every LPN in my hosp was laid off today

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Specializes in med-surg,Ortho, Peds, LTAC.

i'm still just in shock. Some had been there for 30 plus years. Everyone was called into HR and told they were no longer needed and would not be working another shift. So much for my educational loan assistance....

So we were good enough to take teams of patients and make half RN pay while doing the work before, but as soon as the hospital had budget issues, we were suddenly not good enough nurses anymore apparently.

Obviously it was impossible to work on hospital layoffs throughout the entire hospital rather than targeting one class. (sarcastic):banghead:

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I'm so sorry this happened to you and your co-workers.

How many nurses were affected? Will they offer any assistance in job placement?

Hugs to all of you.

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Sorry to hear this. Best of luck to you.

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Specializes in ER, PACU, Med-Surg, Hospice, LTC.

I am so sorry to hear this.

Some of the best Nurses I have ever worked with were LPNs. The Hospital is losing very valuable people.

You mentioned educational loan assistance. Did you sign any type of contract for it?

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Specializes in med-surg,Ortho, Peds, LTAC.

I think there are about close to 50 LPN's and they are giving 6 weeks severance, meted out over the normal pay periods, so in 3 paychecks. The area we are in only offers LTC options for LPN's here as the other hospital has long refused to use LPN's, or Dr's offices, however half the offices are affiliated with our hospital and are on a hiring freeze due to the budget problems. I don't know how well a lot would do with going from 3 12's to 5 8's and LTC to boot, but as for me, I am starting school January so an office or 5 day job won't work for me.

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The handwriting has been on the wall for hospital LPNs for years. Wise people take what is happening systemically and make personal preparations so they are not caught by surprise. That is why so many LPNs, even those who have many years under their belts, push themselves to go to LPN-RN transition programs. Anyone who was surprised at what happened should be awake by now. But most of us delude ourselves into thinking it won't happen to us, or that we have the rest of our career to worry about it. Every time something like this happens, I find myself getting irritated because I know an already glutted job market will be flooded with more people to keep me from a job. I can hardly wait until I am too old to work. Then everybody else can have what jobs are available and I can suffer along on my pittance of a retirement.

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that is horrible. As an LPN I cant understand some hospitals opitions on us. Best of luck to you.

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Unfortunate. Not every LPN aspires to be an RN. If they wanted to be one, they would have been on years ago. Besides there are veteran LPNs that can run rings around the young chippie fresh out of graduate school. It's the hospital's loss. Good thing about nursing is that there are lots of jobs.

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Specializes in LTC.

Welp so much for being safe as nurses. Take a long vacay, Im sure you deserve it!!

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I'm sorry, FlowerBudd. Luckily (in this, at least) my area is medically under-served so LPN's are still widely utilized.

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Specializes in ICU.

I'm sorry to hear this. Have you thought about home health?

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Specializes in tele, oncology.

This is one of my greatest fears....and I still have 2 1/2 years to go before my RN is finished.

Best of luck in finding a job.

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