I'm currently an RPN student, almost finished my schooling. I also currently work in a LTC facility, and a hospital casually, and i've worked in other LTC homes during clinical rotations. I also have some close friends who are graduated, working RPN's in hospitals around the GTA.
At one of my LTC clinical rotations, an RN had said some pretty hurtful things to one of the RPN students, so much so that it made her cry, basically putting down the fact that she's just an RPN, and not a "real nurse" as she is, an RN. This isn't the first time i've seen this either, out of the two years i've been working in the health care system, i've seen this far too many times. It's quite sad. RN's are great people, they do amazing things every day, as do RPN's, but why is there so much negativity, and hatred from those select few RN's, towards RPN's. It makes me quite nervous, and afraid to start working once I graduate to be completely honest with you.
Nurses, RN's & RPN's should be one of the most compassionate, caring, & kind people around, yet too many times things like this are happening. I'm not generalizing, and saying it's all RN's, but i'm sure everyone here has seen, or heard about things like this happening at least once in your career as a Nurse. I really wish RN's & RPN's could just work together, and not put that fear into new RPN's to work with RN's.
