Being an LPN is not even anything important.

[candyLPN2Be]

Good i got your attention.

Tonight i made a call to a friend of mine, after not keeping in contact for a few months, due to me being busy with school.

Anyways after chit chatting for a few i told her what i have been up to for the past year, which was( going to school to be an LPN) she in turns, responds, "like what a waste, i hate nurses, they dont do anything but write paper work and give a few shots all day , and its not even an important job, because nurses dont even do direct patient care, i would give a doctor more respect because they went to school longer, and all nurses do it take on the job a doctor dont want to do." by this time i was :angryfire i could'nt believe the ignorance i was hearing. Anyways she had the nerve to continue, she says" right now i work in an icu department of a hospital as a secretary and if i work a lot of hours i can make the same amount of money as a LPN and besides i am going to school for massage therapy in a few months, and i will be making way more money than a nurse, she claims she will be making 80$ an hour ( w elive in different states, she lives in albany NY ) and she continues to say , i can make my clients feel good, and its direct patient care, unlike nurses, so at this point i forgot the reason i called her which was to check how things were doing, with her, i was very irritated, but it made no sense to explain things to someone who is ignorant about the facts, i guess she was just jealous that i have actually acomplished something, but thats how some people her they bring you down to make themself look good.

Do anyone really know a massage therapist that make 80$ that dont have their own business? The few massage therapist i know are very unhappy with their chosen career path.

would love replies,

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Exactly!

[bethin]

And you call this person a friend??? I would never speak to her again.

Now, I'm only a CNA, but I consider wiping someone's tush direct care, don't you? Or how about the LPN giving CPR? Is that direct care?

I think she's confused about the role of nurses. And as far as making $80 an hour doing massages, they must be very good massages. I live in the midwest and 1/2 hour massages go for about $25. Plus, if you're working out of a salon, spa, etc you have to pay them a certain percentage for working there.

Word of advice: try to avoid toxic people. They just bring you down.

[Keepstanding, ASN, RN]

that is no friend !

[KungFuFtr]

$80.00 an hour being a MT...?

I hope she realizes that she'll need to wear a bikini (or whatever it is they wear at those places) and high heels.

:smackingf

As far as becoming a therapeutic MT...

You can at least give her advice on how to treat her arthritis.

[candyLPN2Be]

thanks for your comments , i do plan to be an RN, that was my first choice i was in the program, i did all my pre req but the waiting list was soo long i decided to do LPN to RN track i start RN program sept.the sky is the limit for me

i take my lpn boards next month , wish me luck guys

[nursemama2be]

definately not a friend...

i am a unit secretary and i know like she should that we see the RN's and RPN's around doing waaaaay more patient care than the docs.. the docs come around for maybe an hour a day... hell even they rely on our nurses for info always asking their opinions on pt care...

Do what you are doing and keep striving for what you want.. she is just jealous

[miamigal27]

Your friend is DUMB!! Plain and simple. I'm haven't even been accepted to nursing school yet and I know the importance of a nurse which I give the upmost respect whether LPN or RN. A nurse is the most important professional in the healthcare industry, the hospital cannot run without a nurse. Your so called friend should see the hard work that nurses do everyday and for her to say that LPNs are not important makes her sound DUMB and IGNORANT!!! I would cut her loose immediately because she is eventually going to discourage you if you continue to surround yourself with her negativity.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Now, I'm only a CNA, but I consider wiping someone's tush direct care, don't you?

Never state that you're 'only a CNA', since aides are very important to the healthcare team, too.

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

When I first graduated from LPN school and was still working as a CNA, a fellow CNA co-worker told me that she could never "settle" for being "just" an LPN and that she was determined to "someday" be an RN.

I asked her "Then how is it that you've been able to settle for being a CNA for the past 12 years? You're older than I am and have been a CNA most of your working adult life, yet being an LPN would somehow not be good enough for you? I don't get it."

Of course she blamed it all on the long waiting lists to get into RN programs, but I don't know too many people who supposedly have all of their prereq's finished and have been waiting for 12 years on a list to get into RN school.

That was in 1997 and she's STILL a CNA today.

It's a good thing she didn't waste her time becoming "just" an LPN. That would have been a really bad career move, now wouldn't it?

LOL

I had a friend who is an RN that told me one of her CNAs told her that she would never take orders from an LPN. My friend told her "You are a CNA...you take orders from EVERYBODY". Sounds like sour grapes to me, and not worth talking to ever again.