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It did, thanks! Tried letting it all out to my hubby, but he just made asinine comments that make me even madder!

You're right, it's not really an lpn vs rn thing, but I figured some sensitive Sally would try to make it out to be one so I wanted to nip it in the bud at the beginning. Usually when I give a warno it stops the nonsense before it even gets started! :) I like your 10 foot pole comment, that describes these guys perfectly!

So fair warning, this is probably going to be completely unproductive and may provoke the RN vs LPN debate. I'm really not trying to start anything, I'm just honestly at a loss about this situation. I work in a clinic that has a couple of awesome RNs who do great work and whose jobs I would not ever want to do. But there are also a couple other RNs here whose lack of common sense is just staggering. I am constantly fixing their mistakes. And I could understand if these were just slip-ups or they were busy, but that is not the case. They are either lazy so they're pretending to be stupid, or they're really just completely incompetent. I'm not sure which. The worst part is when I explain to them why they're wrong, they get upset and go to my supervisor. I've just explained to you why what you want to do makes absolutely no sense, and told you how to do it the right way, but you're so bull-headed you try to go around me instead. I've gone to my higher ups a few times when I was just too overwhelmed by it all, but nothing ever comes of it. It's hard to get fired here, they're more likely to just give your work to someone else if you won't do it. I'm just exhausted from running around trying to fix things. Today was so bad I actually cried from sheer exhaustion and frustration. The funny part is, these RNs have made comments about me being only an LPN, and said that I didn't have the critical thinking skills necessary to do their jobs. I'm tired. I can't get the higher ups to fix the situation, and I can't get these RNs to realize their mistakes, but I can't keep taking on everyone else's job. I know I should go to school and get my RN. Especially since some of my frustration stems from knowing that despite their ineptitude they are making more than I do. I also know I should look for another job. But I love my patients and I'd feel like an ass abandoning them to these idiots. I don't see a fix for this, and I'm not sure any advice will help, but I needed to blow off a little of this steam so here it is. Thanks for listening. P.S. Please don't ask me what the mistakes are, I can't explain it without making it obvious where I work and I don't want these RNs seeing this or hearing about it. They already know how I feel, but I've had enough of getting in trouble just because they're offended.

I was Army.

I was a 13W, field artillery meteorological crewmember. I figured I might have to do some AIT, but I'm wondering how long I'll have to go since I am already an LPN

Question, I am currently an LPN and I am about to join the Army Reserves as a 68C. I am prior service and am told that I will not have to redo basic, but no-one seems to know if I will have any AIT requirement. Anyone know if you have to do any AIT if you are ACASPing as an LPN? Thank you!

Thanks Lunah!

Can anyone tell me if the GI Bill covers everything for Excelsior? Like all the tests and the enrollment fee? I've managed to save up enough for the application fee, but the enrollment fee is too much for me right now. Thanks!!

I went through LPN school with a 2 year old, so I feel your pain. As a few others have said, I coslept with my son and often studied while he sat next to me watching cartoons. I also took him to the park while I studied. He had a hard time with it sometimes, like one instance when I took him outside to play and I sat down with my med-surge book to study. Poor little guy wanted attention so he tried to take away my med-surge book, only he couldn't really lift it. He tried so hard to carry it away but just ended up dragging it. I have the cutest picture of him struggling with it. Of course I ended up quitting studying for the day to play with him. You just have to find a way to balance everything, as impossible as that may sound. I actually got most of my studying done in the early morning. That seemed to be when my little guy would sleep the deepest and longest. So I'd crash with him in the early evening, then set my alarm to go off at like 3 or 4. I'd get a couple good hours in before it was time to get ready for class. It took a lot of discipline not to hit the snooze button though! When he got to be 3 I finally trained him to sleep the night in his own room, took a long time but like someone else said the trick is routine. I'd give him his bath, then we'd read a few stories, then I'd sing a song or two. I'd kiss him and tell him sweet dreams, and then leave. I'd hear him in there talking to himself or sometimes playing, but eventually he'd fall asleep on his own. Getting ready to start RN school, but now that he's older it's a lot easier! He entertains himself pretty well, he's a really imaginative little guy. Hang in there OP, it won't be easy, but it's so worth it in the end when you are a nurse and you know you can always provide for your little one. Best of luck to everyone!!

Yeah, the $11.66 sucks. I was pretty shocked by it when I moved down here to Oklahoma from Pennsylvania, but it seems to be the going rate around here. I'm stuck here for now as my husband is stationed with the Army here, but I am looking forward to a raise whenever we change duty stations. :) As far as the party, so far I haven't heard anyone say they are going, not even the doctors. Which is sad, but what are you going to do? Thanks for all the support everyone, I felt a little bit like a jerk about the whole thing but it's good to know I'm not the only one who thought it was crazy!

Lmao, great idea, that is hilarious.

So I work as an LPN in an outpatient clinic. I am fairly new, only been there a few weeks. At a staff meeting, our manager announced that for Christmas the entire staff was invited to go to a party at a local restaurant. Okay, that might be fun. Now for the kicker, she wants everyone to donate $20 each and treat all the doctors to dinner. Yep, instead of talking about how great the staff was doing and how we all should celebrate the holidays together, she talked about how much the doctors do for us and what we should do for them. So me with my $11.66 an hour should pay for the dinner of someone whose salary makes a complete and total mockery of mine (not to mention the other office staff that make even less than us nurses do). Way to take my Christmas spirit, strangle it, then jump up and down on the dead body until there's nothing left but ash. I don't mind the concept of doing something nice for the docs, but you need to consider our budget. I have about 500 other more important things to spend $20 on, like a winter coat for my kid, groceries, a desperately needed oil change, etc. It's just amazing to me that for a staff Christmas party the priority is treating the doctors. Most of whom I believe would be rather uncomfortable having us pay for their meals. One of our docs even said that it should be the other way around! Anyway, thanks, but I think I have other plans that day, like doing laundry, or maybe scrubbing my bathroom.

You need to speak up for yourself and stand your ground. And watch this awesome video....

Sadly, yes, I am serious. I've joked to my husband that I might switch to flipping burgers if they ever do end up with that $15/hr. What really gets me is that I just moved here from PA, where I could've made ALOT more, and the cost of living down here is actually higher. Nothing I can do at this point but work on getting my RN and hope hubby gets stationed somewhere else where I can get a decent paycheck .

I really need to move. I live in Oklahoma and I am making $11.66 as a new LPN. Not nearly enough to get by on so I am looking for a second job. *sigh*