LPN's managing RN's in LTC setting

[Thor77]

Has anyone come across this? In the longterm care setting how do you deal with an LPN being a manager of a unit that has staff nurses that are RN'S??? It just seems off balance. Are there different rules in LTC? Curious for any opinions and if anyone has dealt with this issue...

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

However, again, most administrators - who are higher-up than the DON, and make hiring/firing decisions with regards to DONs - are not nurses, while I have seen a few LPN administrators.

True. At most of the facilities where I have been employed, the administrator typically had a background in business. My last administrator had an MBA degree.

The administrator at my current workplace is an LPN/LVN with LNFA (licensed nursing facility administrator) licensure.

[Xbox Live Addict]

True. At most of the facilities where I have been employed, the administrator typically had a background in business. My last administrator had an MBA degree.

The administrator at my current workplace is an LPN/LVN with LNFA (licensed nursing facility administrator) licensure.

Oklahoma now requires a bachelors' (in any field) in order to be admitted to an administrator training program for facilities receiving State money. This wasn't always the case, and anyone who was a licensed Administrator before the law went into effect was grandfathered in. However, an administrator in an entirely private-pay ALF can be an LPN with no additional credentials.