AZNurse13

Hi Nurse Christina, I waited until my daughter was old enough before considering going from LPN to RN too, next year she will be graduating from high school. I have worked as LPN for 9 yrs and I don't regret my decision but to be honest I may finish my BSN in health science degree other than in nursing I'm no longer interested in working bedside care maybe just burned out.

Bobby, Protect your nurse license at all cost don't put yourself in vulnerable positions. I feel for you and your not alone. Don't make the error in believing its all one big family there, its all good until someone gets their feelings hurt. In the end, you work for Corp and will be expendable and easily discarded if you become a liability. This is how the real world operates so again my best advise is cover your tracks. You will be the fall guy when something goes wrong no way you can make a difference with that kind of nurse to patient ratio. Meanwhile, Corp is making mad money. Take baby steps towards your goals as RN one class at a time if need be but don't get discouraged be strong make good decision that works best for your interest.

Remember who you represent.. you're the patient's advocate. I worked psychiatric too lots of shady practices going on eventually some nurses found the courage to report what they witnessed. The hospital was fined for multiply violations and the CEO fired. If you can't go along with all the followers that cover for this behavior will become another statistic be better if you resign.

Davey Do, Wise words indeed, bet you seen soooo many changes in the health field. I worked with a few nurses with about same amount of time as yourself and I was grateful for their wisdom and experience shared.

Bobby, run don't walk out of that situation, there will be other places to gain work experience and where you won't be in danger of losing your license once the company throws you under the bus or reports you to the state nursing board. It's ridiculous to believe the ratios between nurse and patients.

Hey, Binh. Thanks for the advice. I already enrolled in one of the two prerequisites required for RN program. I can than apply and submit my application. I also graduated from a local college that offered an LPN to RN bridge program. I remember our instructors reminding us not to wait after graduating before applying to RN program. Now almost 8 years later I'm almost there. The one thing that is outstanding in this journey is the great opportunities I have experience working within different fields as an LPN. Good success in whatever you decide.

Actually, my first nursing job upon graduation was for the same hospital worked as a CNA and I learned from the RN's on the floor probably more than in clinical rotation unfortunately the hospital closed and I moved on too. In retrospect, no way, I would have been hired had I not previously already been employed with the hospital Wherever you can get your foot in the door to gain experience and get a paycheck until you find what you really want is OK. I appreciate where I'm at now but had it not been for past experiences in the nursing jungle maybe I wouldn't be so. I hope this advice helps you.

Co-worker in SNF years ago was a RN that actually worked for a sushi restaurant for about 1year making $12/hr after graduating from nursing school because the hospitals in town didn't hire him. My advice is get hired on with LTC just to get some experience than move on to something else. Oh yeah, he got hired on with hospital after getting some experience. Hope this helps.

I'm an LPN with 8 years experience currently working in Home Health field with critical care patient. I took this year off from school due to COVID but I have a few more prerequisites before applying to the RN program in my state. Now at 52 years of age and a teenage daughter with 2 more years of high school left before scooting off to a university I'm in this dilemma whether to wait until she is off to college or proceed forward with my goal. I think maybe I will be too old when I finally start my RN program. Many of my cohorts that graduated in my class have since become RN's and a few even received their BSN. My wife retired in October with 26 years in same company with a solid pension and now is working for herself in her own business and seems to be doing well. I feel that as an LPN there is nothing else for me to accomplish I want more responsibilities and to learn more skill sets.