I am trying to understand a couple of things. Let me say first- if you are a RN please dont eat me. I am only asking because I truly want to know an honest answer. I am not trying to start a war....
I was overhearing a conversation the other day. A doctor told an RN something about a "play nurse" and the RN just laughed and laughed. When I asked another about what was meant I was told that RN's and doctors basically veiw a LVN/LPN as play nurses. Why would they see us in this light? I understand that RN's take a HECK of a lot of responsibility on their shoulders. Having 1-5 or even 10 or more LVN's that could make you loose a lifetime of hard work in one push of a syringe is a little stressfull.
BUT, we work hard too. We do grunt work (which I LOVE and probably will be the thing that will keep me from RN) and we have a lisence that can be taken away too that we have worked REALLY hard for.
So my question is, why is there such turmoil between LVN, RN, and doctor?? :argue:
Remember, this is an honest to goodness question. Please do not bash me:heartbeat
This issue has been beaten to the core, because even among the professions themselves, there are still issues.How much more, outside the profession? LVN's look down on LVN's experience vs no experience, it is a vicious circle.
It happens in all professions. Many doctors look down on nurses as being little more than bedpan jockeys who are there to be their personal assistants while many nurses think of doctors as over-educated clueless morons. On my first day of school one of my instuctors even said that the primary duty of a nurse is to keep the doctors from killing the patients. At the time I thought he was joking. Now....?
tewdles, RN
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mean people suck