Leadership Center (Faculty)
Re:Salary for RN or APN (by tcousounis on 02/24/2008)
Our compensation data base, drawn from analyses of public sources for palliative care programs, suggests that the position you're describing (a leadership role responsible for building AND growing the program) would pay an APN in the NYC metroploitan area between 100-125K base salary. We suggest that a variable component be attached to the compensation package - this variable pay would be tied to attainment of the specific metrics that the program would be expected to attain. I'll be happy to explain off-line. tcousounis@digital-action.com Tim Cousounis,MDvantage Palliative Care Group

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