Injured LPN, should I bother with obtaining RN?

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Specializes in LTCF PDN.

Hi all. I am just a little stressed here. I am 2.5 years into my nursing career and for several serious reasons am no longer able to do most bedside nursing. I am trying to do part time but each time I go in I most always reinjure myself and have to take pain meds to get through shift and suffer the consequences afterwards.

I am currently signed up for prerequisites for obtaining my RN license but now wondering if I am just obtaining more loans that I won't be able to repay.

If there were opportunities then I also have disabilities of both upper extremities which I wouldn't be able to do any Heavy duty typing.

I hear there are plenty of opportunities but I am skeptical.

Was hoping for insight and suggestions. I appreciate your help and sharing any knowledge. Sorry to sound down, but I'm feeling like my options are quickly diminishing.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

What type of job are you imagining that you will get as a new grad RN? Is that realistic where you live?

Where I live, new grads have few opportunities that don't involve direct patient care -- and it sounds like you are too disabled for those types of roles. Talk with your doctor about your long-term prognosis and base your decision on that. But it sounds to me as if you are going to have a hard time starting an RN career with your degree of disability. Maybe it would be best to invest in a more realistic career path.

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I should by saying I am not a nurse just started taking prerequisites but I work with a lot of Msw and RNs as a care manager Im getting my

RN specifically so I could in bigger companies such as Aetna providing care management most are desk jobs or telework positions. However I believe some of these companies would hire an LPN too check out Humana, Aetna, or a local hospital

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

As the PP stated, the types of jobs that you're speaking of are rarely available to NEW nursing grads, that is OP's concern...

I should by saying I am not a nurse just started taking prerequisites but I work with a lot of Msw and RNs as a care manager Im getting my

RN specifically so I could in bigger companies such as Aetna providing care management most are desk jobs or telework positions. However I believe some of these companies would hire an LPN too check out Humana, Aetna, or a local hospital

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