School is kicking my ***

I'm curious...how did they bully you? Are they phasing out LPNs at your facility? Also, are they paying your tuition? Did you really wish to return at this time or at all? I have not experienced this myself, but I have met some people who felt pressured to go back, not so much because their jobs pushed their backs against the wall, but, they were made to feel pressure by their peers and co-workers to return before they were ready...sort of like keeping up with the Joneses scholostically.

If your job security is not threatened, can find employment elsewhere or can back out of school for now, I would really consider doing it. There is NOTHING worse than being placed in a position where you are making a financial, physical and emotional commitment for something you don't currently desire. I wish you luck and keep us posted.

I am also curious why you are being forced to go back to school. Nursing school is hard enough for those who really want to be there. I can't imagine anyone, regardless of ability and intelligence, doing well if you truly don't want to go. Good luck.

The sheer thought of attending another nursing school makes me puke. I am glad that I did what I had to do to become an LPN, because that is the type of nursing I am interested in-a clear decision I made before I started school and has not changed since. I do remember, however, times throughout that program that I was very angry and felt confined, and also saw that no matter what the level of, B-S continues. Once I let people know not to even inquire about my intentionr or my individual life choices, I actually felt better. I wouldn't want to feel pressured to do something I already decided in my mind I don't want. It would be the same for me-a disaster, because my heart is not in it.

When I first started working as an aide, my orientation leader told me I was wasting my time going to school to be a Medical Assistant. She told me I would be better off going to nursing school, and I believed her, and dropped out of the program. When I applied to my community college for nursing, I knew my heart wasn't in it, but I was feeling the pressure to go from all sides--the staff I worked with, people and friends in the program, and my family. I realized that I was not living my own life, but the life of others. And I finally stood my ground (in part due to the nervous breakdown I had three days before I was supposed to go to school). So I didn't go. And I have not regretted that decision. The one thing I learned is that you have to do what you want to do. Don't let anyone bully you into doing something you don't want to. If they don't like it, to bad. But don't make more stress in your life--stress is something that we have enough of. And now that i'm going to be going for my LPN, I have that same staff telling me what a waste it is, and I tell them to keep out of my personal life, i'm not doing it for them but for me. Hope this helps.

I hear you! I worked as a CNA, Medical Assistant, Phlebotomist and Patient Tech. I always wanted to be a nurse, but over the years, when I saw the difference between the responsibilities of RNs and LPNs, I decided at least 10 years ago that LPN was the route for me. I didn't get the opportunity to actually go to school until my job offered a program that allowed a paid leave of absence and tuition to become either an LPN or RN. I applied for LPN. EVERYONE told me that I made the wrong decision; in fact, when I got accepted into the program and told someone at my job, she told me "Oh, you'll do better next time" and I told her off. I was needled and pestered, but, I stood my ground.

Funny enough, most of the people who applied to the RN program either didn't get accepted or didn't graduate. There were others that did graduate from the LPN program, and they decided to move on, many because of the comments being that LPN is a waste of time. The same thing is happening-some of them are not doing well. There are others that thought that "RNs don't do anything but give orders"...until they became one and saw that to be a good one, you work with everyone else.

I can't control what people think about LPNs, but I do not allow unsolicited advice-I didn't ask them what they felt. I told several people that their lives are not richer than mine because they became RNs, life becomes rich because of your attitude and what you put into it. I am happy with my overall life, with my family, friends, in addition to being a nurse. I can't waste time and money into something to please the crowd.

Do you wish to become an RN at this time, or would you rather wait awhile? What usually happens with these contracts is that if they are paying for your education, and you leave, they want to be reimbursed on the amount already spent on your education, whether you completed the program or not. It may be different for your area, so, I could be wrong. You said you were not doing very well-what are your grades? Best of luck to you!

I really like being an lpn...ive never really had a gut wrenching desire to be an RN.....shortly after i finished school and started working as a lpn my husband made a comment to me that just cut me to the bone one day....he said to me something to the effect of "you can make more money when you become a real nurse....".....ohhhhhh myyyyy goddddd.....i was soooo mad....a real nurse???? what did that mean? he then tried to take it back and say he didnt mean it like it sounded...he thinks i should be like my in law who is an RN....and im glad for her but she works and deals with the very things i would hate to deal with.....management, employees health stuff, and placement of people who need it (asstd living, rehabs, nsg homes etc)......and dealing with medicare and caid......i just have no desire for that mess...I want to stay with my residents....the ones who I have been with for so long and have grown to just ..love and look fwd to seeing every day even when I dont wanna go to work. somebody always makes my day better somehow. Ive met some amazing people by being an LPN ....i even met a HOLOCAUST survivor a few yrs back...now that was AMAZING for me as I have always been interested in that era in history and its survivors....I got to touch a real holocaust survivors tattood id number....I'll probably never meet another person like that in my lifetime. Despite all the conflicting views in nursing and the politics, drama in the workplace, etc etc...I never want to do anything else with my life....I dont feel like I was put here to do anything else. Before I was a nurse...I remember a cancer pt calling me in her room one night and telling me that i could be more than what i was at the time if i just put my mind to it......i took her words to heart and got to work......i think she'd be proud if she were still with us today.
lord....ive babbled on again......sorry