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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Health Care
They are talking about this topic: Workforce Trends & Challenges
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Licensed Practical Nurse Shortage: Many employers struggle to fill the huge demand for LPNs. This is especially true in long-term facilities. There is high turnover in LPN positions because a large number quickly pursue an RN degree and then move to other positions. Additionally, many LPNs assume leadership positions—rather than hands-on positions—within long-term care facilities.
| "I'm not really finding LPNs, and I've got locations in southern Minnesota. I attend all the college fairs. I go to the classroom. I do mock interviews. I do whatever I can to get my face in front of them, and then they tell me they want to continue on to be an RN." | Metro |
| "They're not going to sit for the boards or whatever, so in skilled nursing and long-term care, we need the LPNs, and I'm not finding grads. Our St. Paul location's doing okay, but..." | Metro |
| "I think that's one of the things maybe the colleges could help with—in terms of identifying who may have an interest in long-term care nursing. It really is changing. It's not, you know, the traditional setting of the 1970s. It's sub-acute. It's like a medical-surgical unit. It's fast-paced. We need someone who can multi-task and who can be very organized. In terms of the colleges, they could offer more or suggest more people go into long-term care for their preceptorship. Or encourage people to look at that as a possible career, not just as a stepping stone." | Metro |