I just wanted to take the time to sigh, and vent all in one. I just passed my NCLEX-PN last week and already I am getting the "so when are you going back to school questions". It makes me very angry:angryfire , and somewhat rushed when people who are close to me approach me and ask me that. My answer is maybe next year, and then of course I get a lecture about why I should just do it now. I don't have 1) the money to pay to go back to school right now, heck I don't even have my own place, and there is alot that needs to be done before I can even think that far ahead. and 2) I want to at least get some experience as a PN first before taking on another difficult task like school. I feel a bit bad, and almost as if they are saying your still not good enough. I went into nursing because I like the medical field, and when I use to stay in the hospital as a child, it was always the nurse who made sure everything was going okay. I remember their names, but can't recall any of the doctors. When I was pregnant with my son, I had a nurse midwife. One day she was out ill and I had a PA and I wanted to say some few choice words to him about his bedside manner, and just plain out right rudeness. I worked really hard to get my PN license. It took me 6 yrs. of trying, but I got it. All I want to do is bask in the glory of having not given up when it seemed like the odds where against me. I am being pressured into starting another program, when I am not even sure yet if I WANT to go on. Any words of wisdom are greatly appreciated.
I also heard a lot of the "why are you wasting your time going for your LPN?". This, while I'm in school. But it didn't really make me mad. I see the RN doing less patient care and more paperwork and politics. I would rather work with the patient. I got into all of this (at a later age) to help people. I didn't get into it for the money. Well - my husband is excited about the money that I will be making.
In school, the instructors (who were amazing!) always stressed to us that if we were in it for the money, then we should quit now because that is the wrong reason to be in healthcare.
Also, this thing about LPNs being phased out of healthcare, has been around forever. I believe it is a cyclical thing. I read an article a few months ago about hospitals returning to hiring LPNs...
So don't listen to anyone grumbling at you about your life.
In school, the instructors (who were amazing!) always stressed to us that if we were in it for the money, then we should quit now because that is the wrong reason to be in healthcare.
Also, this thing about LPNs being phased out of healthcare, has been around forever. I believe it is a cyclical thing. I read an article a few months ago about hospitals returning to hiring LPNs...
So don't listen to anyone grumbling at you about your life.
If you had said LVN I would have thought we went to the same school! The people in our class who stated on the first day of school that they were "in it for the money" did not do well, or didn't finish.
I too, did not go to nursing school (at this late age) for the money. In fact I took a pay cut.
And yes, the old line about LVN's being phased out..? sure isn't the case here in CA. The vast majority of my graduating class had jobs waiting for them..
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I also heard a lot of the "why are you wasting your time going for your LPN?". This, while I'm in school. But it didn't really make me mad. I see the RN doing less patient care and more paperwork and politics. I would rather work with the patient. I got into all of this (at a later age) to help people. I didn't get into it for the money. Well - my husband is excited about the money that I will be making.
In school, the instructors (who were amazing!) always stressed to us that if we were in it for the money, then we should quit now because that is the wrong reason to be in healthcare.
Also, this thing about LPNs being phased out of healthcare, has been around forever. I believe it is a cyclical thing. I read an article a few months ago about hospitals returning to hiring LPNs...
So don't listen to anyone grumbling at you about your life.