PillowTalk

I have been an LPN for 17 years now and truely enjoy what I do.I have been told my many of my co-workers i should go back to school and become an RN but i have no desire to do that.my own mother has asked when was i going to become a "real" nurse.i have been on my current job for 9 years and my current unit for 6.i work a medical telemetry unit.we care for all sorts of patients who need cardiac monitoring.presently i am one of 3 LPNs on my shift although one has just finished RN school and will be leaving us soon.i am the most senior nurse on my shift and the oldest,at 37.my younger RN collegues come to me with questions,ask my opinion and all.i think it all depends on the character of nurses you work with as to an LPN being a team player or "just" the LPN.there are certain aspects of nursing i can not do and i used to consider it a burden to ask my Rns to do this or do that for me.in the same regard i try and have everything ready for the RN that i need done,if i need a care plan initiated i tell then which one i believe is the best and if they agree with me i get the care plans set out,even take it to them to start.if i need iv meds given i write out a list of what i need done etc.i am proud of the job i do and the RNs i work with are wonderful and i never feel that i do not contribute to the world of nursing.

I have worked the 3p-11p shift my entire career with the exception of 6 monthes when i worked 7p-7a.I prefer second shift.My husband works the same shift.Plus I do not like patient meal times and day shift has 2 meals to deal with.I also an a night owl and getting up at 5 am to be at work at 7 am isn't the way for me.