or do you say you're an LPN when talking to people? Is it common to make a distinction? I know I have friends who say "I'm and RN" when people ask what they do for a living, but it is standard to distinguish between the two, or do most people just say "I'm a nurse"?
When I start LPN school in August, will I say "I'm in nursing school" or does that imply I'm in RN school?
Sorry, probably a dumb question but I just wondered what is normal.
What people forget is anyone can study nursing, write the school exams, graduate with a certificate, degree, or diploma.
The title NURSE isn't valid until the national exam is written for anyone.
Some people shouldn't be allowed by any state law to use the title "nurse" no matter if they passed the NCLEX or not. I think the title "nurse" isn't valid until you've proven yourself in the clinical setting.
Frankly, I haven't been asked, (yet ) I need to see my master's prepared, teacher certified, ACLS credentialed, and not too tired from the previous shift of mandated overtime, nurse.LOL
To each their own! I don't see your point! Are you making a statement or trying to belittle someone. Patients don't need an MSN prepared, teacher certified nurse at their bedside, however, in ICUs they do REQUIRE an ACLS certified RN at their bedside. Are you referring to all settings in which nurses are employed or in the nursing home? And as for the "not too tired from the previous shift of mandated overtime" aspect, I haven't worked in a hospital, or nursing home for that matter, that had MANDATED overtime. I am called and asked if I want to work extra, but by no means is my nurse manager at my door dragging me, kicking and screaming, to the unit to work some mandated overtime.
then you should say i'm in "registered nurse school". why would it be misleading if an lpn student says "i am in nursing school"? it is infact a nursing school for practical nurses just like your school is for registered nurses.
why are you even using the analogy of "nurse" in certified nurse assistant? lpns had to take the nclex as well and lpns are indeed nurses.
you don't think lpns are nurses?????????
please don't turn this thread to rn vs lpn thing.
i think we are all nurses and i wish there were more of all of us and that lpns wouldn't treat rns different at work and that rns wouldn't treat lpns different at work where i work. i find it upsetting i learned alot in rn school from the lpns that bridged in.
i am an rn but most times i just say to people i am a nurse. i think its rude to keep probing about somebody's career. heck i even have had people ask how much i make as a rn , now thats rude.... :chuckle
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What makes me laugh a great deal of the time is when I will speak or do something that shows intelligence, and then, I'm asked "How long have you been an RN?" and I say "I'm not (I leave a pause for a moment to let the idiot think that I am not a nurse)...and then say I am an LPN". Usually shocks the pants off of them, and then, the next inevitable question "When are you going back?" and I say with a sweet serene smile "I am NOT".
Am a RN and most of the time when people ask what i do for a living i will just say am a nurse. However i still have friends who will want to know if am LPN or RN. I still have some patients who still ask if am LPN or RN and a couple would say i look too young to be an RN. :yeahthat:
I just finished an RN program a few months ago and a few of my clinical sites had LPNs working there. I learned a great deal from them and was very grateful that they took the time to teach me. During my geriatric rotation, the RN spent most of the time complaining about how "students are always in the way" whereas the LPN actually spent time to get us involved and was a wonderful teacher. I think we should all remember that no matter what the title at the end of the day we are all on the same side and are the for the same reason, our patients.
Regardless of education, I am a new nurse and to not listen to an LPN with more experience than myself is just foolish.
When I graduated nursing school(RN). I went to work in a small rural hospital on the 7p shift. There were a lot of nights when this brand new RN would be the only RN in the house. If it had not been for the extremely competent and resourceful LVN's that I worked with I would have been in a lot of trouble. I have since moved on to other areas, but I will always be grateful and never forget these wonderful LVN's that taught me so much. :heartbeat
i know im kind of late on this one but i went to school for lpn and the dean of the school was an RN with a masters and when it was time for clinicals or the more difficult classes she step down from her position a couple of times a week to teach us herself. The reason why i went to this elaborate story is to explain to those that think they are better because they are RN's. This personally annoys the crap out of me because we were trained at an RN level she put her license on the line and fought hard with the board of nursing to allow us to due the same procedures as RN's. So when i go to work and i see an RN i see my coworker someone coming to work and taking care of patients because they care not because they want to throw their credentials around. We all work hard to get where we are today so if someone asks you what you are say your a nurse and be proud because thats what we are wether RN or LPN . They both have nurse in their title correct.
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I am an LPN who has my ACLS and PAL cetifications. Are you saying that I am not competent in my additional training to respond to emergency situations just because my title is LPN?
I have worked in the hospital setting, and Mandatory overtime is required during times of need (high patient admissions/volume). But no more that 15 hours can be worked without a sufficient break (additional lunch time)
Specializes in Dialysis, Emergency, Research, F. P..
I am an LPN who has my ACLS and PAL cetifications. Are you saying that I am not competent in my additional training to respond to emergency situations just because my title is LPN?
I have worked in the hospital setting, and Mandatory overtime is required during times of need (high patient admissions/volume). But no more that 15 hours can be worked without a sufficient break (additional lunch time
please clarity yourself. You say it is wrong toidentify yourself as a nurse if you are an LPN. Exactly what do you think an LPn is and do you really know what their duties entail? If you do not please contact your nearest Board of Nursing, actually any one in any of the 50 states and you will see there is not much that an LPN does not do. Hopefully by the time you graduate you will learn what Real Nursing is. It is not just a title and if that is the only reason you have gone into this beloved field please leave it now as you will find yourself burned out quickly. These are the lives of human beings that you take into your hands as a "nurse" LPN or "RN". What else would you call an nurse assistant , they assist the nurses so what would you suggest they be called or do you downplay that field also? Please learn quickly how much more difficult your job will be without a good "nursing assistant" at your side. You have so much to learn. I welcome your response. By the way I have been an LPN (NURSE) for 14 years and have a wealth of experience . I would welcome the opportunity to "work next to you":nurse:
Most of the time I say I am nurse if it is general conversation. If they say something that implies that I may be an I RN I do clarify that I am an LVN. When I have to make phone calls for work I do say " Hi this is Tracy I'm the LVN for @@@@". Just so the clafification is there incase they need to document who called. I do not need anything submitted to our regional centers that at some point could come back to haunt me as trying to imply that I am an RN (as of yet).
) I need to see my master's prepared, teacher certified, ACLS credentialed, and not too tired from the previous shift of mandated overtime, nurse.LOL
diosadelsol, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN, CRNA
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Some people shouldn't be allowed by any state law to use the title "nurse" no matter if they passed the NCLEX or not. I think the title "nurse" isn't valid until you've proven yourself in the clinical setting.