So let us all be RNs then. maybe i should quit LPN school i never would think LPNs would say there career is going down hill and RN use and abuse them?

I love being a LPN, I am very proud of what I have accomplished as a LPN. I have been afraid in the past that I would become one of the Rns that have gone on and all of a sudden became "smarter" or "better" than the LPNs or CNSs. I'm sure now I'll never be one of those. I am there for the patient, to treat and care for their needs. This state has tied my hands and restricts my abilities so I have to go back to school to function. I hate the feeling of such restriction and this is the worst place as an LPN. We are all important in patient care and we should never put each others position or education down. I've learned so much from everyone I've worked with.

Kizzy, this is a difficult issue to deal with, performance and skills level are what most employers are looking at these days. "Attitude" is something that most employers do not want to deal with as long as the work is being done accurately, safely and professionally. Most employers will put up with bad attitudes as long as the person is performing well. I would suggest not to confront the person with the attitude problem, not unless you have been trained on it, a confrontation with someone you may have an issue with, at the workplace, may back fire and actually make things worse. I would suggest that you bring the attitude issue up to HR or your office manager, and bring examples of YOUR incidents (not of others. The others will have to speak for themselves for it to be valid and not seen as vindictive), you may want to encourage patients and other affected co-workers to do the same.

kizzyattitude: If there's one thing I've learned in all my years, it's you can't change people and make them act the way you want them to. You have to learn to get along with them, ignore them or leave the situation that is upsetting to you. Try not to let her bother you. You are doing what you think is right in terms of patient care. That's all you need to concentrate on. Not what's she doing. I'm a firm believer that "what goes around comes around:" I worked in a doctors' fooice for 5 years. Loved the doctors, loved the patients, loved the work I di.d . But the office manager (who was not a nurse) was a real pain in the behind. She picked at me constantly over every little thing. I had a good repore with the doctors and I believe she was jealous of me. We butted heads often. I din't mind saying what I thought (still don't) and I thought alot about what she had to say to me. Everyone else in the office complained constantly about her too but when we'd have a meeting, I was the only one who spoke up. She made things miserable for me. I got so I hated going in to work. I ended up quitting because of her pettiness and nastiness. Sometimes it's just not worth it. You have to keep your sanity. Just try to ignore her and only have interaction with her when absolutely necessary Keep up the good work. Good Luck.

so many jobs are that way with cruel empoyees. i dont know why employers keep them ?i guess there work outstands there attuide or maybe some people just like the confusion and drama in workplace?

Advanceweb.com

New-grad LPNs often find themselves holding supervisory positions sooner than they expect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Joe Darrah

Once new grads grasp their practical nursing diplomas, their expectations begin to rise. With just a licensure exam standing in their way, their dreams of becoming nurses are that much closer to coming true.

While many facilities are developing more sophisticated orientation programs to ease the new-grad-to-new-nurse transition, employment opportunities for LPNs are becoming more demanding as the nursing shortage pervades all areas of healthcare. And with more opportunity comes more responsibility, even for new grads.

Green Hills, an assisted living facility medication-pass training program for the facility’s nursing aide staff LPNs are needed for charge positions and sometimes hold administrative roles. New-grad LPNs can be assigned supervisory positions in acute care, assisted living and home care where nurse’s aides are employed.

‘I’M AN LPN; I CAN LEAD’

Christine Kline, LPN, also knows what it’s like to be thrust into a leadership position soon after taking a nursing job. A member of the June 2005 graduating class Kline, 41, earned her LPN by July of that year and took a job as a med/surg staff nurse that summer.

At Reading Hospital, all LPNs are responsible for assisting RNs with delegating tasks to nurses’ aides and patient-care technicians on their units, Kline said, adding that this duty provides a sense of authority as well as clinical management.

‘YOU’RE AN LPN; YOU CAN LEAD’

Also sensing a need to refine LPN responsibilities when she joined Green Hills, Kline initiated a staffing change that called for LPNs to be designated “unit supervisors” to oversee nursing aides. Kline knew that their practical nursing education helped prepare them for such responsibility, so she assigned Melanie Hartzell, LPN, and Wendy Weitzel, LPN, 10 aides each, the total number of support staff on the day and evening shifts.

As supervisors, Hartzell and Weitzel are responsible for delegating assignments, overseeing med passes and documentation, and ensuring that aides sign off all completed tasks.

In Canada LPNs are now called "Registered Practical Nurses" And Canada RNs need a Bachelor degree to practice? website: http://www.georgebrown.ca/nursing/index.aspx#top Recent changes in the entry to practice requirements by the College of Nurses of Ontario have resulted in changes to the registered nursing and practical nursing programs. As of January 2005, Registered Nurses beginning their practice will require Baccalaureate nursing preparation while Practical Nurses must graduate from a Registred practical nursing Diploma program.