Please...

I worked for 15 years as an LPN in a pediatricians office. I gave injections, telephone triage and filing. I worked about 8 months in an allergist office doing allergy testing and telephone triage. It seems that it is really getting limited as far as LPN's scope though. In the pediatrician's office where I take my kids, only RN's can do telephone and immunizations. Good luck. Honestly if I had it to do over I think I would have done the RN from the get go. Just because you are so limited.

I think that it depends on what state you are in, and the circumstances. I live in New York and just received my license in June. Because I worked in a hospital that sponsored my education to become a practical nurse, they had to hire me, especially since they paid my tuition as well as granted me a full time leave with pay. We have a contract where I owe them three years of employment. Not a bad deal, I say. However, I did hear that many of the private hospitals here in NY no longer utilize LPNs the way that they used to.

Hospitals all use RACE.

Hi, I just got my LPN (still in RN school though) and I got two jobs. One is working with children in a rehab facillity. They are weaned off vents and rehabed to either go home or go to medical group homes. The other one is a rehab facility attached to the hospital I worked at as an aide. Patients transition there before going home (ex: they need PT or they still need meds and/or IVs). I was also offered a job on my med/surg floor at my hospital but didn't feel ready for that. Wanted to get more experience before working in the ever changing hospital environment (especially our floor).

So see there are lots of options. I really did not want to work in a LTC facility. I want to train for my RN through my LPN and gain as much experience that I can apply towards those job fields.

Good Luck!