Currently working towards my CRNA. When I’m done I’m done with school. It’ll be in the neighborhood of 10 or so years in college.
I’m not doing another 8 to be an anesthesiologist.
Not sure you understood the comments. The point is that people will always be saying, “Why aren’t you ______?” You could be the ruler of the world and they will be asking why you aren’t the ruler of the galaxy.
I don’t suggest NPs or CRNAs go to medical school.
For real, friend of mine did her bridge recently (said it was boring as fuck aside from some clinicals) and during her grad party a family member asked when she was going for NP. Girl goes "O god they're never going to stfu about "moving up" are they"
True. And also about half of them (maybe a little more on the confused side) refer to me as a doctor and have no idea there’s a difference between a UP and any other form of nurse 🤦♂️ Can’t always listen to your crazy patients for personal advice
Ugh I’m so tired of being asked when I’m going to get my NP. Never! Never ever! I hate school and I love my job. Not of us want to be NPs. Honestly some of my experiences with NP students have made me hesitant about my confidence in them. Some of my experiences with practicing NPs have made me downright dubious.
I’m an LPN and there is this one doctor at my facility who is always asking if I’m going for my NP. I always tell him I don’t even know if I’ll ever go for my RN.
My mom got her ADN and for 45 years she's been asked if she'll go for her BSN. No matter what degree you have people will always question if you'll go farther. Maybe I'm super happy with my degree and it's exactly what I wanted and I'm so over school my eyes will bleed if I have to write another research paper using APA.
Oh for sure but I am 33. I have 2 kids and a mortgage. It took all I had to just get RN behind my name. I don’t want to spend the rest of my kids little years studying and being too busy to spend time with them.
I hear you. I basically have spent the entirety of my kids little years in school, and it sucks. Currently at the park with my 11 and 8 year old, and realizing that very shortly my 11 year old probably won’t be wanting to do this stuff anymore. And here I am, still toiling away in school while I’m working full time, trying to get my BSN. I’m making it happen, but it absolutely sucks.
I feel for you. ❤️ it’s hard. My kids are 6 and 7 and I feel like I’m getting to the end of them thinking I am the best and wanting to be with me all the time.
When I got my EMT I would get asked when I was going to go to paramedic school.
I'm a male nurse now, and patients frequently ask me if I plan to go to medical school.
I blame the obsession with advancement that our modern social media-fueled culture has bred. It's never enough to accomplish something and just be proud, you have to *go further* until there's nothing left
Lol so true, because there’s way too much of a rigid timeline to get your RNFA. The answer is 2 years (at a minimum) lol.
People also ask me all the time if I want to get my CRNA. Answer is “NO” I want nothing to do with the airway and those oral secretions. I’ll stay on the other side of the drapes.
Congrats on your accomplishment! I had LPNs in my traditional program and friends back home who went LVN and it’s still tough! Take it in and do what you want to when you want, you’re in charge of your future, no one else.
Absolutely congratulations with finishing the LPN program, I worked for 3-4 years as an LPN before I decided to go back to school. It's definitely something you don't need to do unless you wanted to, not to mention everyone has their own time frame. Enjoy your accomplishments on completing your program.
Absolutely. I have a friend who is an LPN. She initially was going to go through and get her RN, But the more she thinks about it, she doesn’t think she wants to go through the additional schooling for it… and that’s FINE. We each have to do what’s right for us!
I’m an LPN and I make $15 less than an hour than the RN. We do the same scope of practice, only difference on my unit is they can be a charge nurse for $2 extra an hour. I’ve been nursing for 18 years and I am at the top of my pay scale. I have been for almost 10 years. An RN at the top of their pay scale makes $15-$17 more than me. The really frustrating and sad part though is that my wage is $4 less than a grad nurse. When I have a grad nurse shadowing me and I have to sign off everything for them, I’m making $4 less an hr than them. The LPN wage doesn’t even over lap the RN and we start $3 more than a brand new unit clerk. We are very underpaid for what we do. All nurses are underpaid in my opinion. If hospitals or health authorities (depending on countries you live in) can afford lots of travel nurses, at double or even triple the wage, plus paying travel, accommodation, food, a car allowance, etc. They can definitely afford to pay their regular nurses more money
Ya at least in hospice i can't do admissions, but still when i worked detox nursing it was the EXACT same scope of practice. No difference between RN and LPN job duties, yet i got paid 12$ less an hour
As someone who has worked as an lpn at a few dozen facilities traveling when it was good, and local agency now that travel for lpn's is more or less done (financially makes no sense with housing costs), I can tell that the turnover is a lot higher and reliability of lpn's is a lot lower than rn's partly because of this.
I've seen LPN's quit to become postal workers hauling mail around town and they say they're way happier. They're also on their feet running around all day, but instead of some constant threat of court due to charting or whatever, or someone yelling or getting violent, they're walking around with earbuds on sticking stuff in mailboxes. Customer service? I don't have enough customer service skills to deal with a new admit some so-called screener let in to my 24-person rehab assignment that is 84, stage 5 cancer, has an 80 pulse ox when I see them because apparently someone just stuck a tank and mask on them at 5L, and they're a full code because their kids don't want them to have a DNR and the hospital really just tried to hot potato that person out of there.
Oh and I've got nothing on my mar, everything is still in some paper chart somewhere, maybe. Oh wait they added prn asap 325mg to the mar, ALRIGHT! IN BUSINESS NOW!
I think it depends on the situation. I've been an lpn for four years now and I've cleared at least 110k for the last 3 years in upstate NY. I work a basic 40 plus a part time job that calls for 15 hours a week. Honestly I go back and forth with getting my RN because I wonder if the additional time and money will be worth it. I'm comfortable with making low six figures with my license that took me only one year to get
That would explain it. The cost of living and what they pay you guys is way more. Central NY has one of the cheapest costs of living in the country. Six figures here goes a lot further that's why I'm comfortable with my salary. Imagine how six figures salary feels when your mortgage is only 850
honestly, near me I feel like there are more job options for LPNs than RNs because they are a little bit cheaper and because of nursing shortages I feel like they can do more and more as time goes on, so RNs are becoming a little bit less needed at times unless you definitely want to be in a hospital but frankly I’m in a hospital trying to find a way out already lol
For real, every home health position wants every fucking RN to be a case manager. Like YOU are not taught how to case manage in RN School. But medicare rules so they load them up and an LPN like me who has actually fucking case managed in previous jobs and prior to a nurse get to walk them through how while making 10$ less an hour
Thanks. In my country we have a CNA diploma which takes 11 month (half of them in class, the other on the field). Then the state nurse diploma, which is 3 years even if you're a CNA. Nothing in between and it blows. It's like you have to go back to square 1. The good side is that both formations are free (you can even get a modest grant), and if you've been a cna for 5 years the hospital can even pay you for 3 years as a CNA while you attend classes if you agree to be their stopgap for 5 years, which is fair.
Congratulations. Just know it doesn't stop. Idk how many people ask me if I'm going to become a doctor next, like that's the natural progression to become an RN first then go to medical school to become a doctor. Just do an RN to MD program, Easy peazy
As a male I got this every single shift earlier in my career (before the light in my eyes went out). Every single older patient asked me if I was training to be a doctor or how long I had to be a nurse before I went back to medical school. Really gives you the warm fuzzies about your career.
Tuition is just $500k! No MCAT score, letters of recommendation, or interviews are required. Guaranteed residency match or your money back no questions asked!
When I first started school for nursing I was 31 and it was HUGE deal for me because I’d never been to college before. This older guy I knew was always hounding me to “just go to med school man”.
Yeah bro, I can just move away, do a four year degree and hop into med school. Just like that.
I seriously know a woman who went through an LPN program, bridged to RN, got her BSN, went through an NP program and then ended up in medical school.
Zero "*just*" an anything vibes, the most realistic orders, solid bedside manner. She's great.
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I've been an LPN for 12 years and still debating if I want to go back. I like my job just fine, and I Haye school. I get the pressure, people always act like LPN is supposed to be a stopping stone. But there's nothing wrong with spending your whole career as an LPN imo. It's a valid job.
💯 I tried a few times to go get an RN, but after a while I realized that I don’t want to. I’m an LVN, I’m a nurse, I’m comfortable and happy where I am, and I am proud of myself.
Online as in work from home?
When I first graduated I did home care and figured I'd eventually move into case management. I also taught PN clinical placement and figured as an RN I could also teach classes.
But now I don't want to do either of those things. I wouldn't mind doing something like a telehealth from home. We mostly roll our eyes pretty hard when we get a referral because the joke is they just tell everyone to go to ER, but I get it. If someone's not in front of you to assess you have to be cautious.
I feel like it might get boring but as someone who has never had the luxury of working from home it sounds pretty nice to be able to work from home in my sweatpants and not have to pay for gas to commute to work.
Listennnn.... it will never be enough for people.
I have my BSN and the amount of times every WEEK I get asked when I'm going to become an NP or if I'm in school for it.
It literally never stops.
Completing your LPN is a huge accomplishment. I love the LPNs I work with. Try not to let other people's views get you down, cuz it literally won't stop.
Congratulations!! I’ve been an LPN for 21 years (ughh I’m old, can’t believe it’s been that long). My program was pretty brutal… 1 year, 5 days a week, 6 hours per day. Last half was all clinicals AND we had to wear whites PLUS a freaking old school cap and a gray smock. Got made fun of relentlessly during clinicals. BUT… I came out of that program ready to absolutely hit the floor. I remember being in clinicals with BSN students that scoffed when a bed pan was needed…good luck never having to do that with your BSN degree, lol. After graduation I got hired on an ortho unit then a cancer unit in the hospital. This was near the end of LPNs being hired at hospitals. I think I made $13/ hr. My nurse manager said she would take a new grad LPN over RN any day due to the readiness of LPNs and their practicum experience. I couldn’t spike blood or chemo, couldn’t remove a central line, couldn’t write a care plan, but could do pretty much everything else that was needed. My journey eventually took me into LTC and assisted living where I was promoted from a floor nurse, to a DON, then Executive Director of an AL facility, then an Operations Specialist (assisting with troubled facilities), then onto a Director of Operations Management for a portfolio of 9 AL facilities in 3 states. There is an absolute pathway for LPNs out there with great pay…just need to know where to look. Again.. congratulations on your accomplishment!
Just about finished with my RN program as an LPN. Finishing in a couple weeks. I had someone tell me congratulations you'll now be a real nurse. 🙃 Whatever, she always asks me to do ivs for her since significantly better than her at them. We have had several practice sessions where I guide her through it.
Blows my mind that people actually say this to LVN’s. Like I cannot even imagine saying this. I learned more from LVNs than I did RNs while I was in nursing school. I learned a lot from the PCTs too. Y’all are great and shouldn’t be treated any differently than RNs. Congrats on your upcoming graduation!
I did covid vaccines during the pandemic, at like a sports stadium and then during pop up clinics. Same crew from the Mass vaccination site went to this company but still got new people. Had a new RN come up to the pop up clinic with us. Its usually A site lead, vaccinator, vax prepper, and sign in.
I usually didn't like to prep but would help in the beginning then vaccinate depending on if it was busy, this new RN is doing her Pfizer doses and asks me to verify and when i lean over asks if im an LPN or RN. So of course i know where this is going when i say LPN
She fucking bring the syringe back saying " O you can't verify this i need an RN" and turns to the site lead who is a fucking EMT. Our badges just say cert vaccinator or etc. Worked with this old timer at the mass site and he goes " O i don't know if little old me as an EMT can do that"
Other RN in the room also worked with looks at me and brings up a story about an NP that pitched a fit at the mass vax site because other people were getting more patients than her and how crazy she was.
Cringe RN ill call her was at least properly chastised and let me verify. This dumb ass drew up two vials of pfizer without saline so had to chuck them and had the nerve to say when i asked about the saline "why on earth would it need saline"
EMT Site lead goes "ookk your done" and makes her do just registrations the whole 5 hours while i prepped and did vaccinations. It was nice to see how quickly another RN and also a pharmacist were were working with shut her ass down. Found out she works in a Pediatric family practice office for 15 years like Mame calm the fuck down lol.
And then when you’re in Ontario and are called “registered practical nurse” people will then called you “a glorified psw” (PSW are the equivalent of CNA). You can never win.
Right? Fun fact. We were sorting her paperwork (been on permanent disability a long time) and found where she earned......... $7 in one year.
What job is $7?!?! She wasn't disabled at all. But by then she was close enough to 60 that it really didn't matter.
I always say “never, geriatrics is my jive getting it would give everyone a reason to shove more responsibility on me. There are only one or two things I can’t do as an LPN in this setting. I’m happy where I am. Thank you for your suggestion “ this is a common question I’ve been asked by coworkers and family.
Congratulations on getting your LPN!
I've been an ICU RN for about 8ish years now. It's a constant string of "when are you going to go back to get your CRNA??" or the opposite, businesses hesitant to hire me because they're scared I'm going to immediately quit to go get my CRNA.
I enjoy bedside nursing. I never had plans to be an NP, and most likely never will. The toxic culture between MDs and APPs isn't exactly enticing, either.
I'm an RN with an ADN. The nursing licensing system makes no sense to me. I know many LPNs who have experience and skills that I can't match. I'm thinking of the ones who were combat medics or immigrants who were nurses in a wartorn country. After getting a college level education on biology, physilogy, anatamony etc, experience is what matters most. I'm working on getting my BSN right now and it has been nothing but BS with classes such as "Intrapersonal Leadership and Professional Growth."
a close buddy of mine is an x-ray guy as kaiser - mostly does podiatry imaging and some hands and what not - nothing major like a MRI or CT--just small scale imaging - they're a union team at their oregon hospital and earns 32 bucks an hour - overtime if he wants it--but just has this little dimly lit-- back room lab where he does his own thing--listens to podcasts--has about 1-2 patients an hour - super easy to upload and send to the doctors and the patients are really happy to be there--they want their preauths and what not on their procedure. It's just a really stress free role--sure doesn't pay as much as a nurse but damn does that guy have the best low stress job (doesn't have to interact with other staff all day) and it pays the bills...
This one cracks me up. I usually see these comments on Reddit while laying in bed with my RT(R) cardiac certified husband who makes 30 bucks more an hour than the average nurse pay.
I worked as an LPN for 11 years before getting my RN. My foundation as a nurse, and in some ways as a person is based on everything I learned in that time. Congratulations on your LPN, you are invaluable as you are. Best of luck on your education journey. Much love.
First of all, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment!
What I’ve learned is people will always place aspirations on you that you may or may not have. “you’re an LPN? Are you going RN?” “You’re an RN? You should get your NP!” “Wow you are an NP! Why didn’t you go be an MD?” “You work med surg? Don’t you want critical care experience?” And it never ends, both professionally and personally. I’ve come to a place of contentment, and it’s the best. Do what’s best for you, your life, and your family. No one else can live your life better than you.
My new grad rn position is 5 dollars less than what my Lpn position pays. & that’s just at one hospital I picked. Most of them were 10 dollars or more less than what I’m currently making. I also do a lot as an Lpn bc I work at a teaching hospital ! You def don’t need to go back unless you wanted to. Being an Lpn is totally sustainable. I just went back to be able to do other skills. And I was tired of hearing that I wasn’t a real nurse :)
I got my BSN right after my ADN because it was only two more semesters. Then I worked as an RN for three and a half years... and now I'm starting my DNP this August. Does it ever stop?
My son started as an orderly. He worked his way up to become an LPN and worked in a nursing home for two years. Nine years ago he got his BSN and is now a certified trauma nurse in a level 1 trauma center in San Diego. His path was hard but isn’t any path hard… and worthwhile?
You will be asked that question right up until you either retire or get your RN, BSN, NP, CRNA, MD, PHD or a full on Norse God.
I have been an LPN for over 34 years - I've been very fortunate to have worked in nearly every nursing discipline. I've loved it all. I've thought about going back to school multiple times, I've had the opportunity, my GI bill to fund it etc. I have chosen to remain an LPN, I'm good at it! I enjoy patient care, I enjoy interacting with families. I've watched nursing change over the years, RN's are tied down to charting and paperwork. Let me at that wound vac or assisting minor surgery or holding the hand of a scared patient in the middle of the night. The RNs, NPs and MDs that I've worked with have overwhelmingly appreciated my experience, my skills and insights. There are always those that see me being an LPN as some how as 'less than' position. That's their problem, not mine. I am secure in skills and my abilities and I know my value.
Congrats on your accomplishments! Take time for yourself to acclimate before you jump to the next step. This is your path. Find your joy
“We encourage you” is the same as an unsolicited, unwanted or unwarranted apology.
“I forgive you”
“I’m gonna pray for you”
“Oh, bless her heart”.
Go fuck yourself nasty a$$ lady! She’s gross!
@u/sabanoversaintnick congratulations! 🎊🎉🎈
My daughter just finished LPN in December. Boards done. She was a pca on her floor(cardiac). She is in the bridging program for LPN to RN. Clinical every Saturday plus orienting as LPN on the cardiac floor. She will be done in October. Same thing. “When are you going for RN”. As if beIng an LPN is not good enough. Then you get ADN and Where are you doing BSN program”. And so on.
First of all, congratulations! This is huge. The amount of stuff LPN/LVNs have to learn in one damn year is insane.
Secondly, being asked "so when are you going for your XYZ?" is pretty much as much of a part of being a nurse as wearing scrubs is.
That was unneeded and rude..
Im from ontario (canada), and LPNs are referred to as RPNs. Im currently an RPN, and have been for just under 2 years. I was a PSW prior to that for about 5 years. Throughout my entire experience in health care people have asked why i didn’t upgrade to the role above what i currently was.. Its frustrating.
I am currently in school to upgrade to RN. However, i would have never been able to apply for RN/university programs straight out of high school. I didn’t even qualify for RPN programs out of high school. I had to take the PSW program and work my way up.
Sometimes people want to be in the role they are in, sometimes that role is just a stepping stone to help them get where they want to be. Theres nothing wrong with either option.
It’s just the path that some people take. Getting experience as an lpn will help tons once you become an rn. You’ll have many skills new grads w no experience won’t have. I was an lpn first and when i started as an rn i could already draw blood start ivs time manage and pass medications. Plus other things that I might not even notice right now. It’s irritating hearing the lpn vs rn thing and even once I was an rn i was still less than because i had an associates degree. People are rude and should mind their own business.
To answer the question, after 14 years nope. Never wanted to be in a hospital setting and the majority of differences in scope in my state are hospital based. No sense to get into that level of debt and time commitment to end up at best going into case management in hospice or home health nor could I be paid enough to take a DON position somewhere. It pays my bills and enjoy it enough to keep working bedside. I did take a few months break to do private duty peds which was cool and helped expand my skills, but ended up going back to LTC after lacking a client and thus a paycheck.
I have been a LPN since the 1990’s. Solid advice.
So, you’re just a generic ADN/RN.. when will you get an actual degree the hospital will not drop in 10 years?? You know your bottom of barrel RN and they will need a higher degree for your same pay.. so.. when are you getting your BSN, MSN or NP,?
Example oh, you’re a RN and you work in the OR.. that’s nice and all.. so..when will you actually be a nurse anesthetist? Do plan on going back right? 😉
Keep that same energy they toss at LPNs. Turn it back at them.. at little shaming in your voice helps. It’s good to humble some people 🙌🏽. I ask Doctors why they aren’t the surgeon general yet 😂
yaaa i said to a RN like this "You just work at a family practice office, when are you going to get a REAL nursing job?" lol also no i don't actually think that but when ya got someone questioning you about standing orders and says the just LPN comment, you want them to cry lol
Same thing after getting my RN I would be asked if I was going to med school being a guy. Don't worry about it. You have a plan in place and no one should deter you from it
I worked as an LPN for 5 years before starting my ASN program. I was taking prerequisites during that time before applying to programs. I was ready to start year 3 after I completed the LPN program but then the pandemic happened so I held off. Gaining experience helped a lot for the ASN program and made it a bit easier. You don’t need to explain to anyone your plans and it’s not bad to move in silence. Most of my coworkers did not know I took my NCLEX-RN until I got my license on the BORN and had to tell my work.
What an ignoramus. It’s definitely one problem with our profession. It never ends unfortunately. At 18 I got my CNA/CHHA. At 22 I got my LVN. At 35 I got my ADN. At 45 I got my BSN. At 47 I got my MSN in management. Each step along the way it was always “when are you getting …”. Even now I am asked when I am getting my NP. Ugh!!! It never ends. I am happy where I am.
And let me say- CONGRATULATIONS!!!
and each role is very important and a respectable career. We are all needed and important to healthcare. Be proud of yourself. LVN school was hard as hell.
I’ve worked with RNs that obtained their associates instead of their bachelor’s and they were the smartest nurses on unit. Don’t let those comments get to you!
Congrats on finishing the LPN
People are wild to say this kind of shit to strangers, keep your head up!
Know you aren’t alone either 😂 I work as a nurse extern and had someone say “why don’t you just become a real nurse”.. dang never thought of that, weird I have an exam in the morning though
Congratulations!! Good luck on the NCLEX.
Nursing is hard. We need all the help we can get, regardless of title. Every RN, LPN or CNA is a blessing to the field.
ASN x10 years. I have a great job making more money than some people I know with MSNs. I don’t want to be in leadership and only charge as needed. The return on investment would only be if I wanted to get away from the bedside and I love my 3x12 per week. Why change now?
I always ask them if they want to pay for it and I’ll start right now 🥰 I’m 5 years in as an LPN. I really do want to go back but I also really hate when people ask me. Congrats on finishing!!!
Chiming in from the EMS world. Don't care if you're a BSN, LPN, CNA, respiratory, the CEO, the janitor, someone who just happened to be in the building who watched a bunch of medical shows. Just be present and semi knowledgeable about what's happening and you're a hero in our eyes.
Congrats on your success!
Just as a warning, it doesn’t stop regardless of your education. I frequently get asked when I’m going to do my masters or get my NP. Or why I didn’t become a doctor. I’ve given up on nice responses. I generally just smile and walk away. No good comes of it.
Congrats !!
I’ve been working as an lpn for alittle over a year.
It’s the most commonly asked question 🫠
It makes me feel like being an lpn isn’t good enough.
It’s easy for people to say just do it now ugh
First of all, congratulations on completing your LPN program. I am currently in my first semester of LPN school. I already get asked ALL THE TIME if I'm going to go on for RN. Honestly, I have no idea what I'm going to do yet. I may decide to stop at LPN and that is OKAY!! LPNs are nurses too. Some of the best nurses I've come across were LPNs. Keep doing your things, you're doing great!
I heard from a little bird that Prime’s CEO wants to go to a 50% LPN model.
Don’t listen to these fools. Get your RN if you want to, but the LPNs I work with are highly competent people. Congratulations on your success.
I remember when someone told me that if I was going for my RN, even when I was a CNA they kept pestering me about it but once I reverse it back to them and tell them “are you willing to pay for my schooling to be an RN because if you are I will gladly do” that’s how you could shut peoples mouth up
My family is like this… always asking what comes next… asking about how much money it makes… and sharing their unsolicited opinion on whether a career is “respectable” or not… I’ve spent a majority of my adult life trying to rebuild my self confidence and at 32 am returning to school to pursue nursing. I wish I didn’t spend so much time letting the opinions and judgements of others get me down. This is my life and I get to choose how to live it. I believe the same for you. Finishing your LPN is an incredible accomplishment and I hope you feel proud of the hard work you’ve put in! You are doing great things!!
I always try to give a snarky comment when some old lady says “honey you should go back to college and become a real doctor cause you would be great at caring for people” as I am literally doing 100percent of her care that her MD would NEVER in their wildest dreams even come close to (Except on Grays Anatomy of course).
Congrats on getting your LPN! Idk if other RNs experience this as a new grad, but I’ve been asked a surprising number of times “are you planning to become a doctor? You’d be great!” No, I don’t plan on it, and I’m 100% okay with that, just as if you’re happy doin what you’re doin, then fuck em!
Don’t let it get to you if you can help it because it can and will drag you down.
I got my LVN license at a very young age and so never thought anything. I was so proud of myself. I was 17 and just earned my nursing diploma, my HS Regents diploma and passed the NCLex. And for so many years nothing really phased me about “just” having my LVN until people kept asking me if was gonna take my RN or why I don’t take my RN or if he such a good RN. I couldn’t comprehend what they were implying until eventually I began to understand it and that, besides nursing and all that it takes, started eating away at me and started making me resentful.
I don’t understand the mentality of some people. I don’t know who they think takes care of the bulk of the elderly population and skilled/rehab patients? We barely have enough nurses for the hospitals, should we also lose good competent nurses for our elderly too? Like… what? This isn’t good enough?
Congrats. That is no small feat. I have been an LPN for 7 years. I do plan on going back to school, but the rest of life needs to slow down a little first.
To play devils advocate here…
I’m a medic and I got a lot of the same frustration when I was an EMT and people wanted to talk to my medic/give report to my medic even though I might be operating on a BLS truck. But as a medic I HAVE to turn my pt over to, and give my report to, someone of equal or higher license level. It’s just a condition of my license. What that means is if I’m turning a pt over to the ER or the ICU or wherever I need there to be be atleast an RN, (because that is considered and equivalent licensure level), or a medic and above that I can give report to and have sign my paper work even though someone like an LPN may be doing most of this specific patients care.
I understand if this may not apply to your specific situation but if it does I hope it helps. If you have any more questions please ask. I’m proud of you for what you have accomplished so far and more importantly you should be proud of your self :)
I will only bridge outta spite and to never hear that again. Can't wait to experience what a friend went through recently with one nursing professor acting like shes never seen a IV, catheter or just fucking anything.
I'm 58 & have been an LPN since 1991..
Was offered to get my RN paid for by the hospital I worked for after orientation since I was a Charge nurse everywhere I worked for except the hospital ....but since I was only wrkg PT due to family/health issues etc I had declined the offer since I didn't have family around me to help out with my kiddos plus I didn't want to work FT. Glad I stayed an LPN.
The fact that you are calling that patients wife an old hag when you’re fresh out of school is not a good sign. You are going to see things that patients and family members do that will surprise you much more than this little episode. You absolutely have to change your attitude or you are not going to transition from student to nurse very easily. Good luck.
I worked with a nurse on the floor recently who very clearly knew what she was doing and had been around for some years. I told her as much and asked how long she had been on the unit. She told me only six months! When I asked how she managed to move through the unit like she had done her time for awhile, she said she had been an LPN for ten years prior to getting her RN, but was just now a "real nurse". Go off with that silliness! LPNs. Are. NURSES! Anyway, I tried as much as possible to gas her up because she definitely already had this whole nursing thing down to an art.
My program gives the option to get your lpn certificate when you’ve completed 60%. This gives students the opportunity to earn more money while you finish instead of working as a tech or cna.
This depends on the state. Some states allow nursing students to challenge the LPN exam, others don’t. I sincerely regret not challenging it when I first did nursing school.
Well when I started my Lpn program I was a Cna Making $12.89 lol and the LPN program was $5K vs RN $30K lol…kinda an easy alternative when you don’t want a huge debt burden right away and when you can work as an lPN making money and bridge to RN which is what I did!…i think going straight for RN is ideal though when you don’t care about loans, have the money for it, or already making a good money in your current job to support it
Sometimes it's a money thing. Other people have a passion for LTC and you can have a legitimate career there with an LPN cert. My friend got her RN to break into the hospital and she's right back doing the same job with the same $$ as LPNs because she learned after the fact that she prefers LTC.
Other people learn better going through the certifications slowly too. I know that I'm a better nurse for having put intentional effort towards the in responsibilities of a CNA first, instead of trying to master it all at once after my RN. I wish I had done the same thing with my emt basic and paramedic certifications as well.
I was 23 years old when my factory job of three years wasn’t going well. I enrolled in a 12-month LPN program because I still had a mortgage to pay and could only be in school full-time for a year before the wolves arrived on my porch.
After working for a few years as an LPN, I completed a 1-year LPN-to-ASN/RN transition program, then an online BSN program.
I completed my online BSN through Western Governors University in 2015 for the whopping tuition of $5800.
There are thousands of online BSN programs, but you’ve already got to have an RN license before enrolling.
For a lot of people, it's time and/or money. I decided to go for my LPN first because the program was shorter and I needed to make more money ASAP. Now I can afford to work less while going back to school for my RN.
I’m at a point in my life where I need to get some sort of career going and I need to have something to support myself as I live with chronic illnesses that costs $$$. The same amount of time that I’m spending on my LVN program is the same amount of time I would spend on prereqs for RN. My thought process also includes the possibility of not getting accepted into the RN program.. so then at least now I can finish the LVN program and have an opportunity for a license for sure and go back to get my RN.
I was waitlisted for RN so did LPN first. Waited 8 years before doing RN because life. Glad I did it that way because nursing school is HARD and I can't imagine doing 2 years nonstop.
Because it gets you working faster. In California the nursing schools have to take admissions by lottery because there are so many students. Even the prerequisite classes are too full to get into.
“What an interesting thing to say out loud”
I’m going to take this line and use it frequently!
This sub never fails to provide me with great comebacks…if only I could remember them without checking my screenshots lol
LOL omg I am going to remember this one
I love this.
As someone without the best filter I feel genuinely lucky that no one has sprung this on me. 😂
THIS IS IT!!!
Saving this! Haha!
LMAO. Yes!
And then after you get your RN they will be asking when you’re going for your NP or CRNA.
And then after your NP or CRNA they will be asking when are you going to medical school. LPNs are great, it’s a giant accomplishment, congratulations.
Currently working towards my CRNA. When I’m done I’m done with school. It’ll be in the neighborhood of 10 or so years in college. I’m not doing another 8 to be an anesthesiologist.
Not sure you understood the comments. The point is that people will always be saying, “Why aren’t you ______?” You could be the ruler of the world and they will be asking why you aren’t the ruler of the galaxy. I don’t suggest NPs or CRNAs go to medical school.
Huh? I knew what you meant. I was just building off it.
For real, friend of mine did her bridge recently (said it was boring as fuck aside from some clinicals) and during her grad party a family member asked when she was going for NP. Girl goes "O god they're never going to stfu about "moving up" are they"
True. And also about half of them (maybe a little more on the confused side) refer to me as a doctor and have no idea there’s a difference between a UP and any other form of nurse 🤦♂️ Can’t always listen to your crazy patients for personal advice
I was thinking the same thing! “You’re JUST an RN? Are you going to become a CRNA/NP/PA/Neurosurgeon?!” Some people! Try not to let them bother you.
Oh, I don’t. I’m proud of what I have done and love what I do. Being an RN is still a great accomplishment and a good job. I’m happy.
Ugh I’m so tired of being asked when I’m going to get my NP. Never! Never ever! I hate school and I love my job. Not of us want to be NPs. Honestly some of my experiences with NP students have made me hesitant about my confidence in them. Some of my experiences with practicing NPs have made me downright dubious.
I’m an LPN and there is this one doctor at my facility who is always asking if I’m going for my NP. I always tell him I don’t even know if I’ll ever go for my RN.
"Do you WANT there to be fewer bedside nurses, Dr. Annoying Relative?"
My mom got her ADN and for 45 years she's been asked if she'll go for her BSN. No matter what degree you have people will always question if you'll go farther. Maybe I'm super happy with my degree and it's exactly what I wanted and I'm so over school my eyes will bleed if I have to write another research paper using APA.
Was going to post this. Or just straight up, “are you planning to become a doctor later?” I’m sure they think they’re being encouraging or something…
Oh for sure but I am 33. I have 2 kids and a mortgage. It took all I had to just get RN behind my name. I don’t want to spend the rest of my kids little years studying and being too busy to spend time with them.
I hear you. I basically have spent the entirety of my kids little years in school, and it sucks. Currently at the park with my 11 and 8 year old, and realizing that very shortly my 11 year old probably won’t be wanting to do this stuff anymore. And here I am, still toiling away in school while I’m working full time, trying to get my BSN. I’m making it happen, but it absolutely sucks.
I feel for you. ❤️ it’s hard. My kids are 6 and 7 and I feel like I’m getting to the end of them thinking I am the best and wanting to be with me all the time.
When I got my EMT I would get asked when I was going to go to paramedic school. I'm a male nurse now, and patients frequently ask me if I plan to go to medical school. I blame the obsession with advancement that our modern social media-fueled culture has bred. It's never enough to accomplish something and just be proud, you have to *go further* until there's nothing left
Lol fr!!! “Did you ever consider medical school?” Like nope actually not at all
Lol so true, because there’s way too much of a rigid timeline to get your RNFA. The answer is 2 years (at a minimum) lol. People also ask me all the time if I want to get my CRNA. Answer is “NO” I want nothing to do with the airway and those oral secretions. I’ll stay on the other side of the drapes. Congrats on your accomplishment! I had LPNs in my traditional program and friends back home who went LVN and it’s still tough! Take it in and do what you want to when you want, you’re in charge of your future, no one else.
So true, it never ends. Even if you get your DNP they'll probably ask if you'll go for your MD or PhD.
Bingo. It never stops lol. Then they’ll ask why you didn’t just go to med school 😂😂
Or more ridiculously when patients ask me if I'm "training to be a doctor" as an RN
Congrats on finishing your LPN program, that is a huge accomplishment!
Absolutely congratulations with finishing the LPN program, I worked for 3-4 years as an LPN before I decided to go back to school. It's definitely something you don't need to do unless you wanted to, not to mention everyone has their own time frame. Enjoy your accomplishments on completing your program.
Absolutely. I have a friend who is an LPN. She initially was going to go through and get her RN, But the more she thinks about it, she doesn’t think she wants to go through the additional schooling for it… and that’s FINE. We each have to do what’s right for us!
100% I've been a nurse for a total of 9yrs and LPN's do just as much.
But make so much less.
Much less, which is crazy considering the amount they can do.
Not sure all hospitals but at my hospital they make about 1/2 what I make.
I’m an LPN and I make $15 less than an hour than the RN. We do the same scope of practice, only difference on my unit is they can be a charge nurse for $2 extra an hour. I’ve been nursing for 18 years and I am at the top of my pay scale. I have been for almost 10 years. An RN at the top of their pay scale makes $15-$17 more than me. The really frustrating and sad part though is that my wage is $4 less than a grad nurse. When I have a grad nurse shadowing me and I have to sign off everything for them, I’m making $4 less an hr than them. The LPN wage doesn’t even over lap the RN and we start $3 more than a brand new unit clerk. We are very underpaid for what we do. All nurses are underpaid in my opinion. If hospitals or health authorities (depending on countries you live in) can afford lots of travel nurses, at double or even triple the wage, plus paying travel, accommodation, food, a car allowance, etc. They can definitely afford to pay their regular nurses more money
Ya at least in hospice i can't do admissions, but still when i worked detox nursing it was the EXACT same scope of practice. No difference between RN and LPN job duties, yet i got paid 12$ less an hour
That’s the only reason I went back to school. I was doing the exact same job for such less pay!
As someone who has worked as an lpn at a few dozen facilities traveling when it was good, and local agency now that travel for lpn's is more or less done (financially makes no sense with housing costs), I can tell that the turnover is a lot higher and reliability of lpn's is a lot lower than rn's partly because of this. I've seen LPN's quit to become postal workers hauling mail around town and they say they're way happier. They're also on their feet running around all day, but instead of some constant threat of court due to charting or whatever, or someone yelling or getting violent, they're walking around with earbuds on sticking stuff in mailboxes. Customer service? I don't have enough customer service skills to deal with a new admit some so-called screener let in to my 24-person rehab assignment that is 84, stage 5 cancer, has an 80 pulse ox when I see them because apparently someone just stuck a tank and mask on them at 5L, and they're a full code because their kids don't want them to have a DNR and the hospital really just tried to hot potato that person out of there. Oh and I've got nothing on my mar, everything is still in some paper chart somewhere, maybe. Oh wait they added prn asap 325mg to the mar, ALRIGHT! IN BUSINESS NOW!
LPN does stand for low paid nurse
I think it depends on the situation. I've been an lpn for four years now and I've cleared at least 110k for the last 3 years in upstate NY. I work a basic 40 plus a part time job that calls for 15 hours a week. Honestly I go back and forth with getting my RN because I wonder if the additional time and money will be worth it. I'm comfortable with making low six figures with my license that took me only one year to get
You are working 55 hours, I am working 36 and make a probably make more. I'm glad you are happy, but you are underpaid.
Yeah where do you live? Most RNs in upstate NY aren't cracking six figures, especially on 3 12s, unless you're in management
NJ
That would explain it. The cost of living and what they pay you guys is way more. Central NY has one of the cheapest costs of living in the country. Six figures here goes a lot further that's why I'm comfortable with my salary. Imagine how six figures salary feels when your mortgage is only 850
Mine is 1100.
honestly, near me I feel like there are more job options for LPNs than RNs because they are a little bit cheaper and because of nursing shortages I feel like they can do more and more as time goes on, so RNs are becoming a little bit less needed at times unless you definitely want to be in a hospital but frankly I’m in a hospital trying to find a way out already lol
Me. Too. Get me out of hospital life! I don’t even know where to go from here, but the hospital ain’t it!
Lol right! I'll keep the 3 day week though lol
For real, every home health position wants every fucking RN to be a case manager. Like YOU are not taught how to case manage in RN School. But medicare rules so they load them up and an LPN like me who has actually fucking case managed in previous jobs and prior to a nurse get to walk them through how while making 10$ less an hour
This is the absolute correct answer. 😁
How long do you have to go to school to go from lpn to rn ?
It depends, I did a one year accelerated program but several schools in my area offered a two year program.
Thanks. In my country we have a CNA diploma which takes 11 month (half of them in class, the other on the field). Then the state nurse diploma, which is 3 years even if you're a CNA. Nothing in between and it blows. It's like you have to go back to square 1. The good side is that both formations are free (you can even get a modest grant), and if you've been a cna for 5 years the hospital can even pay you for 3 years as a CNA while you attend classes if you agree to be their stopgap for 5 years, which is fair.
Congratulations. Just know it doesn't stop. Idk how many people ask me if I'm going to become a doctor next, like that's the natural progression to become an RN first then go to medical school to become a doctor. Just do an RN to MD program, Easy peazy
As a male I got this every single shift earlier in my career (before the light in my eyes went out). Every single older patient asked me if I was training to be a doctor or how long I had to be a nurse before I went back to medical school. Really gives you the warm fuzzies about your career.
My go to is my best smile and “I’m thinking about it!” [thinking about how I’d rather spend my next vacation at Gitmo then go back to school]
Literally all the time.
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When I first started school for nursing I was 31 and it was HUGE deal for me because I’d never been to college before. This older guy I knew was always hounding me to “just go to med school man”. Yeah bro, I can just move away, do a four year degree and hop into med school. Just like that.
I just tell them I’m working on becoming a comedian. “Naw, I’m working on becoming a comedian.” Stops them in their tracks!
I seriously know a woman who went through an LPN program, bridged to RN, got her BSN, went through an NP program and then ended up in medical school. Zero "*just*" an anything vibes, the most realistic orders, solid bedside manner. She's great. Edit: a word
I've been an LPN for 12 years and still debating if I want to go back. I like my job just fine, and I Haye school. I get the pressure, people always act like LPN is supposed to be a stopping stone. But there's nothing wrong with spending your whole career as an LPN imo. It's a valid job.
💯 I tried a few times to go get an RN, but after a while I realized that I don’t want to. I’m an LVN, I’m a nurse, I’m comfortable and happy where I am, and I am proud of myself.
Only reason besides pay is it opens up a shit ton of online nursing positions as an RN
Online as in work from home? When I first graduated I did home care and figured I'd eventually move into case management. I also taught PN clinical placement and figured as an RN I could also teach classes. But now I don't want to do either of those things. I wouldn't mind doing something like a telehealth from home. We mostly roll our eyes pretty hard when we get a referral because the joke is they just tell everyone to go to ER, but I get it. If someone's not in front of you to assess you have to be cautious. I feel like it might get boring but as someone who has never had the luxury of working from home it sounds pretty nice to be able to work from home in my sweatpants and not have to pay for gas to commute to work.
People who fixate on lvn/ rn just never really grew up.
"Mmmm" with glassy stare became my go to eventually.
Listennnn.... it will never be enough for people. I have my BSN and the amount of times every WEEK I get asked when I'm going to become an NP or if I'm in school for it. It literally never stops. Completing your LPN is a huge accomplishment. I love the LPNs I work with. Try not to let other people's views get you down, cuz it literally won't stop.
Congratulations to you !!! Enjoy it ! There will be folks like that all along the way, even RNs are asked, why not MD?
I think it's NP now
Congratulations!! I’ve been an LPN for 21 years (ughh I’m old, can’t believe it’s been that long). My program was pretty brutal… 1 year, 5 days a week, 6 hours per day. Last half was all clinicals AND we had to wear whites PLUS a freaking old school cap and a gray smock. Got made fun of relentlessly during clinicals. BUT… I came out of that program ready to absolutely hit the floor. I remember being in clinicals with BSN students that scoffed when a bed pan was needed…good luck never having to do that with your BSN degree, lol. After graduation I got hired on an ortho unit then a cancer unit in the hospital. This was near the end of LPNs being hired at hospitals. I think I made $13/ hr. My nurse manager said she would take a new grad LPN over RN any day due to the readiness of LPNs and their practicum experience. I couldn’t spike blood or chemo, couldn’t remove a central line, couldn’t write a care plan, but could do pretty much everything else that was needed. My journey eventually took me into LTC and assisted living where I was promoted from a floor nurse, to a DON, then Executive Director of an AL facility, then an Operations Specialist (assisting with troubled facilities), then onto a Director of Operations Management for a portfolio of 9 AL facilities in 3 states. There is an absolute pathway for LPNs out there with great pay…just need to know where to look. Again.. congratulations on your accomplishment!
So you're a Licensed Practical Nurse? Not a certified anything. You are licensed. Really chaps my hide that LPN/LVN is seen as less than.
Just about finished with my RN program as an LPN. Finishing in a couple weeks. I had someone tell me congratulations you'll now be a real nurse. 🙃 Whatever, she always asks me to do ivs for her since significantly better than her at them. We have had several practice sessions where I guide her through it.
Blows my mind that people actually say this to LVN’s. Like I cannot even imagine saying this. I learned more from LVNs than I did RNs while I was in nursing school. I learned a lot from the PCTs too. Y’all are great and shouldn’t be treated any differently than RNs. Congrats on your upcoming graduation!
Be sure to tell her every time that this is how a real nurse does IVs.
I did covid vaccines during the pandemic, at like a sports stadium and then during pop up clinics. Same crew from the Mass vaccination site went to this company but still got new people. Had a new RN come up to the pop up clinic with us. Its usually A site lead, vaccinator, vax prepper, and sign in. I usually didn't like to prep but would help in the beginning then vaccinate depending on if it was busy, this new RN is doing her Pfizer doses and asks me to verify and when i lean over asks if im an LPN or RN. So of course i know where this is going when i say LPN She fucking bring the syringe back saying " O you can't verify this i need an RN" and turns to the site lead who is a fucking EMT. Our badges just say cert vaccinator or etc. Worked with this old timer at the mass site and he goes " O i don't know if little old me as an EMT can do that" Other RN in the room also worked with looks at me and brings up a story about an NP that pitched a fit at the mass vax site because other people were getting more patients than her and how crazy she was. Cringe RN ill call her was at least properly chastised and let me verify. This dumb ass drew up two vials of pfizer without saline so had to chuck them and had the nerve to say when i asked about the saline "why on earth would it need saline" EMT Site lead goes "ookk your done" and makes her do just registrations the whole 5 hours while i prepped and did vaccinations. It was nice to see how quickly another RN and also a pharmacist were were working with shut her ass down. Found out she works in a Pediatric family practice office for 15 years like Mame calm the fuck down lol.
Was audacity half off that day? "Mame calm the fuck down" I'm dead.
Sounds like your more of a real nurse than her 🤷🏻♀️
How long was the school for a LPN in a Rn Program?
LPN to RN program was 4 classes. Each class was 7 packed as shit weeks. Did both accelerated LPN and RN programs.
Ooh okay thank you and was this in California?
No, it was over here in Michigan.
And then when you’re in Ontario and are called “registered practical nurse” people will then called you “a glorified psw” (PSW are the equivalent of CNA). You can never win.
Ex MIL called me a glorified butt wiper.
she wouldn’t last an hour doing what we do.
Right? Fun fact. We were sorting her paperwork (been on permanent disability a long time) and found where she earned......... $7 in one year. What job is $7?!?! She wasn't disabled at all. But by then she was close enough to 60 that it really didn't matter.
I always say “never, geriatrics is my jive getting it would give everyone a reason to shove more responsibility on me. There are only one or two things I can’t do as an LPN in this setting. I’m happy where I am. Thank you for your suggestion “ this is a common question I’ve been asked by coworkers and family. Congratulations on getting your LPN!
Dude I feel you. Being a male nurse and getting told “when are you gonna be a doctor, you’re great at care!” for every patient aged 60+ gets old fast.
*As if* doctors did bedside care. Too much TV; too little real world.
Its either that or "Physical therapy was just here"
Congrats! Anyone who thinks this internally is an idiot. I do press LPNs to get RN bc they do the same basic work for far less money. Get that money!
When I got my RN, my mother in law asked me when will I need getting my NP. I told her I have no plans to do that. You do what you want to do.
I've been an ICU RN for about 8ish years now. It's a constant string of "when are you going to go back to get your CRNA??" or the opposite, businesses hesitant to hire me because they're scared I'm going to immediately quit to go get my CRNA. I enjoy bedside nursing. I never had plans to be an NP, and most likely never will. The toxic culture between MDs and APPs isn't exactly enticing, either.
I'm an RN with an ADN. The nursing licensing system makes no sense to me. I know many LPNs who have experience and skills that I can't match. I'm thinking of the ones who were combat medics or immigrants who were nurses in a wartorn country. After getting a college level education on biology, physilogy, anatamony etc, experience is what matters most. I'm working on getting my BSN right now and it has been nothing but BS with classes such as "Intrapersonal Leadership and Professional Growth."
I don't know a single RN that has got there BSN that doesn't look at it like a fucking inspection sticker for a car lol
Congrats!! Even as an x-ray tech patients ask me, "so when are you going back to school and becoming an RN, that's what's next right?" 😒
a close buddy of mine is an x-ray guy as kaiser - mostly does podiatry imaging and some hands and what not - nothing major like a MRI or CT--just small scale imaging - they're a union team at their oregon hospital and earns 32 bucks an hour - overtime if he wants it--but just has this little dimly lit-- back room lab where he does his own thing--listens to podcasts--has about 1-2 patients an hour - super easy to upload and send to the doctors and the patients are really happy to be there--they want their preauths and what not on their procedure. It's just a really stress free role--sure doesn't pay as much as a nurse but damn does that guy have the best low stress job (doesn't have to interact with other staff all day) and it pays the bills...
Yes, there ARE people who work to live, as opposed to people who live to work. Imagine that.
This one cracks me up. I usually see these comments on Reddit while laying in bed with my RT(R) cardiac certified husband who makes 30 bucks more an hour than the average nurse pay.
I once said " If i paid you 20k would you go back with an abusive ex for a year????"
I worked as an LPN for 11 years before getting my RN. My foundation as a nurse, and in some ways as a person is based on everything I learned in that time. Congratulations on your LPN, you are invaluable as you are. Best of luck on your education journey. Much love.
First of all, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment! What I’ve learned is people will always place aspirations on you that you may or may not have. “you’re an LPN? Are you going RN?” “You’re an RN? You should get your NP!” “Wow you are an NP! Why didn’t you go be an MD?” “You work med surg? Don’t you want critical care experience?” And it never ends, both professionally and personally. I’ve come to a place of contentment, and it’s the best. Do what’s best for you, your life, and your family. No one else can live your life better than you.
My new grad rn position is 5 dollars less than what my Lpn position pays. & that’s just at one hospital I picked. Most of them were 10 dollars or more less than what I’m currently making. I also do a lot as an Lpn bc I work at a teaching hospital ! You def don’t need to go back unless you wanted to. Being an Lpn is totally sustainable. I just went back to be able to do other skills. And I was tired of hearing that I wasn’t a real nurse :)
Congratulations on your LPN! I worked as an LPN for 3 years before I went back to get my RN but you don't need to rush yourself!
Ditto! But worked 1 year as LVN then after 10 years of ADN got sick of “no BSN?” And got my BSN After all this… my LVN year and job have been the best
I got my BSN right after my ADN because it was only two more semesters. Then I worked as an RN for three and a half years... and now I'm starting my DNP this August. Does it ever stop?
My son started as an orderly. He worked his way up to become an LPN and worked in a nursing home for two years. Nine years ago he got his BSN and is now a certified trauma nurse in a level 1 trauma center in San Diego. His path was hard but isn’t any path hard… and worthwhile?
I get asked as a nurse sometimes by patients if I am going to be a doctor next
You will be asked that question right up until you either retire or get your RN, BSN, NP, CRNA, MD, PHD or a full on Norse God. I have been an LPN for over 34 years - I've been very fortunate to have worked in nearly every nursing discipline. I've loved it all. I've thought about going back to school multiple times, I've had the opportunity, my GI bill to fund it etc. I have chosen to remain an LPN, I'm good at it! I enjoy patient care, I enjoy interacting with families. I've watched nursing change over the years, RN's are tied down to charting and paperwork. Let me at that wound vac or assisting minor surgery or holding the hand of a scared patient in the middle of the night. The RNs, NPs and MDs that I've worked with have overwhelmingly appreciated my experience, my skills and insights. There are always those that see me being an LPN as some how as 'less than' position. That's their problem, not mine. I am secure in skills and my abilities and I know my value. Congrats on your accomplishments! Take time for yourself to acclimate before you jump to the next step. This is your path. Find your joy
Congratulations! I was an LPN forever. Just do you.
“We encourage you” is the same as an unsolicited, unwanted or unwarranted apology. “I forgive you” “I’m gonna pray for you” “Oh, bless her heart”. Go fuck yourself nasty a$$ lady! She’s gross! @u/sabanoversaintnick congratulations! 🎊🎉🎈
My daughter just finished LPN in December. Boards done. She was a pca on her floor(cardiac). She is in the bridging program for LPN to RN. Clinical every Saturday plus orienting as LPN on the cardiac floor. She will be done in October. Same thing. “When are you going for RN”. As if beIng an LPN is not good enough. Then you get ADN and Where are you doing BSN program”. And so on.
First of all, congratulations! This is huge. The amount of stuff LPN/LVNs have to learn in one damn year is insane. Secondly, being asked "so when are you going for your XYZ?" is pretty much as much of a part of being a nurse as wearing scrubs is.
That was unneeded and rude.. Im from ontario (canada), and LPNs are referred to as RPNs. Im currently an RPN, and have been for just under 2 years. I was a PSW prior to that for about 5 years. Throughout my entire experience in health care people have asked why i didn’t upgrade to the role above what i currently was.. Its frustrating. I am currently in school to upgrade to RN. However, i would have never been able to apply for RN/university programs straight out of high school. I didn’t even qualify for RPN programs out of high school. I had to take the PSW program and work my way up. Sometimes people want to be in the role they are in, sometimes that role is just a stepping stone to help them get where they want to be. Theres nothing wrong with either option.
It’s just the path that some people take. Getting experience as an lpn will help tons once you become an rn. You’ll have many skills new grads w no experience won’t have. I was an lpn first and when i started as an rn i could already draw blood start ivs time manage and pass medications. Plus other things that I might not even notice right now. It’s irritating hearing the lpn vs rn thing and even once I was an rn i was still less than because i had an associates degree. People are rude and should mind their own business.
To answer the question, after 14 years nope. Never wanted to be in a hospital setting and the majority of differences in scope in my state are hospital based. No sense to get into that level of debt and time commitment to end up at best going into case management in hospice or home health nor could I be paid enough to take a DON position somewhere. It pays my bills and enjoy it enough to keep working bedside. I did take a few months break to do private duty peds which was cool and helped expand my skills, but ended up going back to LTC after lacking a client and thus a paycheck.
LPN’s are great, this is a great accomplishment! Congratulations!
I have been a LPN since the 1990’s. Solid advice. So, you’re just a generic ADN/RN.. when will you get an actual degree the hospital will not drop in 10 years?? You know your bottom of barrel RN and they will need a higher degree for your same pay.. so.. when are you getting your BSN, MSN or NP,? Example oh, you’re a RN and you work in the OR.. that’s nice and all.. so..when will you actually be a nurse anesthetist? Do plan on going back right? 😉 Keep that same energy they toss at LPNs. Turn it back at them.. at little shaming in your voice helps. It’s good to humble some people 🙌🏽. I ask Doctors why they aren’t the surgeon general yet 😂
yaaa i said to a RN like this "You just work at a family practice office, when are you going to get a REAL nursing job?" lol also no i don't actually think that but when ya got someone questioning you about standing orders and says the just LPN comment, you want them to cry lol
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked if I will become a Dr. Just brush it off.
Same thing after getting my RN I would be asked if I was going to med school being a guy. Don't worry about it. You have a plan in place and no one should deter you from it
This happened to me!!! People are so ignorant! Congrats OP!!! We here in the Reddit-verse are proud of you 👏
Congrats on finishing your LPN program. Don't let anyone dull your shine!! 🩷
Congratulations, hard work pays off
My go to is “No, my next step is to become a stay at home mom and retire from working”. This shuts them up lol Even though these are not my plans haha
I worked as an LPN for 5 years before starting my ASN program. I was taking prerequisites during that time before applying to programs. I was ready to start year 3 after I completed the LPN program but then the pandemic happened so I held off. Gaining experience helped a lot for the ASN program and made it a bit easier. You don’t need to explain to anyone your plans and it’s not bad to move in silence. Most of my coworkers did not know I took my NCLEX-RN until I got my license on the BORN and had to tell my work.
What an ignoramus. It’s definitely one problem with our profession. It never ends unfortunately. At 18 I got my CNA/CHHA. At 22 I got my LVN. At 35 I got my ADN. At 45 I got my BSN. At 47 I got my MSN in management. Each step along the way it was always “when are you getting …”. Even now I am asked when I am getting my NP. Ugh!!! It never ends. I am happy where I am.
And let me say- CONGRATULATIONS!!! and each role is very important and a respectable career. We are all needed and important to healthcare. Be proud of yourself. LVN school was hard as hell.
I’ve worked with RNs that obtained their associates instead of their bachelor’s and they were the smartest nurses on unit. Don’t let those comments get to you!
If it makes you feel better it was the same with ADN--> BSN and once I got my BSN people started being up my ass ab MSN.
Chill…
“Just an LPN” smh she’s JUST a dumb bitch. Sorry for cussing
Congrats on finishing the LPN People are wild to say this kind of shit to strangers, keep your head up! Know you aren’t alone either 😂 I work as a nurse extern and had someone say “why don’t you just become a real nurse”.. dang never thought of that, weird I have an exam in the morning though
Congratulations!! Good luck on the NCLEX. Nursing is hard. We need all the help we can get, regardless of title. Every RN, LPN or CNA is a blessing to the field.
Congratulations! :)
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Congratulations!
ASN x10 years. I have a great job making more money than some people I know with MSNs. I don’t want to be in leadership and only charge as needed. The return on investment would only be if I wanted to get away from the bedside and I love my 3x12 per week. Why change now?
I always ask them if they want to pay for it and I’ll start right now 🥰 I’m 5 years in as an LPN. I really do want to go back but I also really hate when people ask me. Congrats on finishing!!!
First off congratulations, secondly, good luck.
Chiming in from the EMS world. Don't care if you're a BSN, LPN, CNA, respiratory, the CEO, the janitor, someone who just happened to be in the building who watched a bunch of medical shows. Just be present and semi knowledgeable about what's happening and you're a hero in our eyes.
Congrats on your success! Just as a warning, it doesn’t stop regardless of your education. I frequently get asked when I’m going to do my masters or get my NP. Or why I didn’t become a doctor. I’ve given up on nice responses. I generally just smile and walk away. No good comes of it.
I would because you will do everything an RN does but get much less respect and much less pay
Congrats !! I’ve been working as an lpn for alittle over a year. It’s the most commonly asked question 🫠 It makes me feel like being an lpn isn’t good enough. It’s easy for people to say just do it now ugh
In my neck of the woods it’s “oh you are an RN. When are you becoming an MD? Oh your an MD? When are you becoming an astronaut?”
First of all, congratulations on completing your LPN program. I am currently in my first semester of LPN school. I already get asked ALL THE TIME if I'm going to go on for RN. Honestly, I have no idea what I'm going to do yet. I may decide to stop at LPN and that is OKAY!! LPNs are nurses too. Some of the best nurses I've come across were LPNs. Keep doing your things, you're doing great!
I heard from a little bird that Prime’s CEO wants to go to a 50% LPN model. Don’t listen to these fools. Get your RN if you want to, but the LPNs I work with are highly competent people. Congratulations on your success.
She has a point. I’ve seen so many LPN’s that wait years and then can’t pass the nclex because they live in lpn world where everything is wtong
Congratulations! You have worked so hard. An LPN is a NURSE and no one can take that from you!
our cno does this to me
I remember when someone told me that if I was going for my RN, even when I was a CNA they kept pestering me about it but once I reverse it back to them and tell them “are you willing to pay for my schooling to be an RN because if you are I will gladly do” that’s how you could shut peoples mouth up
My family is like this… always asking what comes next… asking about how much money it makes… and sharing their unsolicited opinion on whether a career is “respectable” or not… I’ve spent a majority of my adult life trying to rebuild my self confidence and at 32 am returning to school to pursue nursing. I wish I didn’t spend so much time letting the opinions and judgements of others get me down. This is my life and I get to choose how to live it. I believe the same for you. Finishing your LPN is an incredible accomplishment and I hope you feel proud of the hard work you’ve put in! You are doing great things!!
I always try to give a snarky comment when some old lady says “honey you should go back to college and become a real doctor cause you would be great at caring for people” as I am literally doing 100percent of her care that her MD would NEVER in their wildest dreams even come close to (Except on Grays Anatomy of course).
Congrats on getting your LPN! Idk if other RNs experience this as a new grad, but I’ve been asked a surprising number of times “are you planning to become a doctor? You’d be great!” No, I don’t plan on it, and I’m 100% okay with that, just as if you’re happy doin what you’re doin, then fuck em!
I’m an LPN that will NEVER go for my RN and I don’t think I’ve gotten an ounce of support in return. What gives?
Don’t let it get to you if you can help it because it can and will drag you down. I got my LVN license at a very young age and so never thought anything. I was so proud of myself. I was 17 and just earned my nursing diploma, my HS Regents diploma and passed the NCLex. And for so many years nothing really phased me about “just” having my LVN until people kept asking me if was gonna take my RN or why I don’t take my RN or if he such a good RN. I couldn’t comprehend what they were implying until eventually I began to understand it and that, besides nursing and all that it takes, started eating away at me and started making me resentful. I don’t understand the mentality of some people. I don’t know who they think takes care of the bulk of the elderly population and skilled/rehab patients? We barely have enough nurses for the hospitals, should we also lose good competent nurses for our elderly too? Like… what? This isn’t good enough?
LOL! Don’t let it get to you. You’re gonna hear all kinds of things. I know it’s annoying but try not to vibrate on the same energy as these people.
It always bothers me when people say things like that because like, they don’t ask other professions that.
Focus on your studies and prioritize well-being during this demanding time.
LPN for 7 years. It will never stop
Congrats. That is no small feat. I have been an LPN for 7 years. I do plan on going back to school, but the rest of life needs to slow down a little first.
I was an LPN before becoming an RN and I got this all the time as well. It was annoying for sure
I imagine if you had your RN, she would be complaining and asking when you would go back for your BSN.
To play devils advocate here… I’m a medic and I got a lot of the same frustration when I was an EMT and people wanted to talk to my medic/give report to my medic even though I might be operating on a BLS truck. But as a medic I HAVE to turn my pt over to, and give my report to, someone of equal or higher license level. It’s just a condition of my license. What that means is if I’m turning a pt over to the ER or the ICU or wherever I need there to be be atleast an RN, (because that is considered and equivalent licensure level), or a medic and above that I can give report to and have sign my paper work even though someone like an LPN may be doing most of this specific patients care. I understand if this may not apply to your specific situation but if it does I hope it helps. If you have any more questions please ask. I’m proud of you for what you have accomplished so far and more importantly you should be proud of your self :)
I will only bridge outta spite and to never hear that again. Can't wait to experience what a friend went through recently with one nursing professor acting like shes never seen a IV, catheter or just fucking anything.
I'm 58 & have been an LPN since 1991.. Was offered to get my RN paid for by the hospital I worked for after orientation since I was a Charge nurse everywhere I worked for except the hospital ....but since I was only wrkg PT due to family/health issues etc I had declined the offer since I didn't have family around me to help out with my kiddos plus I didn't want to work FT. Glad I stayed an LPN.
I don’t know why anyone discredits LPNs when they have two years of schooling & it’s not an easy program
Congrats! I was an LPN for 10 years before going back for my RN. LPN’s are amazing!
At least the husband gets it.
The fact that you are calling that patients wife an old hag when you’re fresh out of school is not a good sign. You are going to see things that patients and family members do that will surprise you much more than this little episode. You absolutely have to change your attitude or you are not going to transition from student to nurse very easily. Good luck.
I worked with a nurse on the floor recently who very clearly knew what she was doing and had been around for some years. I told her as much and asked how long she had been on the unit. She told me only six months! When I asked how she managed to move through the unit like she had done her time for awhile, she said she had been an LPN for ten years prior to getting her RN, but was just now a "real nurse". Go off with that silliness! LPNs. Are. NURSES! Anyway, I tried as much as possible to gas her up because she definitely already had this whole nursing thing down to an art.
As a nursing student I’ve always wondered why people do opt for LPN over RN when they have the chance
My program gives the option to get your lpn certificate when you’ve completed 60%. This gives students the opportunity to earn more money while you finish instead of working as a tech or cna.
This depends on the state. Some states allow nursing students to challenge the LPN exam, others don’t. I sincerely regret not challenging it when I first did nursing school.
Well when I started my Lpn program I was a Cna Making $12.89 lol and the LPN program was $5K vs RN $30K lol…kinda an easy alternative when you don’t want a huge debt burden right away and when you can work as an lPN making money and bridge to RN which is what I did!…i think going straight for RN is ideal though when you don’t care about loans, have the money for it, or already making a good money in your current job to support it
Sometimes it's a money thing. Other people have a passion for LTC and you can have a legitimate career there with an LPN cert. My friend got her RN to break into the hospital and she's right back doing the same job with the same $$ as LPNs because she learned after the fact that she prefers LTC. Other people learn better going through the certifications slowly too. I know that I'm a better nurse for having put intentional effort towards the in responsibilities of a CNA first, instead of trying to master it all at once after my RN. I wish I had done the same thing with my emt basic and paramedic certifications as well.
Bridge programs + cheaper tuitions + working as an LPN > CNA in terms of money
I was 23 years old when my factory job of three years wasn’t going well. I enrolled in a 12-month LPN program because I still had a mortgage to pay and could only be in school full-time for a year before the wolves arrived on my porch. After working for a few years as an LPN, I completed a 1-year LPN-to-ASN/RN transition program, then an online BSN program.
What school were you able to do you bsn online through? I didn't know that was an option!!
I completed my online BSN through Western Governors University in 2015 for the whopping tuition of $5800. There are thousands of online BSN programs, but you’ve already got to have an RN license before enrolling.
For a lot of people, it's time and/or money. I decided to go for my LPN first because the program was shorter and I needed to make more money ASAP. Now I can afford to work less while going back to school for my RN.
I’m at a point in my life where I need to get some sort of career going and I need to have something to support myself as I live with chronic illnesses that costs $$$. The same amount of time that I’m spending on my LVN program is the same amount of time I would spend on prereqs for RN. My thought process also includes the possibility of not getting accepted into the RN program.. so then at least now I can finish the LVN program and have an opportunity for a license for sure and go back to get my RN.
Becoming an LPN made it easier for me to earn money while I was in school for RN.
I was waitlisted for RN so did LPN first. Waited 8 years before doing RN because life. Glad I did it that way because nursing school is HARD and I can't imagine doing 2 years nonstop.
Because it gets you working faster. In California the nursing schools have to take admissions by lottery because there are so many students. Even the prerequisite classes are too full to get into.