LoSt JoBs!!!!

caliotter3 · Mar 5, 2010

Well, this just means you need to get an RN license too, but you should have already known that. Good luck. Oh, and I don't feel sorry for those LVNs at all.

LACA, BSN, LPN, RN · Mar 5, 2010

Why do you not feel sorry for those LVNs at all?

caliotter3 · Mar 5, 2010

It is no secret that the RN license is the preferred level of education/licensing in acute care. That fact has been bandied about the profession since at least 1955. These people were told in Jan 2009 that their LVN jobs at the hospital were going away. What have they done to help themselves since Jan 2009? At least they got a warning. When I got downsized I was let go before the end of the month, shall we say six days to come up with the mortgage. Nobody felt sorry for me. That is why I do not feel sorry for them.

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Mar 6, 2010

So what you're saying that you don't feel sorry for people that lost their jobs because nobody felt sorry for you? That's pretty harsh, I would hate to see anybody lose their job. You had less than one week to come up with a mortgage that's something to feel bad about

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Mar 6, 2010

So, I just graduated from a LVN program. I work as a CNA at an acute hosp. in NoR CaL. The med surg floor that I work on has 36 beds and is VerY BusY. We have about 15 (day & night) LVN's. I already knew when I transfered over here that it was just to get acute experience b/c they didnt want any more LVNs. Some of the LVNs are doing a step up, and some are just happy with their role. They told all the LVNs last Jan they were getting rid of them in Jan 2011 if they were not enrolled in an RN program. Wellllll, they jus had a big meeting with all the LVNs and basically fired them as of May 1, 2010. WoW, no one can believe it, these nurses were crying on the unit. Now they will have to find new jobs, and good luck to the new grads like me!!!

If your hospital is unioned then those nurses need to go to the union fast! They really should take a good look at their contract. Good luck to you all

xoemmylouox, ASN, RN · Mar 9, 2010

So, I just graduated from a LVN program. I work as a CNA at an acute hosp. in NoR CaL. The med surg floor that I work on has 36 beds and is VerY BusY. We have about 15 (day & night) LVN's. I already knew when I transfered over here that it was just to get acute experience b/c they didnt want any more LVNs. Some of the LVNs are doing a step up, and some are just happy with their role. They told all the LVNs last Jan they were getting rid of them in Jan 2011 if they were not enrolled in an RN program. Wellllll, they jus had a big meeting with all the LVNs and basically fired them as of May 1, 2010. WoW, no one can believe it, these nurses were crying on the unit. Now they will have to find new jobs, and good luck to the new grads like me!!!

I don't fell sorry for them as much as hope they can find something. Being told you have until Jan 2011 and then being told you have until May 2010 is a big difference. I hope some of them are in LPN-RN programs. I think a lot of nurses are going to leave the profession due to things like this. If I could go back in time I would change what I went to school for.. Sad state of affairs we are in. I will add that RN maybe the preferred level for some places (hospitals), but not in others (long term care/physician office).

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Mar 9, 2010

Even being told that they have til Jan 2011 (depending on when they were told) to at least be enrolled in a RN program is a little bit extreme if you really think about it. It isn't an overnight transition to get accepted into a LVN-RN program. You must still go through some prerequisites and then of course be accepted into a program. I graduated with my LVN in the beginning of last year. It took me a year to finish up one last prerequisite and now I'm waiting for some acceptance letters. That's just me, and I only had one prerequisite after my LVN to do, can you imagine if you have 3 or more. But hey that's just me.