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There is a trend in acute-care settings to hire bachelor-level registered nurses (RNs). Long-term care is more flexible in hiring bachelor- or associate-level RNs and relies more heavily on licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistants.

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"Our administrator has the lifelong certification for administrator via the internet. So, she did everything online. And, you know, our RNs have associate's degrees. And we're assisted living, so—by law—we don't even need a nurse in the building. We need an RN on-call. Not a bachelor of nursing on-call; we need an RN on-call. So, what we've done in our long-term care facility is above and beyond what is expected. So, credentialing—I don't how to answer that. It's working for us where we are. Making us do two more or four more years of school that's not necessary..." Northwest
"In our clinic, we're utilizing the certificate—not necessarily the advanced technologist. We're using people who have a two-year degree as opposed to a four-year degree. [Lost in transcription] also has a—I think it's a technology program for clinical lab tech. We're utilizing more of the certificate lab program versus the technology. The four-year degree." Northwest
"Question: Would more baccalaureates make sense in your facilities?

Employer 1: Not right now.

Employer 2: Not right now, no."		 Northwest
"Question: What if the acuity level changes in the next five to ten years?

Employer 1: What if you become the mini-hospital?

Employer 2: We have it. We have a short stay area, which is a higher acuity level. And, for that, we do have a different staffing ratio, more staff competent in different levels, and the ratio of RNs is higher. But that only represents about one-third of our present population right now."		 Northwest
"At the time, when I used to teach at the tech colleges, I'd say send them over my way because they have a year left and they have a two-year LP, a two-year associate LPN, and then you move them up. And then you say, 'Do you want your RN? Are you a four-year?' You move them up that way because they don't have access to the BSN." Northwest