10 Most Recent Nursing Show Articles
Look over these items from the Nursing Show. In addition to the weekly podcast episodes, there are articles on recent medical and nursing practice developments, research and patient care tips, and occasional video updates from Nursing Show host, Jamie Davis, the Podmedic.
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Like some of the others I just started listening to your show. I love it, great info and the dialog between you and the guess is great.
I have a topic for you. After being a LPN for 6 years working on a very busy Med/Surg floor in a level one trauma center I found it hard to find a job as a RN with his BSN. I was hired with in my hospital in our Progressive Care Unit/Tele but I was looking to go outside the hospital and see what is out there, but never got a call after sending my resume out.
I know many other LPN’s in the same boat, what do you think could be the issue at hand?
Once hired as a RN, should nurse who has worked as a LPN be placed in a “new grad residency” program like traditional new grad RN’s.
Thanks..
Nurse in PHX
Thanks for following the show and taking the time to share your thoughts here. I have never worked as an LPN but my experience as an RN and in the hospital setting has always been positive regarding what they bring to the patient care team. I don’t think that any experienced LPN should necessarily start from “scratch” in a new RN or BSN graduate nurse position but institutions build a lot of different education into those programs including a lot that just has to do with their own practices and policies. It might be that they would have to take a lot of extra effort to accommodate a separate “residency” program for an LPN amidst a larger group of new RN/BSN grads.
Keep in touch and let me know if my thoughts about this make sense to you. I think I’ll bring this up over at Insights in Nursing (http://InsightsinNursing.com).