Any Lpn's that would never become a RN?

gt4everpn, BSN, RN · Sep 21, 2007

, what???, no just kidding, i've heard someone say that they are content with the amount of money they make as an lpn and the work as well and wouldn't go back to school for the rn, so it's a personal choice, hey we're all nurses!!

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Sep 21, 2007

There's a frequent poster on this forum who goes by the screen name of Pagandeva2000. She's an LPN who has stated many times that she has no interest in pursuing the RN licensure due to the added responsibilities, politics, and so forth. Also, I think she's found some pretty good opportunities with her LPN licensure alone.

Perhaps she'll see this thread within the next 24 to 48 hours, and chime in with her input. :)

FutureLatinaRN · Sep 21, 2007

I am just an aide and i start school next fall (Aug 08) I get told by several nurses that i shouldnt go to RN school or just become an RN. They say that being an RN stinks and so forth. I just ignore them and look at their situation....some have been RNs for so long that i think they are just burnt out ( I work in ICU) and others just say the responsibilites are way to much.

pagandeva2000, LPN · Sep 21, 2007

There's a frequent poster on this forum who goes by the screen name of Pagandeva2000. She's an LPN who has stated many times that she has no interest in pursuing the RN licensure due to the added responsibilities, politics, and so forth. Also, I think she's found some pretty good opportunities with her LPN licensure alone.
Perhaps she'll see this thread within the next 24 to 48 hours, and chime in with her input. :)

Here I am...LOL...thanks for the introduction. Actually, TheCommuter said it all. But, for me, it is true, I have found numerous opportunities as an LPN and will continue to pursue them. I think it is a matter of what or how you measure as success or accomplishment. Long ago, before I even had an opportunity to go to nursing school, I observed the difference between the two, and for me, it was LPN all the way. I don't always feel like being on top of the game, so to speak, and it seems as though they expect the new (or even incumbant) RNs to come out like gangbusters. I'd rather wow 'em with the shock that I know a great deal than to keep up with that daily. I know that I disappointed MANY people, because I had the GPA and requirements, but I adamantly refused, because I was not impressed with all of the above that TheCommuter quoted for me.

Have only been an LPN for a bit over a year, but have already been a clinic, home care, vaccination and now, a per diem med-surg nurse. I see that there are openings in my area for LPNs to become case managers, others to work with plastic surgeons as well. For me, there is no need. While I am overwhelmed because I am still mentally transitioning, I do not encounter the same stress that I see the RNs work under. It may be okay for them, but for me; it would take away from what I became a nurse for because I get totally agitated dealing with the rest of the mess. Just give me my assignments, let me take care of my patients and leave me alone.

Fiona59 · Sep 21, 2007

I'm another who is happy in her job and has no desire to return to school full time for three years to obtain a BScN.

Nursing and nursing education are in a state of flux right now. Nurses are required and the education goal posts keep changing.

I live in a province where we do pretty much what we were trained to do. Our scope of practice is limited only by the employer and given the fact that we are very good value for money we are being more fully utilized in hospital, community health, and continuing care. Many of the shifts I work have more PNs on the floor than RNs due to staff shortages (and even working like this we are short both grades of nurses).

One theory floating around Canada is that by the year 2020, the PN will be the entry point to nursing with education being offered in a two year step programme increasing up to the PhD level.

At this stage of my life, I have no desire to get involved with nursing school drama and incur students loans to obtain a degree. I do not want to have to be preceptored on units where I have years of experience to demonstrate skills that I am educated in (as an LPN) but forbidden to practice by my hospital or provincial health authority. The bridge up here is very different from American ones and does no Cdn. PN any favours.

Nursing up here is very political, with very loud and active RN Associations. It never ceases to amaze me that patients I discharge after caring for three to five days don't realize that there are different grades of nurses and just automatically assume that the nurse providing their care is an RN.

If anything, over the next few years, I will become active in my union and PN College to promote our profession and skills.

linzz · Sep 21, 2007

Well, in my area, the jobs for RPN's are pretty much LTC only. This is not the case if I was willing and able to commute at lease 1.5 hours. If I lived in Alberta, there is no way I would become an RN as it seems like there are lots of hospital jobs for LPN's in all areas. I likely will have to do the bridge to stay in any sort of reasonable job.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Sep 21, 2007

If it wasn't for wanting to teach A and P someday, i'd stay right where i am.

pagandeva2000, LPN · Sep 21, 2007

If it wasn't for wanting to teach A and P someday, i'd stay right where i am.

I was just thinking about A&P the other day; I was trying to figure out metabolism. This is a subject that always confused me, and I want to comprehend it 'just because'. You would probably be one of the best instructors to bring the main points home to your students. Best of luck to you in your endeavors! (and maybe let me sit in and listen to your lectures)

pagandeva2000, LPN · Sep 21, 2007

At this stage of my life, I have no desire to get involved with nursing school drama and incur students loans to obtain a degree. I do not want to have to be preceptored on units where I have years of experience to demonstrate skills that I am educated in (as an LPN) but forbidden to practice by my hospital or provincial health authority. The bridge up here is very different from American ones and does no Cdn. PN any favours.
Nursing up here is very political, with very loud and active RN Associations. It never ceases to amaze me that patients I discharge after caring for three to five days don't realize that there are different grades of nurses and just automatically assume that the nurse providing their care is an RN.
If anything, over the next few years, I will become active in my union and PN College to promote our profession and skills.

I so agree with this. I had already made the decision to forgo the RN program long before I ever started school, however, nursing school itself sealed it for me. Nursing school drama completely sucks lemons and it drove me completely insane:angryfire. I really saw people at their worse. It's funny, I love learning, but hate school. Clinicals and the NCLEX process pissed me off as well. I do wish to promote LPN skills at some point, after I get some time under my belt. The only thing that annoys me about what people think is their audacity to share it with me as though I asked. It is okay if people believe that I am less than a nurse...just be consistent about it when the chips go down. :lol2:

SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN · Sep 21, 2007

I am just an aide and i start school next fall (Aug 08) I get told by several nurses that i shouldnt go to RN school or just become an RN.

Just an aide? You are no more "just" an aide than I am "just" an LPN. A good aide is golden. And become a nurse. It's rewarding.

It's funny, I love learning, but hate school. Clinicals and the NCLEX process pissed me off as well.

Heh. You're writing my posts again. This is why I am goin via Excelsior. My clinical experience was a joke, and this was confirmed by my friends who continued on for the RN year. Can we say, "Self-impressed little nursing instructor, bite me!" I. Hate. The classroom. I LOVE Excelsior.

jmking · Sep 21, 2007

I am currently in the process to apply to an rn program. If I don't get in, I will try again. I do hate the fact that you have to jump through hoops to get into nursing school. I am expecting the same crap again. At some point, when do you give up? After all I am a nurse.