Any lvn/lpn demoted or fired recently.

agldragonRN · Oct 23, 2011

sorry to hear this. this is not fair! :down:

anniv91106 · Oct 23, 2011

I have been an LVN for 15 years. I have worked at my current hospital in med-surg for over 6 years. Our new CNO decided that LVNs were not real nurses. We are now working basically as nursing assistants. I am happy to still have a job,but it was humiliating in the beginning. Just wondering if this has happened to other LVN/LPN.

Is there a union at your hospital?

What were your job duties in med-surg? Did they overlap the RN's? Has your state practice act changed?

Is your state still educating many LPN's while so many are being demoted or even fired?

I've been searching to find a 'greater good' aspect to what is happening in nursing; I have not found it thus far.

caliotter3 · Oct 23, 2011

I would be concerned that a pay cut or job loss would be around the corner.

Galaxy21 · Oct 23, 2011

Yes, same in the state of MD. All LPNs who worked in the hospital setting, were removed...to LTC. Good luck to you.

mizspecialk · Oct 25, 2011

I'm sorry that this happened to you but, really, the writing is on the wall. A layoff of all LPNs at your hospital is on the horizon. I was recently let go from my job and I'm not even going to bother looking for another LPN position. My state's unemployment program is paying my tuition so I've decided to take advantage of the opportunity to become a RN. Since I'm single with no kids I get by just fine on a fixed income, but I know your situation my be different from mine; not everybody can afford to be unemployed . If that's the case then I would suggest you start looking for another job; preferably one that offers tuition reimbursement so that you can further your education.

ladieleak · Dec 9, 2011

Yes, same in the state of MD. All LPNs who worked in the hospital setting, were removed...to LTC. Good luck to you.

Yup so true LPN's has been moved out of the hospitals but very few still hire them very few so its really hard for new grads to find employment

ladieleak · Dec 9, 2011

I have been an LVN for 15 years. I have worked at my current hospital in med-surg for over 6 years. Our new CNO decided that LVNs were not real nurses. We are now working basically as nursing assistants. I am happy to still have a job,but it was humiliating in the beginning. Just wondering if this has happened to other LVN/LPN.

You know the sad part is that when LPN's are at work we have to know the same info as RN's but dont get the same amount of respect and its sad. Why expect for me to know all the same info when working but when things are running smooth and there is no emergencies we are not looked at in the same way but when there is problems its ''o your a nurse what should we do?'' All LPN's deserve the same respect as a RN in the work place, yes they may have went to school longer and yes they may know a little more things in depth because of being in school longer but that does not mean LPN's are clueless. We have to take the NCLEX to get license as well not like a cna when they finish the course they get a certificate and can go find a job its a BIG difference. We are nurse's not cna's and when im in the work place I demand respect, yes I was a cna before but that is not my title now LPN'S ARE NURSES PERIOD!!!!! There should be different levels of RN no LPN cause we have to know the same info in the work place. RN1, RN2 I have taken classes with RN's and we all knew the same info.. LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR Im not putting down cna's Im just making a point I was a cna before so lets not get it twisted.

xoemmylouox, ASN, RN · Dec 9, 2011

A lot of hospitals are doing this. In fact it has been going on for a few years now. Most force you to become an RN by such date or you are SOL. Some just lay off the LPN's or "eliminate" those positions. I am an LPN and I see the way that healthcare is going and it's terrible.

jimthorp · Dec 11, 2011

A lot of hospitals are doing this. In fact it has been going on for a few years now. Most force you to become an RN by such date or you are SOL. Some just lay off the LPN's or "eliminate" those positions. I am an LPN and I see the way that healthcare is going and it's terrible.

Yes and it doesn't make sense from a competancy POV. The SNF where I work has a higher acuity than the hospital med/surg units in my nursing school clinical rotations.

Like I've said before, this trend has nothing to do with patient care but has everything to do with what looks good on paper to the suits.

Rico84 · Dec 11, 2011

No.. I was just hired as a new grad cardiac LPN..I think some hospitals are trying to obtain MAGNET status and want to hire higher level education..Which doesn't always work because its costly. If these places do this that mean that RNS will be BSN, and managers have to have MSNS and from a financial aspect how many MSNS are there. One the hospitals just tried this a few years ago in my area and then quickly learned it would cost to much, so went back to hiring LPNS and ADNS. I think that LPNS won't go anywhere because there will always be nursing homes, home care, hospice.:)

Bobylon · Dec 12, 2011

Yeah, they're threatening to do this at my hospital as well, so I guess it's back to the books to get my RN and look for another LPN job to tide me over in the meantime....no matter, the hospital I work for treats all their employees as "disposable" - truthfully, I'd love to hit the Powerball and tell them what most of us there REALLY REALLY think. The RNs don't want to lose the LPNS, as we are viewed as a valuable asset to them. At least someone there appreciates us :) Administrators there are typical of most professions, really...pencil pushers who have no idea what we go through in the trenches every night, I think the only reason that my place seems to be replacing Ls by attrition, as opposed to flat out layoffs, is that they don't have enough Rs or CNAs to replace us....yet