School is kicking my ***

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Hello all,

Not really wanting an answer or reply, but just sending this out to the bedpan gods.......I am an LVN who was bullied into returning to school by the hospital I am working for, now I'm wondering why I became a nurse at all. School is tougher this time around and I am not doing well. I wonder if I am smart enough to make it through.....any one else feel this way????

Specializes in Nursing Home, Dementia units, & Hospital.

Another update....WoooHooo......I am just completing my third week of the LVN bridge program....yes ladies and gents I said nursing program. In fact I just returned home from my first day of clinicals and I can't help but wonder....."Why, do they say clinicals are hard?" One patient, I can't take phone orders, I can't call a doctor, I can't mess with a PCA machine, I can't draw blood, I can't do anything with out my instructor present.....wow, I'm loving this!!!!!:D

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Specializes in Nursing Home, Dementia units, & Hospital.

I am half way through the first semster of my nursing program......as a class, we've laughed we've cried and now we are starting psych.....and I'm sure we will all laugh and cry again. We have lost a few classmates already and I pray every day we don't lose more. Looking to December......and the end of the semster.

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Specializes in NICU.

Good job and good luck. I know this wasn't something you were thrilled about to begin with, but I hope this turns out to be a good thing for you.

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Specializes in Nursing Home, Dementia units, & Hospital.

Well, it's now March and this road I started back in 2006 has almost reached it's end.....I sit here and can not believe that in 54 days I will have completed my classes and should be a GN. I look back at all the tears, sweat, sleepless nights of worry and I'm glad that I've made it this far. This was not a journey I chose for myself but I am proud now to say that I am making it through. I'm on spring break right now and just passed my med/surg, OB and waiting on results of PEDI. When we go back it's the Sims, Practiums and Kaplan prep for NCLEX. Thank you to all that have followed me through this journey.....it is not yet complete, but I can see the light on the other side.....and I am excited.

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I love pagandeva2000! She's right about not letting people bully you. I'm in the 7th month of my LVN program and I can see bullies coming now. If they ask me what kind of a nurse I'm going to be, I tell them, "A good one." I usually tell them I'll probably end up being an RN, but not till I'm ready. That's why I chose this route. If they push or add another opinion, I usually kindly issue them a dismissal slip. If they continue, I bite them. Do whats fun to you! Life's short.

A New Start

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I hear you! I worked as a CNA, Medical Assistant, Phlebotomist and Patient Tech. I always wanted to be a nurse, but over the years, when I saw the difference between the responsibilities of RNs and LPNs, I decided at least 10 years ago that LPN was the route for me. I didn't get the opportunity to actually go to school until my job offered a program that allowed a paid leave of absence and tuition to become either an LPN or RN. I applied for LPN. EVERYONE told me that I made the wrong decision; in fact, when I got accepted into the program and told someone at my job, she told me "Oh, you'll do better next time" and I told her off. I was needled and pestered, but, I stood my ground.

Funny enough, most of the people who applied to the RN program either didn't get accepted or didn't graduate. There were others that did graduate from the LPN program, and they decided to move on, many because of the comments being that LPN is a waste of time. The same thing is happening-some of them are not doing well. There are others that thought that "RNs don't do anything but give orders"...until they became one and saw that to be a good one, you work with everyone else.

I can't control what people think about LPNs, but I do not allow unsolicited advice-I didn't ask them what they felt. I told several people that their lives are not richer than mine because they became RNs, life becomes rich because of your attitude and what you put into it. I am happy with my overall life, with my family, friends, in addition to being a nurse. I can't waste time and money into something to please the crowd.

pagandeva2000, YOU GO GIRL!! I feel the same way!!

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Well, it's now March and this road I started back in 2006 has almost reached it's end.....I sit here and can not believe that in 54 days I will have completed my classes and should be a GN. I look back at all the tears, sweat, sleepless nights of worry and I'm glad that I've made it this far. This was not a journey I chose for myself but I am proud now to say that I am making it through. I'm on spring break right now and just passed my med/surg, OB and waiting on results of PEDI. When we go back it's the Sims, Practiums and Kaplan prep for NCLEX. Thank you to all that have followed me through this journey.....it is not yet complete, but I can see the light on the other side.....and I am excited.

Good luck to you ksrose1, I think you will do just fine even if it wasn't a journey that you choose for yourself!

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I love pagandeva2000! She's right about not letting people bully you. I'm in the 7th month of my LVN program and I can see bullies coming now. If they ask me what kind of a nurse I'm going to be, I tell them, "A good one." I usually tell them I'll probably end up being an RN, but not till I'm ready. That's why I chose this route. If they push or add another opinion, I usually kindly issue them a dismissal slip. If they continue, I bite them. Do whats fun to you! Life's short.

A New Start

I like your attitude A New Start!!:)

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I've had so many people tell me that I wasted my time going for LPN too and it makes my blood boil to hear it every time! "You know they are going to phase LPN jobs out altogether soon, don't you?"....WHO started this rumor anyway?

I became an LPN because I ENJOY having direct patient contact! I CARE about the patients! I LIKE being a voice for them to help them see they get the best care possible! I LIKE teaching the patients and their families and seeing them progress in their level of knowledge about their disease process and prognosis.

I can't see how they can truly ever take the LPN job away because we ARE needed. The RN's are busy supervising and talking to the doctors and taking orders to be able to SEE how the patient is at all times....LPNs are the eyes and ears for the RNs and the voice for the patient.

I don't really give a hoot if RNs make $15/hr more than LPNs or $45/hr more than LPNs...I'm not in this for the money! Yes, the pay is good, but money doesn't buy happiness! I leave at the end of the day smiling because I noticed a change in Mrs. Smith's mental condition and I relayed it to the RN who called the dr who ordered a U/A which confirmed a UTI and now Mrs. Smith will be better tomorrow after starting her antibiotic! THAT is the payday for ME.

I would never let anybody bully me into going back. I want to go back simply because I have a hunger to keep learning in medicine because it amazes me. However, even as an RN, I have no doubt already that I will take the paycut in order to continue being a floor nurse vs. a supervisor and I have seen a few RNs that continue to work as LPNs because of that fact.

You do what you do because you love it. No other reasons. Good luck :)

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I am going to school to be a LPN also and I am proud of it. I don't want the responsibilities of an RN. Also, my dream job is to work at a clinic, and LPNs are needed there. YAY! :)

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Specializes in LTC.

I was wondering how it was going now for the OP... it sounds like you are from CC, Tx. Christus was doing this a while back around the time that you were first posting. I loved the way you went from sad and depressed to upbeat and excited! I just wanted to check in and see how you were doing :)

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