Do LPN's get pinned?

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Specializes in school nursing, Dr. office.

I graduated in 1996, at my ceremony, I remember getting a lamp, and cap, but I remember no pin. Is this common practice for LPN's to be pinned?

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Depends on the school. Our local LVN school does not pin but I have seen LVNs from other schools with pins.

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Specializes in LTC, hospital, office.

I graduated last December...wow! Almost a year since I've become a nurse! Anyway...we were pinned :)

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Specializes in Peds HH, LTC.

I just graduated this past June, and we were pinned, along with all the classes before ours. Depends on the school, I guess.

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.

My class (96) was pinned, but not capped.

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I am a RN student at the moment, but my mother just graduated LPN school about a month and a half ago (and already passed boards, I'm so proud of her)! Anyways, they had a capping ceremony at the half-way point of their course and then they got pinned at their graduation.

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.

My class got caps, lamps and pins. I think that this should be; we are, of course, nurses as well.

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Specializes in med/surg.

I got pinned in my LPN program in Ohio in 2004!

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Specializes in ER, Occupational Health, Cardiology.

I graduated in 1983 :eek: and we got beautiful gold pins, and caps. Didn't get a lamp, though!

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Pinned, capped and a lamp for LPN school, just a pin for RN graduation. I kinda felt the others in my class got cheated.

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

capped for LPN and then pinned for my RN. this is a interesting post to see the different traditions.

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Graduated LPN in 1997. We got capped and pinned... It was very moving!!!!! No lamp though,,, darn it!!!

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