LPN/LVN Clinical Questions

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Specializes in ER.

When you guys went through your LPN/LVN program and did your clinicals, where did you do them? Did you only rotate through LTC facilities? Or did you rotate through a hospital as well? Did you receive any Pediactrics, OB/GYN, ER clinical rotation? And what state are you? Thank you for all your help, just trying to get a general consensus of what everyone did in their particular program.

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My school had rotations in LTC (3 different ones, one subacute facility), hospice (inpt and home), hospitals (OB rotation, ER), psych facility (with adult mental health units, developmental units, and forensics unit--not guilty by reason of insanity and incompetent to stand trial), ped/adolescent psych facility, outpt clinic for OB rotation, YMCA childcare facility for peds, and peds office.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I completed an LVN program many moons ago (2005), so let me attempt to refresh my memory. I believe I completed clinical practicum at eight different sites.

First site: Mountain View (a nursing home in Sylmar, CA)

Second site: West Hills Hospital (a community hospital in West Hills, CA)

Third Site: Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (hospital in Mission Hills, CA)

Fourth Site: All Saints Healthcare (SNF/Subacute facility in North Hollywood)

Fifth Site: Encino Hospital Medical Center (small hospital in Encino, CA)

Sixth Site: United Cerebral Palsy (group home in Chatsworth, CA)

Seventh Site: Northeast Valley Health (clinic in San Fernando, CA)

Eighth Site: Kaiser Hospital (hospital in Panorama City, CA)

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I am in Pennsylvania. My rotations were everywhere, hospital acute settings, long term care, physician office, outpatient psych setting. We did not do an ER rotation.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Did you receive any Pediactrics, OB/GYN, ER clinical rotation?
In most states, LPN/LVN programs are legally required by the board of nursing to provide clinical practicum in OB, pediatrics, adult med/surg, and a few other areas of nursing. In addition, the practicum must run concurrent with theory (a.k.a. classroom) instruction on the subject.

Personally, I spent one 8-hour clinical shift in the ER. I spent plenty of time in hospital med/surg units, nursing homes, OB/postpartum and so forth.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

We did not do ER as previous classes ruined it combined with an influx of RN programs in need of clinical rotations.

We did acute rehab, subacute rehab, LTC, pediatrics, LTC pediatrics, school, juvenile hall, day care ( to observe typical G&D during pediatrics), a single day in acute med surg (bumped because of RN programs so our clinical director secured us a shift each), obstetrics, well woman clinic, nursery, acute psych/locked units, prison psych ( observation only), geriatric psych, Alzheimer's/dementia unit, outpatient psych/rehab, assisted living, transitional psych (transitioning to independent living post extended inpatient stay)

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Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.

I'm an LVN in CA. By far, most of our sites were in SNFs. We had a few days in each of the following settings: maternity, Peds, urgent care clinics. We had a few weeks in a small rural hospital--we floated to OR, ER and the ICU while there--as well as Med-surg.

I think it was ok to spend most of our time in LTC because that's where most new grads end up working in my area.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

I forgot we also rotated through cardiac cath lab and radiology. ;)

Majority of hours were acute rehab, subacute rehab and some long term care

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

I went through PN school many moons ago(2004-2005) as well; I rotated through LTC, hospitals (Med Surg, Vent Unit) OB (delivery and well baby units), Interventional Radiology and ER.

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Specializes in LTC.

Most of our sites are in hospital, but the hospital locally still hires LVNS in the ER and in Med Surg. My program is well respected in my local area for having very through clinical experinces, and having extremely competent new grads.

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This was about four years ago. We went to hospitals for Med Surg and OB. For Peds we went to day cares and schools for children with special needs. Also for OB we went to the Health Department, and a nursing home for long term care.

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I did my clinical rotations at a few ltc facilities, an adult daycare, and a daycare for children with disabilities.

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