Job Title Seems Wrong, Need Advice

[mindlor]

Hi everyone. New Grad Prospective RN here (pending Licensure).

Got a job. Yay. Job offered was Graduate Nurse. So far so good.

Went in for paper work. Job title they had me sign was for Graduate Practical Nurse.

Says I will report to LPN, RN blah blah, says I must have an LPN License.

Kicked up the issue to the big boss, she says it was a mistake. Comeback and sign the right job title.

Went back in, HR meets me at desk, a little snarling , eye rolling, obviously not happy. She says the job title I signed is the right one. She knows of no other job title for new grad nurses.

This does nnot seem right. alarm bells are going off in my head.

Once I start, if I am on the floor and do something out of scope of an LPN, say teaching for example and I am wrong and it goes south, in my mind the hospital will be wide open for liability and I will be open to liability as well.......

Any managers out there that can clarify this?

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

That is absolutely NOT the right job description. You are correct about the scope of responsibility causing problems. Also - salary is tied to job descriptions.... so how can that possibly work for you?

Go back to your hiring manager - he/she will need to handle this. My guess? The HR person did not know what the heck they were doing.

[mazy]

I would advise to wait until they get this sorted out before you start worrying about any liability/scope of practice issues.

Whatever designation they give you, they will most likely let you know before you start, and let you know your scope as well.

Once that happens, then you can start asking about what you can and cannot do.

[elkpark]

I agree with HouTX. This is an HR person who doesn't know what s/he is doing. There is a big difference between a graduate LPN position and a graduate RN position. I would get the HR person in touch with the "big boss" you mentioned to work it out between them (or the three of you sit down together), and get back to you when it's sorted out.

[Merlyn]

Do you have a license? If you don't the hospital is not the only one open for a law suit. It's call practicing without a license, if they want to consider you as licensed. You will be responsible. Even when you get your RN license. You, as a nurse, are responsible for everything you tell the patient. You can be sued. I hope I misread your post.

[melmarie23, MSN, RN]

I would not sign anything you are uncomfortable with. If this is the wrong job description, per your hiring manager, have them take care of it before you put your name on the dotted line.

[mindlor]

The pay they are offering is RN pay.

I have orientation next month. Hopefully it can get sorted then.

I am juast so excited to have this job offer already...I would be so disappointed if it goes south...

[mindlor]

Trust me guys I will not be setting a foot on that floor until this is sorted. My understanding is that I can observe and do tech stuff until such time as I am licensed......

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

hr is more than anything a clerical position. they have no clinical knowledge and often no knowledge of nurse licensure acts. this is why they have you interview with actual nurses. it is also possible that somebody there got your paperwork confused with a new grad lpn. it is remotely possible that they screwed up the posting required by the nursing department, and while nursing wants a "new grad pending nclex-rn," somebody pulled the "new grad pending nclex-pn" paper out of the file drawer. since the boss is trying to correct them, it sounds like the job is yours.

look at it this way. the next new grad that comes into that office will probably get the right paperwork.

[mindlor]

Do you have a license? If you don't the hospital is not the only one open for a law suit. It's call practicing without a license, if they want to consider you as licensed. You will be responsible. Even when you get your RN license. You, as a nurse, are responsible for everything you tell the patient. You can be sued. I hope I misread your post.

I understand what you are saying Merlyn. Totally. I appreciate you taking of your time to make sure I dont get in trbl :)

[mindlor]

hr is more than anything a clerical position. they have no clinical knowledge and often no knowledge of nurse licensure acts. this is why they have you interview with actual nurses. it is also possible that somebody there got your paperwork confused with a new grad lpn. it is remotely possible that they screwed up the posting required by the nursing department, and while nursing wants a "new grad pending nclex-rn," somebody pulled the "new grad pending nclex-pn" paper out of the file drawer. since the boss is trying to correct them, it sounds like the job is yours.

look at it this way. the next new grad that comes into that office will probably get the right paperwork.

hehe thank you ma'am that is what i am hoping. i am just feeling so humbled and blessed to have this opportunity.....very blessed indeed.

[mindlor]

Also did I mention terrified??? Feeling very terrified as well LOL