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1. LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

   RN-HSA replied to RN-HSA's topic in Relations

   I'll concede this is basically about a pecking order. Although pecking order has such a negative connotation. In many professional environments, some degree of professional stratification is necessary for an orderly workplace. You have to know who to...

2. LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

   RN-HSA replied to RN-HSA's topic in Relations

   That hasn't been my experience universally. In some areas, what you described is exactly what I observed. In other places, "job titles" were a big deal. Weird. I'm talking about both, I guess...but honestly I don't know. :)

3. LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

   RN-HSA replied to RN-HSA's topic in Relations

   Thanks for responding. :-) I hope you achieve your professional goals.

4. LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

   RN-HSA replied to RN-HSA's topic in Relations

   Absolutely. All of this boils down to perception. However, just because I show equal respect to a MD and CNA/CNT, doesn't mean I don't perceive them differently (based on my uninformed ideas about their educational background). In fact, my perceptio...

5. LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

   RN-HSA replied to RN-HSA's topic in Relations

   Agreed. I'm not disputing any of that. It's interesting that you use MDs as a comparison because I originally had a MD analogy thrown in my OP lol. The reason the MD analogy didn't work in my original post is because nursing and medicine are separate...

6. LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

   RN-HSA replied to RN-HSA's topic in Relations

   I understand your passion, but the theoretical question I posed actually has nothing to do with nurses currently practicing. Also, for what it's worth, I am an ADN with a degree in a related field. :)

7. LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

   RN-HSA replied to RN-HSA's topic in Relations

   Existing nurses would be grand-fathered in. What I described was actually the opposite of phasing out LPNs...it expands all non-BSN nurses to LPNs (going forward).

8. LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

   RN-HSA replied to RN-HSA's topic in Relations

   Good point...but I wonder if extending PN education would open the door to allowing PNs back into areas they are/were being phased out of. I hope I didn't imply that ADN/Diploma were "less RN" than BSNs.

9. LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

   RN-HSA replied to RN-HSA's topic in Relations

   Thanks for replying. I agree it would not be exactly like the Canadian PN programs...I was only saying it would be similar. I can definitely see how it is hard to follow the rest of my post. It is something that is difficult to put into words. I gues...

10. LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

    RN-HSA posted a topic in Relations

    Does the existence of LPN's make being a RN more impressive? This question has nothing to do with the competence of individual RNs or LPNs. I do not intend to offend LPNs by posing this question (isn't that what everyone says?). For what it's worth,...