LPN2005 Magazine

angelkay · Jan 30, 2005

I subscribe to it.Its okay, just alot of information about procedures and such. I havent seen any issues that talked about travel nursing. But I think its a good investment for an lpn. You get 12 issues for 20 dollars.

I received this offer in the mail today and ordered a subscription. I think a magazine just for LPN's will be nice. We don't have any others like that here in MA. Anyone else see this new magazine?
Kelly

SouthernLPN2RN, MSN, RN, APRN, NP · Jan 31, 2005

I got mine and I wasn't very impressed. I much prefer Nursing 2005. I do like the idea of a magazine for LPN's and I'm hoping the next issue will be better.

HannasMom · Jan 31, 2005

I wasn't impressed. The questions they had after the articles, seemed more elmentary. LPNs are smart people. Also did you notice the number of ads suggesting we should become RNs. :rolleyes:

Hairstylingnurse · Feb 4, 2005

I got mine a few fays ago and I liked it so far. I haven't read all of it yet but I like it. It will get better over the next few months I'm sure.

**SKM-NURSIEPOOH, BSN, RN** · Feb 5, 2005

but haven't had time to read it as of yet. i suspect there aren't a whole lot of ads for lpn jobs as the magazine is a paid subscription unlike the free magazines like advance for lpns & nursing spectrum, etc.

let's do discuss your opinions a bit more so that they can be forwarded to the editors of the magazine. this is just the beginning of the series & i'm sure they'll require feed-back to tweak the magazine accordingly.

someone mentioned that the questions at the end of the articles seemed too easy. well, what kind of questions would you want to see?

how about topics? someone else committed on there not being enough articles for a bi-monthly magazine. i've not read the magazine yet, but it seems to be just a thick as their nursing2005 magazine.

for those who are disappointed in what you've read/seen so far, i suggest writing an editorial letter voicing your opinions & possible solutions. perhaps offer to write an article on a topic yourself (a bit much...but don't discount your abilities).

there's something that's been bugging me for a long time now which is more along the political lines that i'll be forwarding to them & that's how lpns are viewed/valued in the healthcare industry. we seem to be invaluable to home-health, ltcs, agencies; but seem to be devalued, discounted, & almost shunned by major hospitals, other interdiscipline professionals, & overall nursing academia (rn program professors) as evidence by many referring us (or lumping us) with uaps. this *is* being taught today in many rn programs...particularly in the leadership courses where priority & delegation are heavily discussed.

is this because we lpns have no political power? how did we allow this to happen? what can we do to wake-up & start taking an active roll in our careers? one can certainly start by writing editorial letters to voice opinions that others may share & will be willing to act upon.

looking forward to any responses ~ cheers :cheers:!

moe