The hospital I work at is making a big change that's making a big stink for a lot of people. Instead of assigning LPNs to direct patient care, they are now using LPNs as more of a resource (like they do with CNAs) and assigning the patients only an RN. This basically has cut the LPNs on the floor from about 6 per shift to 1 or 2. They had meetings and basically told the existing LPNs that they could go back to school to get an RN, or just transition through the change even though the hospital couldn't promise they would get many hours or keep the position they have now.
I just want to know, is this unique to my hospital, or are changes like this going on in other places? What role do LPN/LVNs have where you work?