I have been a CNA for almost 10 years, I am currently on a waitlist for an LPN school. I was just wondering, does anyone here just want to be an LPN and not continue on to RN? It gets so irritating when people ASSUME you are going to get your RN! I'm always happy to say nope! LPN is my focus now, who is to say being an RN isn't in my future. But as of now I have no desire to become an RN. I work in a hospital side by side with nurses and don't get me wrong, I love my nurses, but do not desire to do all that they do. The money is great but the stress that I see my nurses endure is not healthy! Not to say it is this way of course with all nurses but it has become the norm. I think a lot of them get into it for the money and in return end up miserable.
Not trying to put any RN's down as I very much love my nurses that I work with and respect what they do. I just get so tired of the assumption that I am "going for my RN after LPN" and that being an LPN isn't a career, and all the "you should just go straight to the RN program!!!" No thanks!
And we need many LPNs. They play a critical role in the system. Not everyone should be an RN, lord knows there are some that are ,and shouldn't be. Imagine if everyone was a doctor! Nothing would get done. LPNs are the soldiers of healthcare.
I’m still an LPN working with one other LPN and several MA’s. We have recently gotten a clinical supervisor who is an RN. She made the comment that LPNs are trained to do, while RNs are trained to think. So, do you want to be a “doer” or a “thinker”?
Wow that RN is actually not a Thinker and doesnt know much about LPN roles. Since ive been a LPN I've had to make critical decisions that could help or hurt a person and ive helped RNs do their job. I think all nurses should start as CNAs then work their way up to differrnt levels to really be able to understand patient care. Ive worked in dialysis were RNs only know how to do paperwork and pull meds I could run circles around them (so to speak) in patient care. Experience is key to nursing.
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And we need many LPNs. They play a critical role in the system. Not everyone should be an RN, lord knows there are some that are ,and shouldn't be. Imagine if everyone was a doctor! Nothing would get done. LPNs are the soldiers of healthcare.