Why do I always hear, why are you ONLY doing LPN?

Nurses LPN/LVN

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I am tired of explaining this to people. I tried the RN but did not get lucky..

Specializes in Wound Care, LTC, Sub-Acute, Vents.
i'm very happy to hear how supportive you will be of your future children.

afterall, attaining a goal (any goal!) is about accomplishment and realizing one of many potentials in life.

so while you acknowledge the pride you will share w/your kids, how about extending that same pride to yourself?

and to hell what anyone else says.

your life, your vision, your accomplishment.

celebrate it and you. :balloons:

leslie

thank you leslie. you must have so much inner peace. and yes i am proud of my accomplishments and i will try not to be negative anymore when it comes to this topic. :lol2: . thank you...

Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.
i'm very happy to hear how supportive you will be of your future children.

afterall, attaining a goal (any goal!) is about accomplishment and realizing one of many potentials in life.

so while you acknowledge the pride you will share w/your kids, how about extending that same pride to yourself?

and to hell what anyone else says.

your life, your vision, your accomplishment.

celebrate it and you. :balloons:

leslie

Ha ha, :lol2:I laugh because I find myself becoming my mother.:uhoh21: "My Mother, Myself" and all that, but now that I have adult kids my compassion level and understanding for my parents has skyrocketed.

Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
thank you pagandeva. you are right. when i started this program, there were 30 of us and 400 people applied for the lpn program. now, almost half of my original class are gone. i guess i should be thankful for making it this far. thank you..., angel :lol2:

you're welcome. and, even those that moved up further have told me that the grass was greener on the other side until they got there.

Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
valued mods can you please transfer this post to the lvn/lpn forum because i want to hear more from my fellow lpns/lvns.

thank you,

angel

you can repeat this thread on the lpn/lvn corner if you wish (only a suggestion, because i am not a moderator). also, you may gain a bit of insight from rns here, so, don't discount their input.

i know that many rns feel that because the scope of practice is different, they see the lpn as a hinderance rather than a help. they may see a person that is a qualified nurse with the ability to perform many tasks that were taught in an lpn program, but may be limited because of the facility they work for. i can understand their frustration with us if it is based on that alone, but i do not let them berate me. i may not limited because of my own choice; i may be limited because i am not allowed to perform certain tasks. i have a legitimate license of my own to protect and stepping out of that scope will incurr more damage to my future than non-licensed personnel because i am supposed to know better. if an rn adopted the role of a physician, for example, may experience legal ramifications if discovered because she would be acting out of her scope...so, heck, the same for me as an lpn!!

comprehending what the rn may be experiencing helped me to become a better team member by doing what i can do so that they feel freer to tend to the things i cannot do, and they have taken me seriously when i told them that there is a situation that i can't handle.

it is also true that such a comment can be considered to be a compliment of your potential. my response to that, however, has been that i did what i felt that i can handle, and what they may see is leadership, they do not know my personality, idiosycracies or what aggrevates me the most. i know i made the best decision for myself, the patients and the profession.

Specializes in cardiac, ortho, med-surg.
okay. today was my first day of med surg ii clinicals at the hospital. all my classmates (9 including me) and my instructor were on the elevator with these two ladies who i assumed work in that hospital. so we were on the elevator with our obvious uniforms and my instructor was orienting and she said "ok here on the 3rd floor is the or, and the 4th floor is the specialties, ...yara..yara...etc.. then one of the ladies whispered to the other person and said "are they nursing students?" and her friend said "no, they are lpn". my other classmate heard it too and we just looked at each other ablazed :angryfire......i guess we are not in school to be a nurse. i don't know what to say anymore. maybe i could say i am in a vocational school that teaches on how to look and pretend like a nurse....

:angryfire:angryfire:argue::redlight: and if these people needed help they would ask you for a nurse.....you couldn't possibly know how to help. maybe it would help if lpn's were included in nurses week...(they are not included in my part of tn) can someone tell me what the "n" in lpn stands for??? that is one thing about nursing i don't like....no matter what level you are, there are people asking you why you aren't more. the interesting part is that if any of those doubters and those who look down needed anything because they were hurt or sick we would jump and give our best because that is who we are. :trout:

Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.
valued mods can you please transfer this post to the lvn/lpn forum because i want to hear more from my fellow lpns/lvns.

thank you,

angel

since you are the original poster, we most certainly will do. :)

Specializes in Mother-Baby, Rehab, Hospice, Memory Care.

Surprisingly I don't recall anyone ever (to my face at least) asking why I was JUST an LPN. My whole family is proud of my accomplishments. However my husband does give me a hard time sometimes about not getting into RN school instead (mostly $$$ related).

My mom is an RN, and has never once belittled me in my choice of becoming an LPN. She knows ultimately I want to become an RN and that becoming an LPN is a stepping stone. She works in NICU and I work in Mother-Baby, so we have a lot of similar things to talk about regarding our jobs.

I recently left working at a hospital where I felt a serious negative attitude from the facility and some staff members towards LPNs. My new hospital treats LPNs as valuable staff nurses. I always introduce myself to my pts as their nurse. I have only been asked a couple times if I was an RN or LPN. I would gladly tell them LPN and then explain the differences if they ask. I have never had a pt mind because I don't think it makes any difference to them as long as they are being well cared for!

I am tired of explaining this to people. I tried the RN but did not get lucky..

How about this one! Are you a real nurse(RN) or Just a LPN.:madface:

Specializes in psych nursing.

We will all possibly hear this from time to time. I hate hearing why didn't you become an RN. Some people are just close minded.

:angryfire This also makes me frustrating.Just when you went through hell trying to graduate and taking the board exams( then finding your results), you have to hear this comment all the time.I am happy to be a LVN and feel I am just as capable as a RN as far as critical thinking goes. My folks and my co-workers( who are RN's) are always saying that you should go for your RN its where the bucks are!!! I just want to walk away some times.I am going back to school for my BSN,but can I at least enjoy working as a LVN without the additional needless comments.

Specializes in everything BUT O.R.!!!!.

Thanks...pagandeva2000 for your inspiring testimony!!!! I am just like you....I chose NOT to go on for my RN...I am 52 and don't have the energy to do all that textwork; and clinicals and you KNOW the instructors will be extra hard on us "older" people...although I do not look my age at all! I am too busy with my work; my teenagers and MY LIFE! I know that going back to school for my RN would just add MAXIMUM stress to my already busy life with NO time for me or anyone or anything else. I have researched salaries in my area of California and find that I would not be making all that much more than I am anyway and for more responsibility???? NO THANKYOU! On top of all of this I would have to commute 50-60 miles one way just to work at a hospital with my RN; as our small local hospital only has 5 acute beds; and 19 SNF beds. Thanks so much for your encouraging words..we are all nurses and need to work together as such. The nursing shortage is real and in dire need of good, intelligent RNs and LPN/LVNs.

I am proud to be an LPN. I answer, yes i am a nurse, an Licensed Practical Nurse!

I will be 54 soon, was out of nursing for a while, back in 5 years now, medical floor on a small hospital. The RN's come to me to start their IV's. Everyone is better at something than another, we help each other out inwhatever capacity we are able to.

Be Proud of whatever title is behind your name, a lot of education and work went into it!

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