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I agree with most of you on yhe ? of lpn-lvn-rn I have worked also with the best and the worst on all leveals i also am going to school to become an RN woumb care is my stuff any who i strongly fell thay should req, all nurses to have at least 2 years of cna exp. before thay can go on in there nursing i dont mean just go to collage get you hrs. in and get to go on i mean at least 2 years one spot in house hands on down to done it seen it , i have worked with some of the dumbest nurses you cant change a depends or put someone on a bed pan cause thats not you job look here we are all doing the same thing careing for someone who is in need so roll up your sleve put on your gloves and work dont just sit behind the desk and get all the credit, i have work at the same job for 18 years i have seen it all and done it all but thats just my appion.

I fail to see why LVN/LPN's believe they should be "grandfatthered in" as an RN after so many years. If you truly want to be an RN then go to school for it. No one is entitled to these things and RN's learn much more in their education than LVN's. I'm sorry but I'm being honest. I have worked with some great LPN's before as well as some terrible ones and the same is true for RN's. You can't expect to be an RN if you don't go to school and put in the hard work. I'm sure you all give excellent care as LVN's, but that does not make up for the knowledge that you will gain when going through RN school. I'm a recent graduate of a Nurse Practitioner program in California, should the medical board grandfather me in to being a doctor after I have put in some years. Of course they should not, because I did not go to med school and earn the degree. I graduated with an ADN first, and then I had to go back and get my BSN, which also took time, money and hard work to complete all of the course work and work full time. After this I worked for a few years and now have my MSN. I nor anyone else got those degrees via some loophole such a grandfathering. I think it's great that you want to become RN's as I think LVN's work equally as hard as RN's, but RN's also have more knowledge when it comes to providing care for patients. My unsolicited advice to you would be to go back to nursing school for your RN. You will be more confident and will know that you earned that right to be an RN, instead of someone giving it to you for free. Just think about how much easier school will be for you than the average person going in with no experience.

Do the right thing and go back to school!

kmyersfnp

I agree with 63 Spitfire and don't feel LPNs should be grandfathered in, although I work with some LPNs who are wonderful nurses, they themselves feel unprepared to work in certain units such as mine, the ICU. I also have $40,000 in school loans supporting nursing theory.

I agree with 63Spitfire and DDavis. One does not know what the wages posted represent - all inclusive (any category with the word nurse in it) average for the state, base pay for someone fresh out of school with no experience, etc. I have been in healthcare for over 20 years and know for a fact that new grads in my region of NY, start at rates equal to or higher than what you have posted for California.
I however, disagree with the comments stating that LPNs/LVNs should be grandfathered in as RNs with all the same rights after so many years. The nursing profession has changed drastically over the past few decades and LPNs/LVNs are not 'prepared' in the same encompassing manner as RNs. An LPN - Licensed Practical Nurse - is just that, a caregiver who has been trained in practice - not theory. Again, I know for a fact in my region of NY, LPNs are not utilized in the hospital settings anymore as they are not licensed to perform all that an RN, or even GN for that matter, are to do.

I agree with the comments made about LPNs not being recognized as nurses when a magazine or article refers to a "Nurse." I make $19.75/hr. as a MDS Coordinator in Jackson MS. & have always been highly complimented on my assessment & hands-on nursing skills. I feel that after 12 years of nursing $19.75/hr. is rather pathetic. I agree that after a certain number of years, a LPN should be grand-fathered into RN status & pay. I have seen RNs practice that I would be terrified to have as my nurse in a hospital setting.

I agree with your comment D Davis. I am an L.P.N. in Ohio and make $23.89/hr. I would think more of this publication if they would include L.P.N.'s when they refer to nurses.

When you are quoting this information, you should differentiate between registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, because there is a pay difference between an LPN and RN and this does not indicate which type of nurse you are referring to.