No one's hiring LVN's these days

Jules A, MSN · Mar 29, 2007

I'm on the east coast but here there are tons of opportunities in LTC and while not as many some hospitals do still hire LPNs. I'd call around and check for yourself.

pink2blue1 · Apr 6, 2007

I'm in Cali, ventura County, I work in an acute care hospital. I am one of 4 LVN's on my floor. We do have them on every floor, but they tend to have them work night shift a lot. I worked as a CNA at this same hospital before becoming a nurse so I strongly believe that is why I got hired on as LVN. Another hospital in Ventura hires LVN's all over the hospital (Tele, Med-Surg, Oncology and even post partum) I got hired at 19.00 an hour. I am an LVN2 and am IV certified.

queenjean · Apr 6, 2007

I'm not in Cali (I'm in the midwest), but most hospitals here hire a limited number of LPNs. There are some on every floor, but there are, of course, many more RNs. ICU would be the exception, though I float over there regularly. Our hospital policy is that all LPNs must be IV certified, though I know of at least one on another floor who isn't and has no plans to be.

Our hours are by week; so only if you work over 40 a week do you get overtime. OT in our facility is not calculated on a daily basis.

BigB · Apr 7, 2007

Northern cali hospitals are not hiring LVN's. LVN's opportunities are very limited up here which is why I am considering going for my RN.

allantiques4me · Apr 7, 2007

Here in the northeast it seems like there always looking for LPNs.Ive never had trouble finding a job.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Apr 7, 2007

I got hired at 19.00 an hour. I am an LVN2 and am IV certified.

I am a Ventura County native (born and raised in Oxnard).

I simply wanted to comment that $19.00 hourly is a horribly low pay rate for that area, considering the average rent is $1,500 monthly and the average house costs over $600,000. You guys should be earning at least $26.00 to catch up with the cost of living.

I received my LVN education in California about a year and a half ago, then moved to Texas. With 1 year of experience, I earn $19.06 hourly and can live very comfortably here.

kstec, LPN · Apr 7, 2007

Here in Illinois where I live LPN's can work LTC, clinics, or homecare. They do not hire LPN's at the hospital at all. I worked at one of the hospitals in pharmacy for 14 years, while I was in LPN school I asked one of the floors if I could work as a CNA to get a little more hands on with patient care. They told me that once I graduated from LPN school that I would be terminated or have to quit because they would not keep me on staff as a LPN. How frustrating considering I'd been in that hospital for 14 years. All I can say is that if the hospitals here every get so short of nurses they decide to rehire LPN's, they can go to h__ll, after the way the hospital I worked at treated me. I wouldn't work in a hospital until LPN's are treated as a nurse who has their own scope of practice and are not considered a burden on the RN's. During clinicals at one of the other hospitals I actually had a RN BSN tell me that the reason hospitals don't hire LPN's is because they're needy, inconvenient, and don't know how to critical think. Needless to say I left my clinical that day crying. I have no room for arrogance in my world.

sweetface · Apr 8, 2007

I'm sure you might get arrogance anywhere you go. RN's work hard at getting to that level and I'm sure resent an LVN with less schooling to be doing the same job. However, if the RN you mentioned above would 'critically think' she would realize the 'process' is not your fault. If hospitals don't allow LVN's to not rely on RN's so much as I've heard that is standard protocol, then LVN's wouldn't be so 'needy'. If process has it that an LVN works under and RN and needs the RN for however many things, of course that would be seen as 'needy'.

In order to avoid this, I do plan to get my RN asap. I worked in engineering for far too long to have an RN tell me I don't think critically, but due to the lack of common sense alot of people have in general, I'm sure I'll come across that when I am an LVN working to get my RN. No matter where you go, no matter what profession, there are always rude, arrogant insecure people to work with. Education will give you self esteme and a higher check in the end.

HeartsOpenWide, RN · Apr 8, 2007

I am in northern california, there is only one lvn per unit at the small rural hosptial I am at. they are still being hired but most of them are working in LTC

cookiemomma · Apr 22, 2007

HERE IN TEXAS THEY HAVE LVNS WORKING IN ALL AREAS OF THE HOPITAL EVEN IN ICU IF YOU HAVE ACLS, IV CERT, AND TELE EXP. IN HOUSTON WHERE I AM NOW, SOUTHWEST MEMORIAL, BEN TAUB(HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT) HCA HOPITALS, TENET, AND MORE. I HAVE WORKED AS AGENGY NURSE FOR 12 YEARS AND MAKE GOOD MONEY. i NEVER LACK FOR A JOB AND CAN MAKE MY OWN SCHEDULE. NOW THE AGENGY EVEN OFFERS SOME BENEFITS... SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH DOING SOME LOOKING..GOOD LUCK KEEP ME POSTED I WILL BE GLAD TO HELP:balloons:

maimickey · Apr 22, 2007

I've been an lpn for 17 years here in new orleans. I've worked in just about every kind of facility. After Katrina, I had to find another job. I had been at an ltac fo 6 years. I signed with a service and discovered a tenet hospital I liked. Only I didn't know that it was being sold out. The new owners are supposed to be a teaching hospital. I found things changed for the worse for us. More rules, making the

LPN's look helplessly dependent on the rn's. So, we were feeling very put aside. The bottom line is the pressure is on to become an RN. I'm in school, and it ain't easy at 40 yrs old. But, I can run circles around these new grads sometimes and to feel so demeaned at work, it hurts! I'm staying inthis hospital, We got together(21) LPN's, and met with admin. We got some things changed. Our diffs now are close to the RN, and we don"t have to get an RN to sighn off our notes anymore. So, it's slow but we came together to get fair treatment. good luck!! :jester: