obgynlpn

That policy is for that hospital only.....the others around here don't require that. My LPN course was 11 1/2 mths....first 3 months was classroom only...then last 8 mths was 2 days in classroom and 3 days in clinicals.

The hospital I work at part time you have to take extra classes to be able to call the doctors or take telephone orders. You have to be a LPN III to do that. When you hire in your a LPN I, then you have to take a pharmacology test and if you pass that then your a LPN II and you can pass meds then you take additional classes to get your LPN III. (plus 0.75 cents more a hour) Protect those licences....hard to get....easy to lose....I WANT TO KEEP MINE!!!!

I am an LPN and I work in an OB/GYN clinic. We have 8 doctors and each doctor has their own LPN that works with them. They have ORT's to go to surgery to do stat sections....then the hospital staff the L&D nurses for deliveries. Good luck in your choices....

I'd like to know about the RN program...when you get info please let me know...

I work in a ob/gyn clinic with 8 physicans and 2 np. each physican has their own LPN that works directly with them in the office. Then they have an ORT that goes with them to surgery. We have MA's that rotate around and help the LPN with their doctor. :roll

i think the reason there is a shortage is the nurse/patient ratio. i work in a ob/gyn clinic now fulltime and i also work at the hospital as a pulmonary nurse...we have a 6:1 ratio and we are a progressive care unit with all our patients on telemetry. so not only do our pts. have resp. problems they also have cardiac problems. they are high demand pts. i can see why nurses get burnt. that's why now i work in a clinic that is wonderful and so much less stressful. :roll