RN,BSN,MSN

my wife is a 22yr old with 1yr exp. nicu rn, and is making 52k anually. rn=$$,$$$ so good luck! "its never to late to be what you might have been"

i agree this post 100%....the bon is where the buck stops. there is a difference and a distance between what an lpn/lvn can do and what an rn can do and it will all be clearly stated by the bon. to the op...your doing the right thing by questioning....your good critical thinking skills is going to make you a great rn. good luck remember everyone......"its never to late to be what you might have been"

i think you did the right thing quickbeam. the best thing to do in unusual situations like that is to immediately go to your bon and they will give you the red or green light (which they did... and i see it was a very bright red light). by the way you definitely will not have a problem finding another job. this world is always looking for a few good rn's. also, you probably won't run into that problem again. goodluck:) remember everyone......."its never to late to be what you might have been"

we need not forget the op..... imho rn's do not "outrank" lpn/lvn. an rn cannot hire or fire an lpn/lvn. just as an md in a hospital setting does not hire or fire rn's. md's however have more education than rn's and so is it that rn's have more education than lvn's. every state has different rules and regs when it comes to administrative authority. i cannot imagine an lpn/lvn supervising a unit full of rn's. but i have been wrong before. i would check your local nurse practice act.remember...."its never to late to be what you might have been"

sorry if any of my post offended you......just my opinon on certain issues. remember....."its never to late to be what you might have been"

no trolling here .......just kept messing up when trying to send post so decided to start over with a new account........

this post is right on it!!

no trolling here .......just kept messing up when trying to send post so decided to start over with a new account........

sorry to hear that uk nurse...maybe you need to move to the us...the pay is great here...my wife is a 22yr old rn here in tx. and has been a nurse for a little over a year and is already making 52k a year. and she only works six days out of every 2 weeks. and i say again she has just started..she is going for her masters next fall. so ..i would have to disagree with you on the area of pay.....$52,000 anually for a 22yr old female is not bad money. the average income per capita here in the city that we live in is something like 21k a year and we live in a very large city...about 2 million in population...so yes i believe nurses are well compensated here. and the advanced practicing nurses here(msn) are making a little over 75k a year, so for about 2 more yrs of school almost a $25k return+more with experience..count me in! rn,msn,np= $$$,$$$ "it's never to late to be what you might have been"

ok im not trying 2 start a flame war here ........but the conversation in this forum makes it sound like why even be an rn, when you could be an lpn/lvn,why go to 3-4 more years of school to get your bsn(degree) when you could go to 10mo-1yr of school and get your lpn/lvn (non-degree) and hold the same responsibilities clinincally (writing orders, pushing meds) the same responsibilities administratively( unit director,don, adon,charge nurse). what i have read from this forum is that lpn/lvn's can fill all of these shoes. the vibe is why even hire rn's when you could pay an lpn/lvn considerably less to do the same exact duties???!!! next we will have the line between cna and lpn/lvn blurring, then the line between rn and md's blurring. all joking aside..there is a reason that to become an rn you have to have as much as 4x the education as lpn/lvn's, not saing rn's are better just more educated. i think that cna/lpn/lvn's are a vital part of the healthcare system but there is a distinct difference and distance between rn and cna/lpn/lvn's. imho never forget................... "its never to late to be what you might have been"