ARE LVN'S Really being phased out in Houston????

[spacecitygroover]

Ive heard rumors that LVN's are being fired.

Ive also heard that hospitals are no longer hiring LVN'S

Can anyone verify if this is true??

I was hoping to get into an LVN program and transition into the RN program.

Is this a bad idea?

I thought it would be easier.. Since the ADN program is so competitive.

Can someone share their thoughts and opinions?

Thanks

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Hospitals aren't the only places of employment for LVNs. Your chances of getting hired in non-hospital settings as an LVN are substantially better. There are nursing homes, home health companies, dialysis centers, hospices, psychiatric facilities, group homes, and other workplaces that will hire LVNs.

I completed the LVN program in 2005, and will graduate from an LVN-to-RN (ADN) bridge program in a few months.

Various nursing organizations have been proposing the phasing out of LPNs/LVNs since 1965, and it has not happened.

[spacecitygroover]

so you do reccoment that I go through lvn first and then bridge to the RN?

This is my plan...

How much will I be paid starting out with no exp. as an lvn?

[8mpg]

I would personally go straight into an RN program. Most LVN programs outside of community colleges are VERY expensive. The benefit of going to LVN school is you can make decent money while bridging.

Essentially it is the same amount of school. 1 year LVN + 1 year bridge...same as a 2 year ADN program. If you goal is for ADN...just go for it.

[lovejunkie25]

I'm considering doing the same thing. I'm enrolled for the ADN program at hcc but honestly thinking about a bridge program as well. I was checking online and good news there are employers looking to hire lvn's so I think that it is a good idea to get your foot in the door.