LVN Hospital Jobs

I was thinking of doing LVN for the same reasons as the thread starter. I know a guy who did this & immediately went to a nursing home doing weekend doubles & doing bridge program weekdays. If I were going LVN route, I would plan on getting a NH job to pay the bills & then plan on getting a hospital job as a new grad RN.

However, I have decided to do my best to go staight to RN via ADN if at all possible. Hospital recruiter told me this week that they want CNAs to have a year worth of acute care experience. Sounds like the hospitals don't think too much of NH experience.

ok so here's my opening to vent, Im an LPN i took my LPN during high school. I was in the first class and it worked out wonderfully for me. I ws top of my class and when i graduated i wasted no time starting the RN bridge program. So here I am just turned 18, just went to my prom and graduated high school and i land a job on a medsurg at a local hospital. I love it, and i learn so much. I feel like i'm quickly accepted into this nursing "family" and looked on as a valuable member of the team. I have been told I have advanced asssesment skills for my experience and I handle codes really well. Until recently we followed a primary nursing model and when i came across something i couldnt do i would just grab an available RN. Recently they have switched us to relationship based care aka team nursing. I work with some great nurses LPN and RN. unfortunately I cant work with the same RN every night. Some of our RNs are incompetent, truly. We have one who refused to start a new IV for a pt getting blood and just watched as the blood poured out AROUND the IV and just cont'd to place 4x4s over it. One that changed a heparin drip rate that was supposed to be at 13.2 ml/hour to 132 ML/HR!!! Then recently I was in a rapid response situation where the RN just wanted nothing to do with it. I was getting vitals, paging the RTS and rapid response team, calling the DR and getting orders and watching this pt go down (not even my pt) while the RN just insisted she was having a panic attack and gave her iv ativan while we were working on the pt, the RT bout ripped her a new one and she did indeed end up depressing her resp even more. She went to icu, she was not having a panic attack thats for sure. I just feel like if they are gonna act like the Lpns need an Rn o be diretly over us shouldnt they be competent? All theyve done is manage to effectively take away our charge nurses and secretaries and make us do it all. all the while they talk about the rn gold and disregard the valuble LPNs they have. I cant wait until i get my RN b/c i know im a good nurse but i'm not treated like a R.ealN.urse

how did you get your LPN while still in high school? I wish someone would've told me to go to nursing school way back then!

Hi GeauxNursing. I am off to see the advisor late Monday. I want to ask for sure what the bridge wait is. For the block 1 its 1900 waiting applicants, that equates to 2 years. I am new to this board and dont know how to let you know what they say. I will try to find this page again and "quick reply" again on Tuesday.

Some public school districts offer part-time vocational training during the student's last 2 years of high school, if the student opts to take a vocational track instead of a college-prep pathway. They can train for trades and careers such as CNA, LPN, welder, computerized office clerk, automotive technician, woodworker, chef, medical assistant, childcare assistant, and so forth.

Once the student graduates from high school, they also graduate with a trade, skill, or potential new career.

I have a couple of relatives who are floor managers at two different LARGE hospitals. They have told me on several occasions that if they have two applicants for a RN position, one with a brand new ADN and a few years LVN experience and one with a brand new BSN but no real world experience, they both will take the ADN every single time. Don't let anyone tell you that LVN experience is worthless.

As far as working as an LVN in a hospital goes, don't turn up your nose at small town facilities. They can be great places to work while you go for your RN and you can actually get broader base of experience there. Good luck at whatever you do.

As an LVN here in North Texas with almost 20 years experience, it is VERY hard for you to get a hospital job here. And what sucks is, most of my experience is in the hospital. But even with my experience, they will hire a new RN grad with no experience over me simply because he/she is an RN. It started getting tough here for LVNs over 10 years ago. I'll never forget a few years ago, a doctor at the hospital I worked in at the time, came to the nurses station and wanted to give orders for a patient he just visited and asked the charge nurse " get the nurse or LVN to come take my orders". Ane I also have experienced the dumping syndrome too. The RNs would give the worst patients to the LVNs in the hospital. And of course as an LVN I was taught to give IV's and IV meds, but although I've been doing it for years, and am certified, now the state of Texas as an LVN thinks I'm suddenly too dumb to give them. But when they are short of help in the hospital, I'm not so dumb anymore. Hospital's won't hire you as an LVN , yet you can work in the hospital through the agency-go figure. And since North Texas wants all RNs, why don't the hospitals assist the LVNs they had with going back to school? I noticed that the LVNs that were struggling to go back were met with opposition. They won't work with your school schedule, fight you with tuition reimbersment and so forth. And also, THERE IS NO NURSING SHORTAGE IN TEXAS!! Don't believe the hype!! How many bogus job fairs are these hospitals gonna give? I have seen the most outstanding nurses attend these events only to be sold a bunch of nursing books and no call back for a job. Your best bet is to go on to become an RN. Give Texas what they want, or go work in home health, hospice,nursing homes or doctors office. (hint) these are jobs most RN's don't want.

Spoken so truly. I had to give up my regular job to bridge from LVN to RN. Had to go prn with no benefits. They always scheduled my on the night before my 0800 am class.

HCA is now in partnership with UT Arlington where you could complete your online BSN at a discounted tuition.

DITTO to all the above. I have been a L.V.N. of 36 years and been there, done that. Went all the way thru clinical with RN but was not able to take boards due to medical situation. I am proud of my profession and my knowledge and skills. The best place I found to wk was in the Prison system and in the County Jail. Really covers, E.R., critical care, OR, clinical care and about every thing you could think of. Benefits are awsum and wemon are respected, as we are the ones that " fix all the injuries " so they live!! They treat us very well.

Hello everyone. I am new to this site. I was wondering if anyone can help me in deciding what to do. I current have a bachelor degree in rehabilitation counseling but have always wanted to be a nurse. I do not have any experience in the medical field but I am ready to get into the field now. I have been a stay home mom for the last 5 years. Should I go to an lvn program and bridge to rn since it is very competitive from what I hear to get into an rn program? I didn't really want to spends 2 years in school now because I am ready to work. How hard is it for a new grad without experience to land a job with home health or should I work in a different area as a new grad?