LPN pay equals RN with associate degree pay.  when i became a asd RN i made same as i made as a LPN wit taxes out my pacycheck! (The more you make the more taxes taken out!) As a BSN my salary is kinda different from both.

Thank you Dr. Miller.. I completely agree with you

NurseNursesy says ...

Here employers rather hire LPNs becaue they can pay them a few bucks less hourly than a RN they do the same work. There not phasing LPNs where i live they work in schools, daycares, hospitals, nursing homes, and jails? And there are a few nursing homes here that have LPNs as directors of nursing?

I live in Idaho and the only place you can get a decent job as an LPN is in LTC. Even the jails are replacing us with MA's and the Hosp[itals wnat all RNS. It kinda sucks because I really want to work in peds but I can't because I don't have the right initials after my name.

I enjoy being an LPN, and have been for 23 years so far.....I think about going back and getting my RN every once in a while, but then that minute passes, and I'm over it... .  I'll probably eventually go back though?

Thank you for this post! I've been reading some of the responses,and it's all good! I have been an LPN/LVN (A NURSE) for almost 34 years now. I am proud of my career. There was a time when I was resentful. When we were told that certain procedures weren't in our SCOPE OF PRACTICE anymore.  I use to triage, do IV pushes with my doc there,hang antibiotics & insulin........use to do a lot of things,that only RN's do now in most states. But the one thing I am grateful for is my experience! Experience is something you can't put a title to,something you can't label!  The RN initials may not be behind my name....yet. I'm almost 52yrs old now,but when a new RN comes crying that she can't cath a patient, do CPR or has the slightess idea what to do when her patient bottoms out,those initials & her critical thinking training goes out the window!  Yes,I'm working on my RN now,but my experience as an LPN will never outweigh the RN credentials! Because along the way,I've learned,that experience is your best teacher,and greatest tool! When times & situations deman action,whether you're LPN,RN or even MD doesn't even matter,but with your experience you can..... save lives!  I don't wannabe an RN for it's status or credentials,but with my LPN experience,I can be in a position for change. To teach others what really matters is not about the initials.....but the experience to be effective in what we do, To promote good health & save lives!