LadyJRN1

I am so absolutely tired of bedside nursing!! I have done critical care, med-surg, and orthopedics. Patients are so demanding, wanting pain meds all the time, dealing with the families who annoying. I am an RN and worked hard to get it and am so di...

Hello! I am interested in working as a psych nurse and was wandering if anyone can give me any input in which facilities in the Baltimore/DC area are the best to work at as far as reputation and pay? Any information will be helpful! I am currently ...

Hello everyone! I am not here to complain; however, I would like to vent just a little. I was recently let go from a job because my boss believed someone who was not an RN take a comment totally out of text and she believed them instead of me. I am...

The bottom line is and everyone knows that it is true that LPN's and CNA's are the low men on the pole and it is no secret. It doesn't matter if you have 1000 years experience behind you as an LPN, it is based on the initials behind your name. That...

If have met enough to form my opinion that LPN's and CNA's are trouble and I choose to stay away from them. I only speak to them on a professional basis and that is it.

In all of my years of nursing I have yet to be convinced that there is a decent, trustworthy CNA or LPN out there.

Piece of advice - if you are given an order by an LPN or ever told anything about a patient or resident by an LPN, double check it yourself or call an another RN or your DON. LPN's love to burn RN's especially when they are wishing they could be an ...

When I went to LPN school, I didn't take all the courses listed because they were for the RN's not the LPN's. These classes are not offered for every LPN course - I went to the top LPN school in the country, I should know.

I disagree. RN's are taught more deeper assessment and leadership skills. I am an RN also and still wouldn't ever work under or for an LPN, end of story. LPN's don't have to take all the classes you listed, I know this because I was an LPN before ...

have you taken a review course to help you learn how to take the test? i paid $300 and learned how to read the questions and not to panic during the exam. i know kaplan offers one.

I went to nursing school with a lady who was 58 and got a job working in the trauma unit of a local hospital and is doing extremely well at it.

That is unacceptable! LPN's are not equal and will never be to RN's and I would never work under an LPN EVER!!! I worked too long and too hard to be an RN and that to me is demeaning. Not only that, but LPN's should not be in supervisory roles esp...

my attitude is just fine and thank you for your concern. i am and will never be responsible for the nursing shortage. i will say after reading most of these entries that if you look the younger generation of nurses feels the same way i do - that it...

There comes a time in an older nurses career when he/she just can't cut it anymore, but they are too prideful to get out of the business therefore making it ultimately miserable for newer nurses to grow in their careers. I wish there was an age limi...

so true. then the scores are looked at by management and then of course you hear about them at staff meetings where they stress that you have to be nice to the patients and the families regardless if they are both standing in the middle of the hall ...

I can speak for the LPN's and CNA's I have dealt with and yes they have caused me much grief and personal mental anguish at the workplace. However, if more LPN's and CNA's knew their position and listen and did what the RN's needed and wanted, it wo...

I beg to differ that TITLE does make the person and the profession. How many times as an LPN were you asked if you were going to be an RN and you know that you were asked. I am very much a team player; however, LPN's and CNA's were I have worked ar...

I beg to differ. Even if one is not on the clock and the person in the bathroom was OK, the CNA should have at least helped or found other help for the RN. That is why they are called "nursing assistants" to help the nurse.

way to go! enjoy and have a great first day!!

Hang in there! We have all felt or do feel this way right now. It is sad to say but this is the clinical setting. Venting does help you mentally to get it off your chest.

I have worked with nurses who pumped and they just excuse themselves and do it in private. We other nurses understood and it was never an issue. Hopefully your co-workers will understand and not make it into a drama scene.

This is not the point. The point is that the CNA was asked to help the nurse and made excuses to do so. When a subordinate is asked to help, unless they are in an emergency situation, they should stop and help. I find that CNA's are reluctant to d...

Whatever you do, DON"T GIVE UP! There is a place for all of us! Nursing is a hard profession; however, if you keep perservering and have the desire to nurse, you will find your nitch! There is always prayer!

What a beautiful and truthful statement!

I would just like to say in regard to your situation that I am sorry and i have been in the same boat. I was recently terminated from a supervisor position because nurses who I supervised created lies and of course the DON believed them. Then again...