Are LPN's being phased out?

[JSlovex2]

I know people have been saying for years that everyone would need a BSN and LPN's would be a thing of the past, etc. Well, so far, where I work (a large, magnet hospital) there are still many, many nurses without a BSN -but there are veeery few LPN's. I attended a meeting last week where my supervisor was lecturing RNs about signing off on LPN's charts and she mentioned that there are very few LPN's and even mentioned that some of those LPN's are about to graduate to be RN's. I overheard other RNs in the cafeteria complaining about LPN's basically saying, "what's the point when we have to go behind them."

They are definitely being phased out where I work. They aren't hiring LPN's anymore although the ones who are there aren't getting fired or anything. What is it like where you work? Do you think LPN's have a future?

[Fiona59]

1 hour ago, jake the nurse said:

I believe it to be relevant to the area that you are working. For example a vast majority of the units at the hospital I work at run at a typical ratio of 2 RPNs and 10 RNs per shift. But some floors also run with 11 RPNs and 1 RN all depends on the patient base and level of acuity. I work in the operating room as an OR Tech/RPN and there is 1 RPN to every running room as we are the scrub nurses for the unit. To hospitals at least in my region RPNs are crucial because we can manage the predictable/stable patient load at a much lower cost.

So, you are in Ontario. The term RPN is only used in that province. Most posters are American and won’t have a clue what an R P N is. In western Canada, it is the designation for Reg. Psychiatric Nurse

[LPNTORN704]

On 4/22/2011 at 2:58 AM, SunSurfRN said:

Just because something hasn't happened, doesn't mean it won't. With the ever expanding group of unemployed or underemployed RNs on the bread line you can expect the last bastions of LPNs you mentioned to be employing RNs. I work in one of the aforementioned places as a new grad BSN...one of the hiring managers told me point blank "why hire an LPN when I can hire an RN"

Girl bye go pass meds please

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

18 hours ago, LPNTORN704 said:

Girl bye go pass meds please

"Just because something hasn't happened, doesn't mean it won't. With the ever expanding group of unemployed or underemployed RNs on the bread line you can expect the last bastions of LPNs you mentioned to be employing RNs. I work in one of the aforementioned places as a new grad BSN...one of the hiring managers told me point blank "why hire an LPNwhen I can hire an RN"

Sorry, multiquote didn't work. I don't know if you realized but the post you quoted was written in April 2011. I think it's safe to say that didn't happen. Yes, it's shocking isn't it? Almost 8 years later and LPN's are still around. Somehow I don't think they are going anywhere despite rumors of being phased out for the past 40 years or so.