I Will Never Call Myself Just an LPN anymore!

No one is ever "just" an LPN. You're a nurse and you did a fine job! Thumbs up and kudos to you!

I Love when people ask the LPN's, "so, are planning to go back to school to be a nurse?" ... Idiots! they usually get a quick lesson on what a Licensed Practical Nurse is!

tifokcis---Not to hijack the OP's original thread, but I got the same reaction from someone after I had completed my RN to BSN program. This person could not wrap his mind around an RN graduating from a (mere) AD program and said he was soooooo proud of me for "finally" becoming an RN when I got my degree. (I think if he would have said he was proud of me for "finally becoming a nurse" I would have smacked him.)People can be so ignorant!

Wether you are a nurse or LPN as long as you know what you are doing. fight for it! Good job...That's something that you can be proud of...I also had the same experience when a doctor and a staff nurse blamed us when we had our OJT. Only to find out that the doctor's order was all wrong... The bad thing is we never heard any sorry from the doctor...maybe because of pride

Thanks for sharing your story, queen777. We never know when we will be tested by an emergent situation-- you kept your cool and understood specifically what was and was not meant by the DNR. Gotta give a kudo to your boss for calling you in and sharing his praise with you, too!

Quote from jonathan03wether you are a nurse or lpn as long as you know what you are doing. fight for it! good job...that's something that you can be proud of...i also had the same experience when a doctor and a staff nurse blamed us when we had our ojt. only to find out that the doctor's order was all wrong... the bad thing is we never heard any sorry from the doctor...maybe because of pride

Quote from BirryHmmm.. Freudian slip?

Thanks so much for this article! Lord willing, I'll graduate from LPN school in August. People who know I'm in nursing school are already asking "are you going back to get your RN?" An LPN is just so limited nowadays. I plan on going back BUT STILL! It's like some of them don't feel like it's an accomplishment until you get your RN. LPN's are great too!

I work for Wellstar in marietta, at kennestone hospital, and I'm pretty sure they only hire RN's

"Wether you are a nurse or LPN ..."THAT is not right. An LPN is a nurse!!!!!!!!!!

The LPN in charge of my husband after abdominal surgery was amazing; better than most of the RNs who cared for him that week. My dad's nurse was an LPN two weeks before he died and we loved her. She always felt so bad when she had to poke his finger for glucose and it was like she could feel it. She went out of her way to make him comfortable; his hands were so cold and she filled a surgical glove with warm water for him to hold. I will never forget her, and that man's family will never forget you.

How sad to be treated that way, it still happens. It is as if some of the nurses have gotten so much education and is completely dissatified and have lost something so important - compassion, not all, I get this infor from my sister RN, BSN, MS with 5 certifications. Yes you are a NURSE, to bad someone stopped you in the first place.