I have a question about lpn's

[Iwannabeababynurse]

do you know if they hire lpn's for a ob doctor's office or if they hire lpn's the ob at a hospital??

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

You have better luck at a doctor's office.

SOme hospitals hire LPN's but they are becoming rarer, and often hire only those with a lot of experience.

[klone, MSN, RN]

Around here, they only hire MAs and maybe one RN for triage at doctors' offices. No LPNs at the hospital - just RNs (we have one LPN in her 60s or 70s who was grandfathered in).

The only place I really see LPNs working is at LTC facilities or home health.

[BeccaznRN, RN]

We have LVNs in our mother/baby unit, but the positions are few and far between. Only RNs are hired for L&D. I would think that the positions in MD offices would be hard to come by as well.

Do yourself a favor and go straight for the RN if you want to get into OB nursing.

[Balder_LPN, LPN]

It must vary by region to region, or even city to city.

Many of our hospitals have most of their LPN positions in Mother/Baby here.

[caliotter3]

Not only does it vary by region to region, or city to city, it can vary at the same institution over time. Many places switch from LPNs to MAs and RNs at the first opportunity. As suggested, you are better off going straight for an RN license if you want to work in this specialty or any specialty other than LTC or home health. As for home health, there are also many agencies that will only hire RNs. Good luck with your future plans.

[L&DRN03]

At my hospital we have used LPN's as our scrub nurses for c/s. We mostly have surgical tech's in those positions but my manager actually prefers LPN's so they can help out with patient care during their downtime.

[queenjean]

Our hospital used to hire a lot of LPNs--now they say they are only hiring LPNs who are completing their RN. That said, we have plenty of LPNs. They work Peds, mother/baby, and as scrub techs. One or two of them work in the nursery. They do not do L&D.

Our doc offices hire tons of LPNs. It's easier to get a job as an LPN in a doc office than as an RN (at least in some of them). In our area, especially the larger offices, have 1-2RNs manning the phones and doing administrative type of duties, with the LPNs/MAs working up patients. Our main OB office has RNs and LPNs working there.

[pink2blue1]

Not sure about Dr offices here. I am an LVN and they do have LVN's in the nursery at my hospital, but not L&D or post partum. I work Med-surg and have floated to Tele. We have LVN's in every department except for the ICU, CCU, NICU. The hospital I did clinical at had LVN's in post partum AND nursery.

[milkmaid3]

I work as an LPN in Mother-Baby/Nursery/Postpartum. I had extensive experience as a lactation educator/support and childbirth educator before getting my LPN, and I am currently in school for my RN, so that might have helped me get my foot in the door for OB.

However, even though I work in a very small rural hospital, my nurse manager said that they would not be hiring any more LPNs after I'm finished with school, because it's difficult to staff with an RN and an LPN on duty, and three labors come in. If I were an RN, I could take one of the labor patients.

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

Here in my area of CT I notice a lot of LPN's in the doctors offices (peds, internal med, OB/Gyn etc)

There are a few hospitals here that still hire LPN's but I am not too sure about the L&D floors.

[nurserynurse55]

Hello. We also do not hire LPN's for OB or NICU. We do have some working in special care nursery though.