working in acute hospital

OrganizedChaos, LVN · Sep 22, 2015

Apply everywhere. Hospitals, LTACH, etc. Or relocate to an area that does hire nurses in hospitals.

browneyed_nurs3 · Sep 22, 2015

thank u

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Sep 23, 2015

how does and LVN get acute care experience if the hospitals will not hire?

You relocate to places that are still hiring LPNs/LVNs in acute care settings. However, many people are unwilling or unable to do this, so they remain caught in a vortex of working jobs they truly dislike.

browneyed_nurs3 · Sep 23, 2015

I agree I've been lvn for 15 years. been trying since I started nursing...lol...sometimes I think LTC is for me. :unsure:

OrganizedChaos, LVN · Sep 23, 2015

I agree I've been lvn for 15 years. been trying since I started nursing...lol...sometimes I think LTC is for me.

If you want to work in a hospital but where you live doesn't hire LVNs in the hospital you have 3 options.

1. Keep doing what you're doing.

2. Get your RN.

3. Move.

HazelLPN, LPN · Sep 23, 2015

Where there is a will there is a way. Back in the 1990s, LPNs were being phased out of the critical care areas in the hospital I was working. It was done ethically as the LPN was simply phased out by attrition instead of handed a pink slip. Our unit clerk on the weekends was in LPN school during the week and she was an amazing clerk...the kind that ran the unit and knew what was needed before you even asked for it. She was hired as a new grad in the PICU simply because she proved herself as the clerk and its truly who you know. She is still working there as an LPN, one of the few left and the only one under 40....maybe under 50 actually....

Some hospitals will hire an LPN if that LPN in enrolled in school for her/his RN. Its difficult, but it can happen. Of course, its easier in states and facilities where LPNs have a full scope of practice as this can put an extra burden on the covering RN. Where I worked, this wasn't a problem as LPNs were utilized to the fullest extent of their training.

The best way to work in acute care is to go get your RN...BSN if possible as it will give you the most options in your career.

Best to you,

Mrs H.