ok i have been an lpn for 7 and 1/2 years, i was a cna for 2 years prior to becoming a nurse, and i have about 3 pre-reqs left to take, before i can enter into a local fast track program, i have worked primarily in ltc, and i just wondered how other nurses felt about this, and i dont want to seem insensitive, i am 29, and full of energy, and new ideas, i work alot of times with nurses who have been nursing 20 plus years, and thats a great achievement, commendable even, however, i think SOME seasoned nurses just need to kno when to say hay i devoted my life to doing what i love, but now..............i say this because too many times, i have worked with much older nurses who, over the years have become very lax in their thinking, and care, take off alot d/t ailments, etc, orientate brand new nurses, and telling and showing them the wrong way, and we all kno that working in ltc is a highly stressful, fast-paced field, and some literally can not keep up! then some, realize this and are givin these cushy, m-f, office jobs, so nurses like myself, are left with the crappy shifts like 3-11, 4 on 2 off, etc, i think that if you hold a title, rn, lpn, cna, if you come to a point in your life where you are not able to function for whatever reason as your title, then........ i realize experience plays a big role, i look to some seasoned nurses for guiadance still, but id be willing to bet that i could run circles around them, and where i work, caring for 45 residents, u literally have to run, pushing a huge buggy of medicine, and these residents deserve that, there are all types of discrimination, but i believe one that is left out is against young nurses, with young children, b/c i guess its assumed that you wont be dependable, but a nurse with a bad heart, etc etc wit 20 plus years exp. is a better choice?? and im not what i would consider a, "new nurse" i kno i dont kno it all, but sometimes its just frustrating and unfair, if need be i can still function as a cna, and still come back and do my job, and thats why im glad i will have gone thru each level before i get my rn, so i will have some knowledge of where everyone is coming from, well just thot id get that off my chest, thats my opinion, if you dont like it, move on to the next thread, god bless, mwah!
Like so many others, I LOVE the seasoned nurses. I graduated nursing school at 47, so started off "seasoned". When I work with those who have been nurses "forever", not only am I thankful/grateful for them and their knowledge/experiences, I go out of my way to hang with them.
Of course there are the slackers in any age group, but even the laziest can have some pearls of wisdom to impart.
Glad you reflected upon your original post and realized the folly of your thinking :) :redbeathe
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Chanta2
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I want to live to be 107. And work until I am 82. As a nurse. I tell my kids that too.