HEY, all you RNs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gt4everpn]

hmmmmm:idea: , LPN programs, is it any different from rn programs, what do i mean here, well i've been in and completed an lpn program and now i'm headin for a rn program, what to expect, explain, explain!!!!!!!!! :uhoh21:

[BoopetteRN]

i was an lpn for 24 years and then went back to school, got my bsn in 2001 and received my masters last july. you learn more patho and go more into depth. since i went back after being out of school for so long, i had to start from scratch. today there are many bridge programs that help lpns become rns which are excellent programs. we have several rns where i work that have gone through those and they are excellent nurses. good luck, nursing has changed so much, and it is a wonderful and fulfilling profession.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

By the end of their training RN's have to know the nursing process quite intimately. You might have been exposed to it in LPN school, but in RN school you really go into depth with it because it involves critical thinking. It includes incorporating assessment, knowledge of pathophysiology, knowledge of various sciences, knowledge of common medical treatment for diseases, nursing theory, prioritizing, delegation and overall management of the patient's care. You will be challenged to continually ask yourself "why" this or that is being done for the patient. The answers to those "why" questions is extremely important to know and it, in part, involves the critical thinking process. As an LPN if you have a question about a patient's care, you can go to an RN and ask; as an RN the buck pretty much stops with you and you need to know the answer. I was told by an RN before I even went to nursing school, "RNs are supervisors and managers of patient care." She was so right. RNs have to make decisions on a regular basis. RNs are leaders not followers. They have to be able to think and process what is happening during any given situation and act appropriately.