LPN not taken serious

[chach1]

why is it people do not view an LPN as. " true" nurse. I worked hard, study hard and NCLEX was hard. Why cant other nurses and clients take the title serious? seems like, if you do not have an RN you are not a nurse. ggrrrrr

[minnymi]

It happens to RNs too. There are nurse practitioners who think they are better than RNs....doctors think they are better than the nurse practitioners....etc, etc.

It's like that in every field pretty much. There are patients who say to RNs, "I want to talk to the DOCTOR!"

I think to myself, "hmm...u want to talk to the doctor...or ME (your NURSE) who actually knows what's going on?!"

i saw that on an e-card once. lol.

[FutureNurseBee]

I honestly could careless if people feel like being a LPN is a real nurse or not! because I know and its legally known that "I'M A NURSE" everyone do things at their own pace and have their own path to follow I worked hard and busted my butt as a practical nursing student and unless you allow it no one can ever take that away from you. Becoming a nurse and part of the medical field is a honorable calling which ever way you put it. I have no desire to defend being an Lpn because its a honest and legal profession. if you go on to be a RN in the future do it for the cause and sake of climbing up the ladder of education not for the approval or applause of others. people will put you down regardless what you do and will most likely be no where to be found when the bills need to be paid :) I'm glad i went the lpn route first for nursing it reassured me that nursing is my calling and i feel alot more proud of myself compared to when I was a lost college drop out with a dead end job earning mininum wage!