:roll So today I heard the funniest thing. I found out that LPN really doesn't mean Licensed Practical Nurse and that RN doesn't mean Registered Nurse.
I seems that LPN means "Lesser Paid Nurse" and RN means "Rich Nurse". Well, I know in some instances, if not all instances RNs are paid more, I'm sorry, I just died laughing when I heard this so I had to share. Well, if these meaning are true I guess I'm glad I'm in "Rich Nurse" school right now...
When I was an aide, I was working with an enormously pregnant LPN, and a pt said the "Little Pretend Nurse" thing to her. She responded with a "Lucky you, because you get a BIG FAT Pretend Nurse, and your doc just ordered an enema. Roll over."
I about peed my pants when she said that! As an LPN, I have been waiting to say that to someone.....but no one ever has given me the opportunity!
These are cute! :) I am a new grad RN & work on a med/surg floor that has both RNs & LPNs-I think all of the nurses I work with are great. As for pay at my hospital, the starting rate for a new LPN is $17/hour (plus differentials) & the starting pay for a new RN is $24.50/hour (plus differentials). I think the pay is just different depending on your state & your place of employment.
Yeah I know what ya mean. Well here GENERALLY RNs make more than LPNs but LPNs start out at 16-17 in LTC and 11-12 in Hospitals for new grads. RNs in hospitals start at probably start at 15 so... I guess and LPN in LTC could make about the same as an RN in a hospital to start...
Hey wait a minute.. You mean im supposed to be RICH?
OH NO! you mean you AREN'T? How did that happen? lol
Ha Ha HA! Well, isn't that why we all went to nursing school, so that we would make sooo much money and be rich? When I passed my boards, I was told be all of my peers that I was officially now a "Real Nut".
Ha Ha HA! Well, isn't that why we all went to nursing school, so that we would make sooo much money and be rich? When I passed my boards, I was told be all of my peers that I was officially now a "Real Nut".
Ohhhh... that's what I've always wanted to be since I was a little girl... a REAL NUT... *sigh* maybe one day... :) lol
I was an LPN for 15 yrs in Florida and my last job there paid $22/hr then I moved to WV and realized that this state did not value LPN's and the scope of practice was extremely limited. I took a job in an LTC and my wage was $14/hr... SO, I went back to school and just graduate with my BSN... I Am an RN-BSN.... $30 grand in student loans later.... I am making $18.50/hr.... I don't think I am going to break even unless i move....
We all joke about real nurse and play nurse.....gotta have a sense of humor...
BUT.... my EX husband used to introduce me as " this is my wife, she's JUST a nurse" That really made me mad.... I now refer to him as " my old used to be"
A couple of surgeons at work find it hilarious to refer to LPNs and Let's Play Nurses (ironically, it's the few that i wouldn't let touch me with a 10 ft. pole, since i've seen their skills).
I doubt they'd appreciate it if i refered to them as Moronic D******* for MD.
God help it if people spent more time on work, and less time finding ways to insult others to make themselves feel superior.
OH NO! you mean you AREN'T? How did that happen? lol
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When I was an aide, I was working with an enormously pregnant LPN, and a pt said the "Little Pretend Nurse" thing to her. She responded with a "Lucky you, because you get a BIG FAT Pretend Nurse, and your doc just ordered an enema. Roll over."
I about peed my pants when she said that! As an LPN, I have been waiting to say that to someone.....but no one ever has given me the opportunity!
Lori