So we all live with the same CMS 5 star rating system. Part of the rating is the # of RNs on staff. I've put an ad in the paper and on craiglist for RNs. The LPNs I have working for me on a per diem basis give me the evil eye every time I walk down the hall because I won't hire them for the open slots.
Ladies, I don't make the rules. I have to live with them. We are getting more and more clinically complex residents and I need RNs to care for them.
It is not my fault you chose the path you did.
Quit glaring at me.
PS. These are all fine nurses. But, in this business those initials after your name make all the difference.
I'm done venting.
Oh wait....one more thing....where are all the RNs??
I was an LPN for 4 years, then I became an RN to work as an ADON for 2 yrs while getting my BSN. After I was finished with my RN, I realized that I didn't know anything as an LPN (giving pills all day). Now I work in a busy ER-Trauma center, NOW I realized I didn't really know anything as an RN in LTC. No offense to any LPN or RNs, but most facilities are getting really sick patient, and I don't think LPNs have enough training to take care of acute sick patients in SNF. It's very good that the Government is pushing for all RN staffing. Now I work as part time Nurse Educator/everything else in a SNF.
Where in the world are they ever going to get enough RNs to do the floor work in LTC. They simple are not interested in caring for these people no prestige in it. So leave the LPNs alone around here they can work at the hospital too!
I was an LPN for 4 years, then I became an RN to work as an ADON for 2 yrs while getting my BSN. After I was finished with my RN, I realized that I didn't know anything as an LPN (giving pills all day). Now I work in a busy ER-Trauma center, NOW I realized I didn't really know anything as an RN in LTC. No offense to any LPN or RNs, but most facilities are getting really sick patient, and I don't think LPNs have enough training to take care of acute sick patients in SNF. It's very good that the Government is pushing for all RN staffing. Now I work as part time Nurse Educator/everything else in a SNF.
Just my 2 cents....
do you really think LTC is going to hire all RNs? Never they will close units first esp since RNs refuse to work LTC floors!
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