Job changing opinion needed,please help!!

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Hi,

I am a LPN working at a clinic of a city hospital in ny Mon-Fri 8-4:30 pm. I am also taking LPN to RN courses and my last semester is 9/2010-12/2010. Recently, the outpatient clinic is undergoing a re-design, PCAs are let go, and remaining LPNs have to take vitals for all patients. It's a busy clinic and staffing are short,so all day LPNs are busy doing "just" vitals. I feel I am wasting my time working in the clinic. I graduated in 2009 and the clinic is my first job. Before re-design,RNs & LPNs do inj,assessment,and teaching. It was not much to learn, I didn't care, because I had plenty time to study at work. But, i am seriously thinking about transferring to the med-surg floor because:

1. I will learn new things and sharpen my skills

2. I need hospital floor experience for finding jobs after become RN if I don't stay in the same hospital

3. Many LPNs or PCAs who passed NCLEX-RN several months ago are still waiting for RN position opening in my hospital. If I graduated in December, take board exam in Feb, I may need to wait another few months until RN position opens. So, I estimate maybe from now to the time a RN position opens in my hospital, I may need to wait about a year. I don't want to waste another year just doing vitals.

But, one LPN working on the floor told me to request the transfer after i get my RN license and just keep working at the same place until there is an opening. So, what you think confused:

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Sorry, do not have a crystal ball. Staying safely employed helps if you need a check.

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Specializes in ICU of all kinds, CVICU, Cath Lab, ER..

I think you have a good handle on what you need to do. Do you have another job to go to ?

In our facility, the LPN's just "transitioned" into the job as an RN; however, in the mind-set of a lot of staff, this wasn't a good idea since they continued to see the nurse as an LPN.

That can be problematic too - one of the LPN's did not work with me and I was told by way of reference that she is an LPN (she didn't have her id tag where I could see it). She very quickly straightened my old butt out with: "I am an RN" and she was so sarcastic that I steered clear of her!!

Good luck and keep us posted. God bless!

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I'd keep every and all options open. Do not trust your current employer to bring you on. Be ready to dump them ASAP for another place.

I know plenty of people who were working and barely made passing grades due to kissing butt during nursing school and working at a moment's notice in order to hopefully get an RN job after graduating. These employers are genius level at not saying yes or no. Just sort of gliding around the subject so they can keep these people doing tech work, etc. a few were able to get work elsewhere as RNs.

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I think i will request a transfer to the med surg floor, work as an LPN,and earn some floor experience as much as i can. So, after I get my RN license, i can either find RN job elsewhere or in the same hospital. To find RN job elsewhere, I do need floor experience. I agree with you I don't trust my employer. I am better off finding RN job myself.

Thank you for your opinion.

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