What was your first LPN job? Was it difficult to find after grad?

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Hi all!

I hope that this topic hasn't been beaten to death... I did a search and couldn't find anything, so I'm throwing my questions out there.

What area of nursing do you do now, and what did you start out doing?

Was it difficult for you to find work?

I'm a bit more than half-way through school, and have been watching the papers for LPN jobs and I'm getting pretty discouraged that there aren't many jobs out there at all. Perhaps my area is different than most? I'm in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Also, I'm wondering kind of on a side note, if any of you are in charge of hiring, what you look for in a new nurse, and what is your facilities policy on hiring newly graduated nurses?

Okay, this got long. Sorry! Thanks for your responses!

Michelle

(who's nervous about finding a job to pay back her hefty student loans!) :rolleyes:

LPNs are real nurses...just a different scope...now I'll get off my soapbox. I currently work in an ER and am grateful for the experience it is giving me. It's worth it when senior RNs ask the LPNs to start IVs or do procedures the RNs have tried and have been unsuccesful at. Earning the respect of your colleagues is worth it (the struggle). I love my job and it's very rewarding when a patient or family thanks you for your hard work.

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Dave, doesn't thinkwe're real nurses? Is a BScN who won't do patient care a real nurse?

LPN - Lets Play Nurse -- that one sucks

LPN -- Lowest Paid Nurse -- True, in many ways

LPN -- Loud, Proud Nurse -- Time to stand our ground people.

If we're not real nurses, why do so many RN wannabees start out as LPN's??

End of rant.

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Dave, doesn't thinkwe're real nurses? Is a BScN who won't do patient care a real nurse?

LPN - Lets Play Nurse -- that one sucks

LPN -- Lowest Paid Nurse -- True, in many ways

LPN -- Loud, Proud Nurse -- Time to stand our ground people.

If we're not real nurses, why do so many RN wannabees start out as LPN's??

End of rant.

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It wasnt my intention to project we as LPN's werent "real nurses". The rhetoric of mine was strictly for sarcasm.....Reality is though the majority of hospitals and "professional nurses" dont consider us real nurses and there is little we can do to change that except to continue on in education.I have seen so many changes over the last 25 years and that is how i constitute my answer.

*We have little say over being lower in the pay scale.

*The career fields have changed in nursing and so has the LPN job description

*The nursing lobbys in each state are overwhelmingly pro-RN, and those lobbies constitute large amounts of money for pro-RN legislatures.

*I attend a university where there is a BSN program. There are already attempts underway to influence the state to decrease the status of ADN's.

True compassion and caring for others is what we do, no matter what educational or experiance level we have obtain, whether we have a masters degree or a volunteer.

I will go out on a limb and state, "Compassion and love for others isnt teachable, you either have it or you dont and i am afraid there are a lot of nurses that are finding out, they dont have it."

So i am not picking on LPN's, I am one. I just want to be a stimulus for change.

enjoy your day...dave

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It wasnt my intention to project we as LPN's werent "real nurses". The rhetoric of mine was strictly for sarcasm.....Reality is though the majority of hospitals and "professional nurses" dont consider us real nurses and there is little we can do to change that except to continue on in education.I have seen so many changes over the last 25 years and that is how i constitute my answer.

*We have little say over being lower in the pay scale.

*The career fields have changed in nursing and so has the LPN job description

*The nursing lobbys in each state are overwhelmingly pro-RN, and those lobbies constitute large amounts of money for pro-RN legislatures.

*I attend a university where there is a BSN program. There are already attempts underway to influence the state to decrease the status of ADN's.

True compassion and caring for others is what we do, no matter what educational or experiance level we have obtain, whether we have a masters degree or a volunteer.

I will go out on a limb and state, "Compassion and love for others isnt teachable, you either have it or you dont and i am afraid there are a lot of nurses that are finding out, they dont have it."

So i am not picking on LPN's, I am one. I just want to be a stimulus for change.

enjoy your day...dave

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Nice try...you sure made alot of us stand up for ourselves (AKA making us mad!).

BTW, in California it's LVN and in many circles those initials stand for Less Vicious Nurse. Have a nice day!

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look at my profile..been doing this since Genesis. Used to be proud of nursing as an LPN but i have seen the changes over the last (5) years. We are second class citizens now. The fault isnt the RN's or us; its the system. Supply and demand. I started (3) years ago at the Univ. of Tn to obtain a BSN and then while taking required courses, my grades were good and i soon realized, i no longer had to be a nurse. At my age of 50, i soon entered a pre-law cirriculum and soon to be in law school. I have no regrets as far as being a nurse for all these years. I recommend it for most all, but not as an LPN. You either are going to be content with being a second class citizen or realize you will always be at the mercy of a cruel job market.

Go back to school and have your dream of becoming a real nurse. I know its hard going to school but you can do it. Heck if i can anyone can.

enjoy your day dave

I think LVN's are "real nurses". perhaps, "Go back to school and have your dream of furthering your education" would have been more appropriate!

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True.. i should have used better rhetoric..but i did get a reply and that beats "status quo"..thanks a bunch!

enjoy your day...dave

I think LVN's are "real nurses". perhaps, "Go back to school and have your dream of furthering your education" would have been more appropriate!
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Autonomy, allows us to make decisions as individual persons; it is not (in this usage) a property of groups or peoples. So the autonomy that grounds basic rights and which connects to moral responsibility, as this concept is thought to do, is assigned to persons without essential reference to other people, institutions, traditions, or the like, in which they may live and act.

We are real nurses and real people and we will continue to be respective of what others might assume our roles should be.

And i am a less viscious nurse also...yikes.. already a long day in class.

Thanks a bunch......and Yes i will take my Concerta before next post....dave

Enjoy your day....

Nice try...you sure made alot of us stand up for ourselves (AKA making us mad!).

BTW, in California it's LVN and in many circles those initials stand for Less Vicious Nurse. Have a nice day!

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