Why do I always hear, why are you ONLY doing LPN?

Nurses LPN/LVN

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I am tired of explaining this to people. I tried the RN but did not get lucky..

Specializes in IM/Critical Care/Cardiology.

My mom never showed up at my capping and pinning as well. It hurt my feelings, esp. since I was asked to speak at the ceremony.

My parents are divorced and when I looked up I saw my dad. I just beamed. And the last 29 years I'm still just as proud as the day of graudation for my LPN.

In your heart of hearts you know how hard it was to complete the program with or without support. That's one of the many reasons I cherish my license.

S.

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Specializes in Geriatrics,AL,Psych,Detox.
Dont worry about this!!! Some people just dont have a clue... I was an

LPN for 8 years before becoming a RN. Some people would say, "Oh, you are a nurse? Are you a RN??? I would say no, I'm a LPN and they would say "OHhhhh"..Like you poor thing.... I like the response about why aren't you a doctor!!! Hit them back with that.... I know that it is very frustrating to constanting feel like you are not worthy, but you ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't let it get to you... Good luck to you

AMEN to that!

I get the same thing, like an LPN is 2nd class. Like only RN's are worthwhile... In the nursing catalogs, I've noticed there are lots of things with RN on them, but not much with LPN. I chose to go for just the LPN, b/c I wasn't sure if that was what I wanted to do. 24 1/2 years later, here I am. I am not against RN's at all. I think we should be valued as much as they are.

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Specializes in Geriatrics,AL,Psych,Detox.
I feel the same way. I always feel like I have to explain myself and why I am an LVN. Even to patients and their families! I refuse to NOT put the LVN behind my name. I worked hard for it and afterall the RN's just write RN: and their name, so I write on the boards in patient';s rooms

Nurse:

Shannon, LVN

People almost always ask "What does LVN stand for?" and I always explain and follow it by but I am working towards my RN.

I am DARNED proud to be an LVN!

BUT, why sould you have to say, but...

to me, that sounds like you feel guilty that you are not an RN?

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Specializes in Geriatrics,AL,Psych,Detox.
i can relate to what you are saying though and how frustrating it is when people make negative comments about l.p.n.'s. when i graduated from r.n. school, my 83 year old mom told me "i am glad i lived long enough to see you become a real nurse!" :angryfire you can imagine how frustrating that was to hear!

wow - this is right on with my thoughts today. my....dear mother, guilty of the same thing "my daughter is a nurse, i mean she's just an lvn...but she's going to be getting her rn soon...." like she'd say this to anyone that listened.

well, after becoming an lvn 4 years ago - and a darn good one at that - and working my butt off - becoming a chpln, being requested over and over by facilities where i work as agency - have finally become fed up with the pt load, the limited mobility, the limited fields open....not to say the enormous dif in pay....

finally enrolled in excelsior - and am going to hyperfocus over the next 9 months and 'get my rn'.

what i anticipate my mother now saying "oh, it's one of those tv courses for nurses - like you have to buy your diploma and it's not a real nurse".

so i don't think i'm going to tell her. even in our 50's - our mothers still have the sharps and barbs to deflate or egos, our balloons, and rain on our parades.

i hate it too when people talk about a 2 yr program versus a 4 yr like one is better.it depends on what you want.

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Specializes in Geriatrics,AL,Psych,Detox.
*vent* Sometimes I swear, that if I have ONE MORE person ask me "Well, when are you getting your RN?" I'm going to scream! I'm 19 years old, graduated from LPN school 5 months ago, tried classes this semester but couldn't do them due to personal conflicts and just stress of working full time and school. Yet, all I hear is "When are you going to get your RN?" I hear it from co-workers, my family, friends, patients, my manager, sometimes I just feel like saying "Well, maybe if everyone would quit asking and pushing I'd go back." Lord, it's just exhausting sometimes, I mean I spent 18 months in LPN school while working my butt off as a CNA, don't I deserve some time to breathe and enjoy the education I've gained so far? Well, apparently not lol Don't get me wrong I DO want to become an RN but right now I'm just not up to the challenge of jumping through the flaming hoops in order to achieve it. I have one friend who is an EMT who is constantly putting me down for being "just an LPN". I got so sick of it the other night that I said that if he didn't stop I was going to put a sock in his mouth. Oh well sorry for the vent!

WHY is he ONLY an EMT? ROTFL He has no room to talk.

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