Hiring Measures -LPN to RN-does this sound right?

[anangelsmommy, ADN, BSN, RN]

I have been trying to get hired by a second home care company and I know the owner so I spoke to the owner and asked him since I had personal experience but not enough professional experience would they consider waiving the professional experience to hire me? well now the secretary finally got back to me and said sorry but no they would not. No problem I understand. What really got me was that I recommended a nurse that worked for me to their company and they asked me to also come in for an interview- before they realized the discrepancy I guess. But the nurse worked for me taking care of my son with NO experiece, and she worked for their company. I trained her. I have 6 years more college than she does and am now getting my RN. She is an LPN. She got the job. She worked for me for 3 years taking care for my son, I took care for him for 14 years...ok technicalities. I am over but then, I said, well I have been working for my company, in pediatrics and in two months time it will the the time you require BUT THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID>>>>> THAT SINCE I WILL BE GETTING MY RN, I HAVE TO PRACTICE ANOTHER YEAR AS AN RN BEFORE THEY WILL HIRE ME??? does this make sense? For those of you working as LPNs for home care, and going to school, do they fire YOU if you get your RN??? I work right along side rn's and far as I know they make the same rate as I do. it just depends on the case. But they dont require that I go out and get another year of experience as an RN before they hire me?? does this make any sense??

do you think she is misinformed or do you think this is just some agencies policy?

angels mommy

[KateRN1]

The short answer to your question is "yes." The scope of practice for an LPN and an RN are different, and you are not considered to have a year of experience as an RN until you've been working as an RN for a year. Hard to tell from your post, but if you are not a nurse at all, then it is certainly a prudent thing that you have a year of professional nursing experience outside the pactice of caring for your own child, regardless of the tasks you performed during that care.

Not sure where you are, but here in Florida it happens all the time. LPN in home health care, been there for years, finishes her RN program and finds herself out of a job because FL requires that RNs in home care have a minimum of 1 year of professional experience.