When people ask your occupation do you say "nurse", or 'RN' or 'LVN' if your LVN. To me if you say your title instead of just nurse, then you eliminate any further questions if they ask LVN or RN. I've done this as an LVN, and I don't get negative responses except for the question of 'are you going to get your RN' and all the other questions. To be honest, I can "feel" that they wanted an RN or for us to say some other title than LVN.
Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
I say I'm a nurse, or sometimes when I want to impress somebody for one reason or another, or to make a point :"I've been a nurse for 40+ years".
I was a GOOD nurse, I was an LPN, and I loved it. For years I was primarily a med nurse.
Then I'd get "I thought you were an RN!" And I'd say, "Nope, you couldn't pay me a million dollars to be an RN and carry all that's loaded on them." RN's have a heavier responsibility than I'd care to deal with!
I tell them that I would rather work as a grunt, doing all the dirty work, than to have to deal with the phone and computers and meetings and paperwork work, critical care, tough love, dealing with some patient's family members. I could go on and on, but you guys know all that you do.
RN's I salute you! ?
From NSIME, a true blue LPN. You didn't have to worry if I was working under you, 'cause I took MY responsibilities seriously!
Googlenurse, ASN, BSN, RN
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I just say ' I work in healthcare".