Brnd-RN-1

I feel your pain I'm a LPN so I can only work in LTC/SNF or home care. I recently resigned from a facility because I felt like my license was at risk. I recently started at a new facility took a $3 pay cut it's a really nice facility but different place same crap I work in the skilled unit 21 skilled patients full of accuchecks, peg tubes, wound vacs, ng tubes,etc. People will say oh you work in a nursing home that must be easy. It may sound it easy but it's the complete opposite it's very intense. 2 more years and I'll have my BSN I CANT WAIT!!! I'm tired of being a LPN. Good luck to you have you ever thought about nurse management? With your experience you could do staff development or something in LTC/SNF most will hire a ADN for that

If your referring to me I am from the United States (Ohio) and I am not a troll this post isn't that old and I'm entitled to my opinion it doesn't matter if it's the 7th page when I clicked comment it did not say 7th page.

I find this post insulting! The you worded it using words such as "they" as you are implying to all men in the profession. As male who has worked in healthcare for 10 years I have seen many good staff and lazy staff (btw women can be lazy too.) If you have a problem with said individual why don't you have a professional conversation with him instead of running and taddling. When that doesn't work then follow your chain of command and usually the lazy one's weed themselves out. As far as men being stronger yes they can be stronger depending on the man, but they shouldn't be expected to do all the lifting. We all have to use proper body mechanics if Physical Therapy says this person is a 2 assist then use 2 people and if they are too difficult to assist with 2 people then let physical therapy know that they need to be reevaluated. Have you ever seen older nurses walking with a limp who had hips, knees, etc. done nursing is hard on your body and we need to take care of it.

I have been a nurse for 2 years and I have been working in a skilled nursing unit for the whole time as an LPN. I'm trying to get into a clinic or a DR. Office for the better hours because I'm a single Dad. I have applied for several clinics posting LPN positions with no luck. Out of curiosity are clinics/DR. Offices opposed to hiring men who are nurses?

I am a new LPN after I graduated and passed my boards I found out what people really think of LPNS. I get asked so many questions like: why did you go for LPN and not RN? (And this was coming from a nursing assistant) and I was also asked. Are you a real nurse or a pretend nurse? Or why didn't you just go all the way? Or are you going back? My answer is always I'm going back for RN. I was a nursing assistant for 8 years I was really burned out I needed and change and I was tired of living paycheck to paycheck. I needed something fast it was a stepping stone and I have full intentions of getting my RN. I just hate the disrespect I worked so hard for my LPN and people act like it's nothing that was the toughest year of my life. I also notice in my are LPNS make between 17-20 in my area, but that what they were making 10 years ago. Why haven't nurses got raises, but yet they have raised the pay scales of nursing assistants and other fields. It makes me mad when people want min. Wage to be 15/hr when I work hard just to make $17/hr. I think a petition should be started.

Try getting your foot in the door at a facility as a nursing assistant even PRN that helps a lot most places will hold a position for you after graduation until you pass boards good luck

It's tough because it seems like everyone is going to nursing school now. I live in Toledo, Ohio and there are several nursing schools in this area and it's very competitive in my experience I am a new LPN I plan on going back for my RN but I was hired the day I passed my boards, but I worked as a nursing assistant at a local nursing home for 8 years and they were holding a position for me. I know some RNs who have to start out in LTC/SNF because the hospitals wont even look at them until they have 1-2 years of experience build your resume up and don't do a lot of job hopping. Sometimes it's who you know if have any nursing friends maybe they can help you land a position. I have a friend who started as a new RN in a hospital but she worked there as a STNA. Sometimes I think new grads can't find work because they will only work in hospitals, but sometimes you have to work at less desirable jobs until you build experience. I am shocked when people say they can't find a job after graduation being a new nurse and even before I passed my boards I was applying and was getting several calls some said let them know when I pass my boards others said call them when I have six months of experience, but I decided to stay where I'm working. Good Luck