I just heard they will remove all LVN/LPN?

Actually...i live in ny my teachers told me they will be making the schooling harder and it will no longer be a "trade school course" (like it is here in ny) it will be 2 year course (associates degree)

The facility I work in had all the LPN's elevate to RN or be moved to a CNA position. They had a certain time frame with which to accomplish this. I think this was all due to the Magnet hoopla. Our mother ship hospital actually did that by 2002.

I don't say this is happening everywhere, but this did occur here.

it will never happen.....

Is this true that in coming years they will remove all lvn/Lpn????????

and CNA will do LVN jobs????????????????

Have u heard that or this is just rumor?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Actually CNA cant do LVN job. It would required more education on the part of the CNA. CNA is a 4-5 week program. LPN/LVN is like 9- 15months.

Im a new RN grad and in our program they told us LPN's are being slowly eliminated and as RNs we would have to do the work of both with a few aides to help. I live in Ohio and the hospitals in my area are no longer hiring LPNs and are trying to retire the ones they have (I precepted on a large post op floor and there was only one elderly LPN in the unit, the only other LPNs I saw were in RN school) I love LPNs I have learned that they are a

RNs best friend....the idea saddens me I hope it dosn't work out....

I'll believe it when I see it.

My mother was told to not become an LPN in the 80s because they were going to eliminate the title soon.

She got her LPN and retired last fall after 20+ years as an LPN.

LPNs fill a very valuable role in healthcare and they will continue to be utilized in many areas including some acute care hospitals, LTC, clinics etc.

Just because it is a trend right now for some area's hospitals to be removing LVN/LPNs, does NOT mean that they are removing them from health care all together. You have to look at all the other different settings in health care; nursing homes, rehab centers and skilled nursing facilities, home health and hospice which are growing with our aging population and are well staffed with LVN/LPNs. So yes, it is a rumor.

In my area there are not hardly and positions for LPN in hospital, even w/ IV certification.

LTC, pysche, clinics and doctors offices mainly.

In my area, most new gard RNs are finding it hard to get jobs at hospitals, so they are looking into LTC facilities where most LPNs work. I would think that an RN would be hired over an LPN in LTC as they can do a lot more, and don't need supervision. Also, it will be very hard for new grad LPNs to get a job when new grad RNs are finding it tough. It's best to get your RN as the job market for LPNs is getting slimmer by the year.

i would think that an rn would be hired over an lpn in ltc as they can do a lot more, and don't need supervision.

i beg to differ! they will not hire the rn over me in ltc because we have the same job duties in ltc. unless the facility needs an rn specifically for a special floor such as sub-acute floor because they have lots of ivs and need rn assessments.

in regular ltc floor, no way. why pay the rn more for the same job duties? plus, i don't "need" supervision in ltc. when i need something from the rn supervisor, i ask her for help. i have autonomy on my ltc floor. lpns do their own iv therapy themselves because pharmacy sends the meds in piggy back so no need for the rn because we are not iv pushing. we can hang them ourselves as long as we are iv certified.

in addition, other states have wider scope of practice for the lpns and they can iv push and hangs blood products, etc..so it depends what state you are located. always check the nurse practice act for that particular state.

anyway, to the op, yes they are not hiring lpns anymore in hospital setting but ltc is our domain so lpns will always have jobs there.