If you are an LPN are you married or in a relationship?

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I'm just taking a poll to see if any LPN has managed a good life/work balance? Are you married? In a relationship? Have kids?

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I'm just want to see if any LPN has managed a good life/work balance? Are you married? In a relationship? Have kids? I want to know despite the long work hours how you manage a healthy lifestyle

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It's the same for RNs. For some people working PRN works, for some it's 12 or 8 hour shifts. As a nurse, mother, and wife, I choose to work 12 hour shifts in a prison.

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

I am an RN, but I don't believe that makes a difference. Yes, I am married happily for 28 years now, and have two kids. I always worked my career around the kids when they were young; that was one of the advantages to my nursing career. I was able to work PRN around my husband's schedule. To make it trickier, he was active military, so I had to work around deployments and temporary duty away from home. I graduated nursing school after he had been away 6 months for training, raising a toddler, to boot.

I guess my point is, if I can do it with all the challenges I faced, so can anyone else.

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just like every profession out there in which someone works long hours, there's nothing unique to nursing in that regard. you manage a healthy lifestyle because you want to and it's a priority, just like everyone else who does it. If you have a good home life and it's important to keep it then you juggle work and home and everything that goes with it, it doesn't stay good or turn bad without all parties involved making it that way.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I was an LPN/LVN for four years (2006-2010) prior to becoming an RN. I was single and childless during those years.

To achieve the best work/life balance during my LVN years, I gravitated toward weekend double shifts. To have Monday through Friday off, I worked two 16-hour double shifts from 6:00am to 10:00pm every Saturday and Sunday.

This schedule enabled me to receive full pay and benefits for only working two long days per week. Also, I am not the type of nurse who enjoys seeing patients, families and coworkers five days in a row, so the weekend doubles were nice.

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I was an LPN/LVN for four years (2006-2010) prior to becoming an RN. I was single and childless during those years.

Hey love

I asked this question because I noticed in my travels most LPNS don't take time for themselves...the 8 hr shifts take up most of there social life. I work with 6 LPNS on my shift...we are are single no kids and vary in different ages " one is 62 and said she just never had the time" thanks for the response I like the long weekend idea maybe I would do it mon and tue!

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Specializes in ICU.

As an RN, I work 12-14 hour shifts. I'm married, have kids, and manage to mask it work.

Its not the profession, it's the person who lets the job consume them.

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As an RN, I work 12-14 hour shifts. I'm married, have kids, and manage to mask it work.

Its not the profession, it's the person who lets the job consume them.

Hello the message is directed to LPNS trust me as a LPN I notice the difference between LPNS and RNS you make more money and your options are definitely better than ours so I'm just referring to the lpns

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I am an RN, but I don't believe that makes a difference .

It's REALLY does really really does!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.
It's REALLY does really really does!

Actually, no, it doesn't. I was an LPN for 24 years before getting my RN 6 years ago. I was a single parent...took my kids to the beach, zoos, etc. I made it work!!

Got married a few times; nothing changed. I had the more flexible schedule as I did agency work and float pool, and set my own schedule. My ex-husbands were intimidated by my success and strength as a woman, and this is what caused the failures. Husband number three divorced me because he felt threatened as I was about to graduate from my LPN-ASN program.

At his initiation, we had a very long discussion about what the RN would mean for my paycheck, and that placed the final nail in the coffin. Met another guy and he left after I received the BSN degree.

It's not about the degree, diploma, or license. It's all about the people and their perception of the degree, diploma, or license. These items are supposed to help make life a little bit easier....if the homes that houses these items are respectful of them....good and the bad.

To say this is an LPN issue is highly inaccurate. I know some CNAs who've had better and worse home lives than I've had.

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Actually, no, it doesn't. I was an LPN for 24 years before getting my RN 6 years ago. I was a single parent...took my kids to the beach, zoos, etc. I made it work!!

Got married a few times; nothing changed. I had the more flexible schedule as I did agency work and float pool, and set my own schedule.....

Ahhhhh intimidation I've encountered that before...but are you single now?

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