JACLPN-RN

Thank you! I appreciate the advice. I know there would be a lot of "red tape" to cut through. I'm just beginning my investigation. The idea of working in another country is very intriguing. At least one where you basically speak the same language

Greetings! I have a desire to travel to the U.K. and work as a RN. However, I worked last year with a U.K. Nurse who told me that I probably would not like it very much. I have read through many of the posts in this forum, and from what information I have gathered it would appear that his assessment may be accurate. Even though this might be the case, I would like to spend perhaps 6 months in England in order to see Europe, and I would have to work. My question is to those nurses who have travelled here to the U.S. from England: do you think that it would be difficult for an American nurse to acclimatize to the British medical/nursing system?

I just recently went through an inservice at my hospital and the policy states that "swabing" is optional. However, this is the first time that I have been exposed to the concept of not cleansing the site with alcohol. I guess one just has to follow the protocol where you work.

Pardon me, i'm not really trying to ruffle any feathers.....but what LPN is expecting to have the same responsibilities or " privilages" as a RN. Have you been an LPN? I am a new RN and work in the ICU, but have been a LPN for 12 years. Perhaps it depends on the state and the individual LPN school, but I believe as a new LPN, I was just as prepared as the generic ADN graduate. However, everyone has different abilities. My point is, as a LPN student in 1992(pre internet), I did not have a clue about the discrimination against LPN's or the can do, can not do rules. I just wanted to be a nurse! It took me a while to become a RN, but my primary motivator was that working around certain RN's(probably half I have encountered) treated me like I was not a nurse. I was treated like I was just "priveledged" to be working along side them performing some nursing functions even though I had my own assignment of patients. So please, do you want to be treated like that by someonr with a higher degree? Though I would always honor state nurse practice acts, what educational difference does an RN have that enables one to more effectively "spike a blood product, or IV push a med". LPN's learn med-surg, ob, peds, just like I had to go through in RN school. LPN's are valuable and should not be pushed from the hospital setting. Please forgive this out of place rant.

I have been a LPN since 1993, I just graduated from an RN program in may. I have over the years had a few experiences with patients, families, and the worst...other nurses who insinuate that I am a Homosexual because I'm a nurse( not implying that there is a problem with being gay and a nurse...it just was not me). I too found myself wanting to relay in conversation something about my wife or such. I have not experienced this in a few years. I now work in the MSICU and the nursing staff probably consists of about 2/3 male. My philosophy now is generally "who cares what they think! If I do my job well enough it will not matter. If I am refused as a caregiver, that is probably not a patient I wanted to deal with anyway. However, I cant remember the last time someone did not accept me as a nurse for the day. I encourage any male who is interested in nursing to engage the profession.

I just took the NCLEX-RN on the 23rd ass well.......the test stopped after 75 questions.....I am real nervous now..