LPN's Getting No Respect

[jjrz1037]

How do the LPN's feel about how they are viewed by others? I know...don't worry about what others think...blah, blah, blah. But during clinicals, when we are "shadowing" a nurse, as soon as they find out I am ONLY going for my LPN not RN, their attitude changes. It's like, "sure I'll help you! When do you become an RN? What? Only an LPN? I'm kinda busy now. Go see if someone needs a bedbath." I have had more nurses with negative attitudes towards the fact that at 42, I am perfectly content being just an LPN. Do you deal with that with co-workers? It's funny because the school I go to just has an LPN program and even the instructors there are telling us not to "settle" for just being an LPN. What gives? ...Jac

[jjrz1037]

My sister, an RN, has similar complaints about the doctors! She works in Hospice and get frustrated when the doctors don't see really what's going on with the patients. Big problem is pain relief. Patients complain about the pain and asks for something different and doctor states he doesn't want the pt to get addicted??? Also the miss a lot of symptoms and my sister is always asking the doctor "perhaps you can try this med". The doctor would be like "oh...well I guess we can try it". She says 9 out of 10 times she's the one doing the doctor's job. Imagine the pay difference there!