I wish I had a dollar for every time I felt the need to defend my occupation. I no longer feel the need. Let people think what they will. My own mother refers to me as an "LPN" instead of a nurse. I...
I too have been an LPN for twenty years. I don't think you can replace experience with a title. A hospital close by got rid of their LPN's last March, with the attitude don't let the door hit you....