Are you a RN or LPN???

[LH...RN]

RN?

LPN?

[chrisrn24]

RN. Why do you ask?

[LH...RN]

I am just wondering because at my LTC facility there are so many more LPN's then RN's.......was wondering if it was the same on here :) (and my hubby is watching football and I am so very board lol)

[amoLucia]

RN. Why do you ask?

Hey! I was going to ask this.....

To OP - LTC facilities are typically staffed with LPNs except for the usual management/supervisory positions. All other positions are usually designated as "STAFF NURSE". Job duties are pretty much the same regardless who performs them (RN or LPN), unless State regs or facility policies have special stipulations (like death pronouncement and IV med administration). However, the use of a nurse for 'ASSESSMENT' is a sticky issue.

So it's a matter of economics for the top administration to hire the license that costs less for what position is needed. Hence, the abundance of LPNs. If you use agency, you'll notice that LPNs are the nurses sent - VERY rarely (almost never) will you see an RN sent. They're just too expensive for the LTC facility.

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

RN and I'm only hiring RNs.

[akanini, MSN, RN]

I was an LPN for 4 years before becomig an RN. In the nursing home, 98% of the floor nurses were LPNs. It was more cost effective to use LPNs. Since becoming an RN, I haven't worked in the nursing home, but most nursing homes utilize LPNs here in New York City.

[JV-RN]

RN...

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I'm an RN. I spent the first four years of my nursing career as an LPN/LVN in LTC before earning my RN license.

Most of the LTC facilities around here use far more LVNs due to cost containment. One healthcare corporation with several local LTC facilities requires an RN to be present in the building 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.

[txnurse01]

Lvn. 12 yrs, but I'll get my RN soon. Lol

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

I'm actually both :) Until my birthmonth next year, I hold both an LPN and RN license, both of which are recorded on the State BON as active.

I was hired at the LTC/SNF facility I work at as a new grad LPN, I currently still work for them but in the RN capacity.

Our facility and the majority in this area are staffed by LPN floor nurses and have RN's in the supervisor positions. We do have a couple of RN's who work the floor as a floor nurse and on other days they work as the super.

Years ago, mid 80's to early 90's when I was a CNA in LTC/SNF it was unheard of having an LPN in any capacity there. Although there was one LPN I remember who was from the 'pool' we used that would come in every so often. She was the only one we ever had. The DON knew her and had previously worked with her, so she was the only one that the facility allowed to be sent if they had no RN availble. I remember asking what an LPN was, had never heard of that.

[pfeliks]

I'm an RN. I spent the first four years of my nursing career as an LPN/LVN in LTC before earning my RN license. Most of the LTC facilities around here use far more LVNs due to cost containment. One healthcare corporation with several local LTC facilities requires an RN to be present in the building 24 hours a day 7 days per week.[/quote']That is very smart of them to require an RN to be in the building as it is a requirement of Medicare for a hospice patient to change from routine care to general inpatient care.