If I hear "C Nurses make the best nurses" one more time I will scream!

[JennInColumbus]

I'm in my first quarter of nursing school and I keep hearing "C Nurses make the best nurses". It makes me absolutely crazy. I'm the first to admit that being book smart does not mean that you have a lot of common sense, but I don't think that A nurses are destined to be bad nurses.

Our school has a tough grading scale, anything below 80 is failing, and I understand that makes it tougher to get really good grades. However, every time I hear that little manta, it feels like a put down, even though I don't discuss my grades.

I work extremely hard to get good grades-- I think it is important for obvious reasons and because I'd eventually like to attend CRNA school. I made the decision to be poor for two years and live on student loans so I could spend a lot of time studying. It is only the first quarter and I'm already tired of being made to feel like I won't be a great nurse because I dared to overachieve!

Does anyone else feel this way too? Thanks for letting me vent.

[nclexhater]

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[nclexhater]

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[suzy253, RN]

especially since you don't know how to spell your nickname.

Troll alert

[BETSRN]

You know guys, most of you are not even nurses as yet. Just enjoy yourselves and do the best you can in school. Once you are actually a nurse and at the bedside, you'll either cut it or you won't. It's the way it is in most professions. You'll find out is it is for you or if it is not.

I would advise those of you in LPN or LVN schools (whatever you call it) to strongly consider going on for your RN at some point in time. You'll have so much more opportunity if you go on. I don't know whether or not the trend for "all RN" hospitals will continue but it might. I know I work in one right now and that is quite a popular concept here in the Northeast. I work with several RN's who were LVN's before going on. LVN's are more limited in scope and never have the opportunity to expand, depending on what you want to do with your career.

Get all the practical, hands on practice that you can. It makes the transitrion from school to the real world so much less stressful. Then when you are orienting on your unit at least yuou can concentrate on the knowledge you need and not worry about not being comfortable with direct patient care.

Good luck to all of you. :)

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

I would advise those of you in LPN or LVN schools (whatever you call it) to strongly consider going on for your RN at some point in time. You'll have so much more opportunity if you go on. I don't know whether or not the trend for "all RN" hospitals will continue but it might. I know I work in one right now and that is quite a popular concept here in the Northeast. I work with several RN's who were LVN's before going on. LVN's are more limited in scope and never have the opportunity to expand, depending on what you want to do with your career.

:)

If i had a dollar for everytime i heard this, i'd have my master's paid for 3 times over.

Let's let the LPN/LVN students (or whatever they're called) finish THIS school before another career map is laid out? Please? :)

[BETSRN]

If you have heard this enough times to get your Masters paid for, then go for it. I think a lot of people are giving you some good advice here. Instead of having such a confrontational attitude, concentrate on going for it. I know you are doing it and maybe you want to stop at LVN and maybe not. It's jutsa thought. just don't become one of those LPN's who has "RNitis" as we call it. The experience you get as an LPN will give you such a sense of comfort while you continue your studies.

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

Wasn't a confrontational attitude, it was just a request.