Will RNs soon become mandatory over LPNs?

U.S.A. New York

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I'm curious about this because my friend told me (her mother is a nurse). She said that NY will soon require LPN's to get their RN licenses, and do away with LPN programs altogether. Could this be true? I was going to do the LPN program, but I didn't after she told me that.

This happened in the UK around 6 -7 years ago. We had RN's & Enrolled Nurses (LPN).

The EN's were being phased out & being given additional training to achieve their RN.

With the health care system in the UK - training was paid for..... in the US; I'm not sure how that'll fly....:rolleyes:

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Knowing the NYS legislature I have no doubt that they might attempt to do something that stupid. It would, however, be guaranteed to bring delivering health care, at least in rural areas, to an immediate halt. They are the backbone here in upstate NY.

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This happened in the UK around 6 -7 years ago. We had RN's & Enrolled Nurses (LPN).

The EN's were being phased out & being given additional training to achieve their RN.

With the health care system in the UK - training was paid for..... in the US; I'm not sure how that'll fly....:rolleyes:

When I started my RN training in 1989 the last of the Pupil Nures (ENs) where just completing their training. There are still ENs employed - in very small numbers as the majority of them completed the conversion courses during the 1980s & 1990s. For those that didn't want to do the conversion courses on offer, as far as I know they were kept on in their jobs and replace with RNs when they moved on - unless someone knows different?

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Can you still sit for the LPN Boards after a certain number of credits in nursing have been acquired? I was able to do that (Waaay back in 93) and I did it for 2 reasons : the first was to see what taking a state nursing exam would feel like and secondly as a fall back license in case I blew the RN boards the first time!! Check it out and let meknow!

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Can you still sit for the LPN Boards after a certain number of credits in nursing have been acquired? I was able to do that (Waaay back in 93) and I did it for 2 reasons : the first was to see what taking a state nursing exam would feel like and secondly as a fall back license in case I blew the RN boards the first time!! Check it out and let meknow!

No NY stopped it in 2005. You can't sit for the LPN or become a CNA without the appropriate programs now.

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I don't know about the LPN which is why I was asking but you can sit for the CNA written and clinical as a graduate nurse as long as you submit your diploma and take the exam within 2 yrs of submitting the application. If your nursing school doesn't have a nurse aide training program code you justhave to contact NYSDOH at [email protected] first that's all. It is Route 3 out of the 7 different ways to become a CNA in NYS.

That's why I asked about the LPN. If they do it for CNA maybe there is a way thru NYSDOH to sit for the exam even if you are in a nursing school without an LPN program. You never know!

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