The LPN trap

[madfowl]

Hi All,

Has anyone ever transitioned from a LPN working in long term care to the hospital setting? I was speaking with an RN who had worked as a LPN in home care while in RN school. She has never been able to get a job out of long term care. Do you think that being a LPN can be limiting to career prospects?

Maddie

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I don't know why everyone thinks acute care is the best place to work.

In my personal experience, instructors and professors have been the ones to instill into students' heads that they must start their careers at acute care hospitals. However, I don't have a passion for the acute care hospital. I don't like hospitals (or the acuity levels of the patients that stay there).

I prefer a lower stress level and would rather be underwhelmed than overwhelmed.