Lpn/lvn

[leeleekc]

I was wondering if any hospitals in the Tucson/Oro Valley area hire LPN's? I'm relocating from Ohio next month and looking everywhere for a job. I can't seem to find anywhere hiring LPN's, even nursing homes. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, but I'm not really sure where to look either. Can anybody help me out?

[furgas]

I work for an LTAC (long term acute care) hospital in Tucson. You can google "Cornerstone Healthcare Group" to find the website. We are currently looking for LPN's. It's a small hospital but a great place to work, also check into Kindred, Healthsouth and the V.A. Good luck.

John

[kythe, LPN]

One of my (LPN) co-workers also has a part time job at Northwest Hospital. This person told me this weekend that Northwest Hospital has started hiring LPN's in some departments due to a nursing shortage, and even offers tuition reimbursement for their LPN-BSN bridge program as long as you agree to work for them for 3 years after graduation. Most clinicals are held at the site. Apparantly they don't pay as well as LTC, but you can't beat the educational benefits.

I work through an agency that uses LPNs exclusively in long-term care. However, in some facilities I have been, I have met experienced LPNs working for other agencies that do allow IV certified LPNs to do hospital shifts.

[leeleekc]

wow thanks. that's awesome. i did my preceptor in an ltach here and i loved it! I looked it up on google and there's an application to print out and mail in to Texas. Is that right? I'm really interested in working there.

[furgas]

Texas is where our corp. headquarters is located. Go to the website and look under locations, find the Tucson location, give them a call and ask for HR. I think that would be quicker than going through corporate.

[cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN]

I saw lots of LPNs at Northwest hospital when I did clinicals there.

[silentRN]

I wish that hospitals would utilize LPNs. I believe that they can be a great help in the hospital setting.