whoRyou Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I am curious if anyone else has heard that hospitals/clinics are phasing out CNA's (Certified Nurse Assistants). I saw an old professor today and he told me in today's job market hospitals/clinics all they want are LVN's (Licensed Vocational Nurse) and of course RN's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted February 12, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2014 doubt it...there will always be a need for providers to do entry level work in health care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alster Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Not sure if it's like this other places, but rather than phasing out CNAs, my hospital has done away with LVNs. Anyone that's currently employed as an LVN has to be in or enter school to be an RN by a certain time (5 years or something?). All the nurses on my unit who were LVNs when I started as a CNA are already RNs, and it's very rare to have an LVN on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator True Anomaly Posted February 12, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2014 Not sure if it's like this other places, but rather than phasing out CNAs, my hospital has done away with LVNs. Anyone that's currently employed as an LVN has to be in or enter school to be an RN by a certain time (5 years or something?). All the nurses on my unit who were LVNs when I started as a CNA are already RNs, and it's very rare to have an LVN on the floor. My hospital system has done the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliss929 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I don't really see CNAs ever being phased out of an inpatient hospital settings. There will always be plenty of butts to wipe, as well as other tasks that RNs would rather not do. CNAs are cheap to employ, so why would a hospital hire more expensive labor (LPNs, LVNs) to do this work? At the large academic medical center I work at, LPNs/LVNs are limited to the outpatient setting -- they are only employed in the clinic, and function similarly to a medical assistant (rooming patients, giving injections, taking vitals, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted February 12, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2014 I work in a few settings that still use LPNs as interchangeable with RNs, due to cost I assume. the only actual difference is that an LPN can not hang blood or push cardiac meds. the other 98% of the rn scope of practice they can do. that being said, all the LPNs I know now are doing bridge programs to RN(for more pay) as these programs are 9-12 months and add a pay raise of about 33% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinntsp Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Not sure if it's like this other places, but rather than phasing out CNAs, my hospital has done away with LVNs. Anyone that's currently employed as an LVN has to be in or enter school to be an RN by a certain time (5 years or something?). All the nurses on my unit who were LVNs when I started as a CNA are already RNs, and it's very rare to have an LVN on the floor. Yep, the hospital I used to work at was no longer hiring LVNs and expected the current ones to be working on a BSN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceschlorff Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 In my area they are phasing out any nurses that don't have bachelor's degrees....I don't think they'd ever get rid or CNAs all together...especially not in nursing homes/assisted living type places.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted February 12, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2014 In my area they are phasing out any nurses that don't have bachelor's degrees....I don't think they'd ever get rid or CNAs all together...especially not in nursing homes/assisted living type places.... that is mostly a hospital issue as a marker for a hospital getting national "magnate status" is the % of RNs with a bsn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tou Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 As an LPN it is true that LPNs are being phased out in almost all the hospitals here in the north east. My scope of practice here in the prison is the same as an RN. The exception is they can hang blood, push IV bolus, and triaging. But I go codes and perform all the other nursing duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted February 13, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 13, 2014 As an LPN it is true that LPNs are being phased out in almost all the hospitals here in the north east. My scope of practice here in the prison is the same as an RN. The exception is they can hang blood, push IV bolus, and triaging. But I go codes and perform all the other nursing duties. at our facility LPNs can push any drugs IV except cardiac meds, so they draw it up and hand me the cardizem, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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