armadaLPN

I'm an LPN returning to school for my ASN soon and I'm extremely nervous. I passed my practical nursing program with flying colors and didn't have much problem. It's been almost 5 years since I've graduated. This time around I'm planning on keeping my job full time during the program. To all nurses that started out as an LPN, is RN school any easier?

I've been working in a Med-Surg unit for almost 4 years that deals with everything from PEDs to pre- and post surgical to comfort care. Its a very small hospital with the only specialty units being OB, ICU/CCU, and SDS. Med-Surg deals with everything else. I really enjoy what I do and I'm very proud of my clinical and bedside skills. However, our hospital has been taken over by a larger health system and they have been running us into the ground. We have a new policy change about once very two weeks, we have mandatory meetings often about what nursing can be doing differently to make the health system more money (we even signed a form stating that we will do everything we can to benefit the hospital financially). And scripting everywhere, I feel like a robot when speaking to patients. Frankly I'm fed up and feel like we're phasing away from.good patient care. I went into nursing to help my patients, not to make more money for the CEO. Since I live in a rural area, I don't have many options for other jobs. There's and opening at a doctor's office with a great schedule and not a huge pay cut. I just don't have any experience in an office. It sounds like a great idea now, but I'm worried I'll regret it in the future because I value my experience with IVs, NGT, Foley, etc., and that I will be less marketable in the future if I decide to go back to acute care. Any advice from other LPN/LVNs that have made the switch?