We have an edge!

[Jules A]

Hi,

Since we are sometimes made to feel less than welcome in the RN arena I thought I would add the reasons why I am glad to be an LPN working toward my RN.

1. We have already taken an NCLEX exam and know what to expect. Most of the RN students are peeing their pants over NCLEX and its the least of my worries.

2. We got something even if we happen to flunk out of the bridge program, fingers crossed/antijinx. I think this gives me some extra confidence and security. No one can take my LPN license from me. We've lost a couple of RN students in their second year and at the very most all they have is their CNA.

We rock!

[Jules A, MSN]

thankyou for saying this loud and clear,, if your not an rn people dont see you as a real nurse! do you know how many times i have had to explain to people what an lpn is and does, [quote]

no worries because whenever the opportunity arises i'm more than willing to open my big mouth! recently a rn student had the nerve to make a snarky coment about lpns and then looked at me and said "no offense"...lol well i told her in no uncertain terms that i did take offense and added how interesting is was to me that not 1 of the lpn bridge students were at risk of failing this semester. we ended up losing 15% of the class, all 2nd year rn students.

commuter, i agree about the money thing. i'm too cheap to buy new vehicles but it sure is nice not to be broke or taking out loans.