Following the lead of two other Michigan hospitals, Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., is in the process of replacing all but seven of its 31 licensed practical nurses with registered nurses, according to a report by MLive.
The reason? LPNs require "direction and oversight by an RN" in acute care settings and national studies show having RNs at a patient’s beside "makes a positive difference to the patient’s outcome," an executive at the 443-bed hospital said.
Meanwhile, Genesys Regional Medical Center, a 410-bed hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich., laid off 47 LPN positions in 2009 and McLaren Regional Medical Center, a 243-bed hospital in Flint, announced in 2009 it would not lay off any LPNs working in in-patient hospital units through 2013.
Read the MLive report on licensed practical nurses.
The reason? LPNs require "direction and oversight by an RN" in acute care settings and national studies show having RNs at a patient’s beside "makes a positive difference to the patient’s outcome," an executive at the 443-bed hospital said.
Meanwhile, Genesys Regional Medical Center, a 410-bed hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich., laid off 47 LPN positions in 2009 and McLaren Regional Medical Center, a 243-bed hospital in Flint, announced in 2009 it would not lay off any LPNs working in in-patient hospital units through 2013.
Read the MLive report on licensed practical nurses.