murse301

i have to agree. it depends on a lot , personal goals, financials,family support, geographic-es , personally i think that nursing is a career not a job ! very few people go through nursing school and then decide not to be a nurse, i'm a new LPN i waited 9 months to get into LPN school after years of waiting for RN. i have no regrets! more nurses tell me that, the BEST nurses are the ones, that are LPNs first, because, you really need to take that first year and understand nursing. The job of a nurse, is nothing like going to school. Many RNs are lost when it comes to their skills ! and cant keep up with the stress and pace of the job. These are things that a nurse must master in that first year ! learning hope to cope with the job, time management is very important. The only thing worse then studying for one 1 year, working you butt, is working your butt off, for 2 years to start a job you don't love. Visit nursing homes, go out and talk to actual LPNs and RNs, Just this week, i started my first job as an LPN nurse, 6 months after i passed my boards. Getting that first job is very hard, for most of us ! It is true LPN are being phased out of hospitals, many LPN work in long term care facilities, assisted living facilities,nursing homes, doctors offices, so there is work out there ! LPN to RN programs are not as difficult and many nurses i talk to generally breeze through it, there isn't much difference from the two titles. Read my article called, What would you do Rookie! you'd like it ! hope this helps ! P.S the pay is the most per hour i have ever received, when you look at it like that, it will be great no matter what you get and only adds to it when you want to go for RN !

Its a funny thing depending on what side of the fence your on ! I have called nursing homes and spoken to nurses, who have out right said they NEED more men ! when i heard that, it was just so funny and really put a smile on my face ! On the other end, you general would like to hire the best candidate regardless of gender but males are nice to have around. sometimes all the estrogen in the air makes it hard to breathe !

In practice, my instructor said I did GGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, your advice is great ! i gonna keep it up thanks

Like all newly licensed LPNs, I expected to find it challenging to get employed ! at least for the first 4-5 months, now that this time has pasted, I still have not found a job, and I want to go back and get my RN at one of the local schools. I was talking to an employed LPN who left RN school because she didn't know the "skills" that she needed, to past RN school. Her instructor, informed her, that she needed to acquire these "skills" for herself, on the job, because usually, LPN to RN programs, are geared toward working LPN who want to go back to get RN. So should LPNs work and gain experience in the field before entering the LPN to RN programs ?

Thanks for the article, unfortunately a depressing one for the thousands like me, who cant get employed but much needed reality isnt something you can run from

trust me, alot of us "rookies" feel the same way. Everyone i talk to tells me this same advice"keep on truckin ! " soooo keep on truckin !