I'm just curious especially for the states that are keeping LPN's out of hospitals and other places they were once allowed to work. I talked to my old nursing instructor today and I truly respect her words, and she told me that when she was a LPN, they had little if any restrictions, but for some reason it all changed. She even said she's having a hard time finding places for the students to do clinicals. If we are such a dying breed why do they keep offering the programs? If we are that incompetent, why again don't they stop offering the programs? Are we just being trained for clinics and LTC only? Are we the one who will be taking care of the baby boomers in the LTC facilities? The reason I ask is because I really have no desire to go back to school for my RN and especially don't want to be made to due to society's pressure. I wish I understood what happened. When I started my pre-reqs a few years ago, hospitals were just starting to fade out LPN's, not they are obsolete. I actually wanted to make being a LPN a career, not just a stepping stone to my RN. I know I could do it if I wanted to but I don't. Oh well, I guess I'll just continue to go where I'm accepted for what I am and not what the facilities want me to be (RN). This thread was not meant to demean any LPN's, I'm just wondering if any other LPN's are feeling the brunt of this big "your a nurse but yet your really not "vibe. Any input as to why there was a change with LPN's job availibility's would be great, please respond without belittling and any LPN's who feel the same way as me, please respond. I guess I wonder because if I will always be made to feel less than nurse after what was the biggest accomplishment in my life next to my two boys and husband, then I just don't think this is the career for me.
I work in an MICU in west texas with several LVNs. The majority of the nurses are RNs - and many of the LVNs are pursuing their RN. We just hired 8 new grads - all RNs. The nurse manager has voiced that she will not be hiring LVNs anymore. I think a lot of the lack of hiring of LVNs in hospital setting has to do with new regulations from jhaco, etc
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I work in an MICU in west texas with several LVNs. The majority of the nurses are RNs - and many of the LVNs are pursuing their RN. We just hired 8 new grads - all RNs. The nurse manager has voiced that she will not be hiring LVNs anymore. I think a lot of the lack of hiring of LVNs in hospital setting has to do with new regulations from jhaco, etc