kr1962

I agree with you.....I was in a rotten position because some of the LPNs were friendly with the CNAs and I did speak to the unit manager finally about the quality of care being provided....but after that i couldn't go back to that hall - they were already making my life miserable....but.....I definitely know how I will handle things as a charge nurse.

I just quit a CNA position after 3 weeks at the facility...I am an LPN student and I had wanted some 'experience' and that is just what I got. I didn't 'fit in' from the beginning as soon as they found out i was a nursing student. The 'regulars' on the hall basically did what they wanted....I let them 'pick' what they wanted to do (which showers to give, etc)....they ended up claiming that I didn't carry my load.....that they could never find me....yet they were the ones who couldn't be found....taking extra smoke breaks, etc. They didn't follow procedures for transferring residents as in using a gait belt and when I tried to used one it slowed them down so I was then too slow. They didn't check pts for continence every 2 hours....it was ridiculous. I figure that I graduate as an LPN in less than 4 months so why deal with the BS?

I'm attending the PN program at the Muncie Ivy Tech campus and there was no personal interview requirement. I believe there were like 140 applicants for 40 slots or something like that. I just wish there was an easier way to transition into an RN program. There are all sorts of transition programs out there.....but you have to have your LPN license first and the earliest I can take the board would be next May. The cut-off for applying to the transition program is March, so I will have a year out of school. I couldn't make it into the RN program despite very high test scores due to their point system. The points total cut off was December 31 of last year and I was still taking pre reqs this past spring so other people had earned more points. Frustrating, very frustrating....so I chose the PN program and will work as an LPN until the transition program begins. The schools are at the mercies of the state boards of nursing who change the requirements annually in July. They need to come up with a way to make it easier to transition - not academically, but less red tape.