Being an LVN Was it Worth it
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- čas přidán 10. 10. 2019
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There is a lot of misinformation running around out there about LVNs and maybe you are thinking about becoming an LVN yourself. Well, I'm going to be going over some of the Pros, the Cons and debunking some of the myths.
Forget the haters LPN/LVNs absolutely 💯 are nurses, I started my nursing career as a LPN in 2002, 19 years ago, got my RN through a diploma program in 2008, BSN in 2015 and MSN in 2018, I STILL use that fundamental nursing knowledge I learned in LPN school every day. Everyone has their own path and plan, not every LPN wants to be a RN.
Definitely. LVN school was intense, but the instructors wanted every student to excel
I have been an LVN for 20 years, and I have my degree in Health Science. I won't go back to become an RN, and I'm satisfied with what I have done
That is awesome. I look forward to graduating and working as an LVN also :)
My aunt is an LPN for 43 years. She still works for the VNA. I have complete respect for her. I decided five years ago to go to RN school at 39 years old. The differences that she knows and I know our whole worlds apart. Meaning she knows completely more than I do. I just got license last year in june. I feel that I know the best nurse in my life is my Aunt and I know I can back ask questions when I need advice, which is for me all the time as I am a new nurse.
Schooling is “cheap”, only 1 year to a year and a half of school, I get the title of Licensed Nurse and I’ll make over $20+ an hour ? Yeah, I’ll be a LPN for awhile
Retired from lpn work after 40 years...never regretted not going back for Rn.😍
Absolutely amazing :)
@@janetthomas781 Did you become an LVN?
A lot of information given here....something to think about!! Thanks for sharing.🤗
Very good video you broke things down very well sir!✌️
You can still work at hospital in the Med/surg dept as an LPN/LVN. This way you can get more experience. There are lpn/lvn that know more than RN'S just because of experience alone
That's awesome
Awesome video!! New sub here. I can't wait for more nursing vids! Keep up the good work!! Its nice to see more men in nursing.
Yesss !!! I’m a huge LPN advocate!!! And around here RN programs will give you credit for the schooling you’ve already done and your experience…
I am in a nursing home and I am glad to finally see some honesty.Thanks
I’m going to school next year in August to become an LPN. I am going to work for 5 years in the field. Then I’ll decide if I want to further my education. That’s okay too, but in the mean time I know for a fact that I can live comfortably as an LPN. PLUS, I am a Certified Pharmacy Technician.
I’m in LVN program. I will be done next year and I’m proud of it! I’m definitely going to work as LVN for awhile then go back to RN school. LVN school is tough!
Very tough
Keep your head up, and on the goal!
You got this. And congratulations 🍾🎉
How's everything going ?
How's it going so far? Been considering this
Male LVN here, got another sub.
Very helpful information thank you so much
Really thinking of going to lvn school hope you make more vids bro new subscriber here 🤙🏻
Glad I found another male LVN channel. You have no idea how hard it is lol. New subscriber here, keep up the vids bro
Hey Dominique thanks for the sub but I've moved all my nursing stuff over to a separate channel factsofnursing. I have newer videos over there. I appreciate hearing from fellow LVNs. Always open to suggestions.
@@THEKIKSOFTEXAS Kiks of Texas word. Thanks bro I'll go sub there. I'm applying to my LPN program in Las Vegas Nevada in about a month.
Are LVN's in demand? I want to become a CNA but LVN seems like a good career path.
Hi
@@deathbycake7637 both are great I can tell u in California u do CNa work 4 years and u can bridge over. Or do LVN u can get ur CNa license in first term
I hate when people ask when are you going back to school for your RN? I think its rude ..what if you just want to be an LPN
Exactly! I feel u!
Exactly
I’ve only been an LPN for six months and have been asked this multiple times already
It's like when they ask you when are you having a second kid. What if you just want one?
Definitely
I'm a male CNA. I have been conflicted for years on whether or not I want to go back for my LPN. Honestly, I just don't know if I like the idea of supervising a bunch of immature CNAs. Not only that, but I don't want to go back just to end up failing out of the course and have to pay back loans.
i am a new grad nurse. My program was 12 months long. I am starting my new nurse job at a long term care facility tomorrow. I am so excited.
Thats fantastic to hear, wish you the best of luck with your journey.
Congratulations!!!! 👏.
Ugh stressful. Took me 15 years to get out 😵💫
What school did You attend?
I'm a student at Baptist. As an RN student all I hear is, when are you going to get your bsn? My bsn friends always get asked when are you becoming a NP? Lol nursing! I bet np get when are you going to be a doctor? 😂😂😂😂
Christopher man, you def know what you're talking about
Facts!
Truth
Thank you!👏
I think it is vital to do your homework on any LVN Program that you are considering. At Lee College in Baytown TX they mandate that all RN/LVN Students get the Covid 19 vaccines and boosters, no religious exemptions accepted. However, they are one of the few colleges that are allowing LVNs to do night classes and clinicals on weekends so they can still work full time.
Also, once you graduate with your LVN, when you come back they allow you to skip an entire level of courses for the LVN-RN program they have and it saves you a lot of money.
People always talk regardless of profession that is true. But LVNs always have jobs like every other profession just depends how well you interview and how you sell yourself. I got my education for free through a California community school with a grant I won. I secured employment in a rehab/nursing home making 22hr (only worked there 2 months) the work was heavy and the pay wasn’t what I wanted, I’ll be honest I like a cushy relaxing job with less stress so I applied everywhere and landed a case management job working for an HMO healthcare system starting at 27.72hr with PTO, paid holidays off, Paid sick time, 3 paid personal days a year, employer paid dental (got free braces) and employer paid healthcare insurance I just pay copays of $5. I love the job been doing it 2yrs now, I basically went from new grad nurse straight into case management without knowing anyone, and I’ve gotten raises since and I receive an annual raise every year. I make $30.45hr full time with bilingual differential (0.45 cents), as a guy coming from working e-commerce I love nursing the opportunities are endless on what you can do. The salaries are great too. Mind you since the covid-19 thing I work remotely from home now, it doesn’t get better than that.
I love being an LVN
@@francisfree5242 Currently in school for LVN.. curious can you tell me what you do as a case manager? Im also in California
Francis free wow! Any tips on how I can find a job like that? I graduate from my LPN program May 2021.
Where are you at in California? I’m graduated with lvn soon and will get some clinical experience then want a job like you. How did you find that job to apply for ??
So true. More people should start as LPNs. It seems like everyone has to feel like they have to go RN RN RN or BSN BSN BSN. It can be a huge mistake for a lot of people.
I'm returning to school. 10 years on a cart dealing only with old people is enough. I actually didn't have many nurses ask me when I was returning to school. Do I recommend it? Yes. I found a number of one year programs. The exam goes from 'get the nurse' to ' assess for xyz'. All the lpns I went to school with passes their NCLEX.
I’m glad there’s people here that respect LVN,LPNs but there’s those nurses that just disrespect and dislike and just be little LVNs and those I fucken hate and God forgive me for saying that
Yea i must say great vid
Thank you for this amazing video. Very informative.
I am a practicing LPN in Vancouver Canada. Would u happen to know the process of transferring from canada to us license wise? Thanks kindly
Yes. Apply for a US work Visa. Go look it up.
Im taking my nclex pn soon. I did the program during the pandemic and I graduated Feb 28. 2021.
Good luck we need more great nurse ... this pandemic tested a lot of people and the students as well .. glad you made it through
@@THEKIKSOFTEXAS I passed :)
@@robingacud congratulations very happy for you. Best wishes going forward. Any plans for your next step?
@@THEKIKSOFTEXAS I just paid my initial licensure application and I am just waiting for my name and license to pop up in the board of nursing website. I have no plans right now and I dont know where I want to work.
Can LVN/LPN work at pediatric clinics/offices? I want to be a RN but I was interested in being an LVN first. I don't want to work home health or any senior living. My dream is work in the L&D ward or be in the NICU. So can I do that being an LVN? Also there's a bridge LVN to RN at my community college. Would I still take the same classes I took as an LVN in the RN program?
RN you need like biology, chemistry, micro.. like all of the molecular settings and VN is more anatomy and don’t require the molecular classes
Honestly what would health care do without lvn/lpn especially in long term care?? I have worked with BSN nurses who needed me the lpn to walk them thru drawing up and giving insulin...💥💥
Can’t hear the video on my end but did you have to take math classes? And was classes hard
People don't and it's terrible a Nurse is a Nurse rather LPN or RN.
I personally decided that I want to go to an LVN program that has very few pre-requisites, because I don't want to take 5 pre-reqs to be considered. It was also important to me that I take classes in the evening and clinicals on weekends so I can work full time.
Lee College in Baytown only requires their LVNs to take 1 class and while they are taking it they can apply to the program. Most of the programs in my area only allows daytime classes and daytime clinicals, so working even part-time isnt an option.
Please can you recommend a good book to pass the test for LVN schoool entrance exam?
Real talk
I love to watch the innocence taken away after the first code Brown 💩
Hi friend's anybody knows what to do need for LPN and LVN? and is it possible to without no IELTS or No TOEFL? Arkansas state ( I'm very interested but I'm new here 😭
What if I have a bachelors in a non science field and want to go to lpn school and instead of rn school in the future I may do occupational therapy school or physicians assistant?
I have known a few people with other degrees, like myself. I have a BA in mechanical engineering. I have a friend who did the same and decided to going respiratory therapy. It's a great way to get your hands in the mix.
@@THEKIKSOFTEXAS Mine is Bachelors in Physics. How do i go about making this transition
@@oba_idan one of my co-workers right now is working as a PCA while in nursing school also has his bachelor's in physics. He felt this is more his calling. After these comments I'm thinking of bringing a few people on that I know that have done these transitions.
@@THEKIKSOFTEXAS that will be awesome. please bring them on.
Kiks, if you don’t mind me asking: what school did you go to? The reason I ask is because I know you mentioned you went to a trade school but you hear so many horror stories about those types of schools. It would be good to hear they’re not all bad.
I want to be LPN but I dont want to work in a nursing home, I want to work in a doctor's office but I dont want to go to school to just become a medical assistant. What u recommend? Medical assistant or LPN?
You can definitely work in a doctor's office as an LPN
Like Taylor states you can work as an office as an LVN I have been offered management positions for clinics in the past and I think it would definitely be a benefit to be an LVN to move from there if you choose... just more options
@@THEKIKSOFTEXAS Thank you so much!😁
I had a question about when you said you’d have to retake all those classes again
What about the bridge program ?
@@LaVinciNoir It depends if the school your going to accepts your classes for transfer if not you have to retake the course. Not all school accept your classes
What school did you go to ?
Question: what is exactly do LVNs do at a hospital?
At a hospital we do the exact same job as RNs except in certain units and certain procedures but day to day there is no role difference on the floor.
Hi Kiki is 59yrs too old to go to LPN school also would they hire a 60 something new grad.
Definitely not too old .. I was in class with 2 wonderful women that their life long dream was to be a nurse and one was 67 she waited until she was passed retired to go back to school
@@THEKIKSOFTEXAS Thk you
Good high paying jobs at a LVN? Rehabilitation center or prison or nursing facilities
Right out of LPN school my offers went...
$45 an hr at a prison
$19/$20 an hr at a clinic
$28 at a rehab center
@@christinagoodwin8559 $45 😮 what state are you in !?
I've heard of private prisons paying high but I've only worked state.
$65 /hr thru nurse registry as a Correctional nurse at San Quentin prison as an LVN 👍
@@NurseSammie wow!
Hi do you believe Private LVN school is worth the money
If time is your biggest concern over cost then I would say so I know a lot of families that can't afford to have someone out of the work force for so long to go traditional so they sacrificed for the quicker private route
where you a cna before you became a lpn/lvn?
No I wasn't I was an engineer in the navy before
There’s an LVN school very close to me that’s a year long and the tuition is $27,000. Is that the norm? I heard someone say they paid about $12,000.
If you qualify for financial aid they might be able to pay for more than half the tuition.
$27,000 seems high, but then again, it depends on your state and school. I’m from Michigan and finished a 2y RN program w/ an ADN for about $10,000.
LVN for $27k? Wtf. Here in the states it's only 5 to 6k. I suggest you go to community College and transfer. Unless you're going from High School to University to get your BSN, you're getting scammed
@@NunYaBiz1313 I’m in California. Everything is more expensive here but this school offered a convenient after work schedule so it cost more than others. I didn’t go there, it’s too much.
At my community College its about $13k. I thought that was pretty high.
Flight nurse??? E.R. Nurse? Urgent care nurse??? Physical therapy Nurse???
Can an LVN do those jobs?
Flight nurse .. no, ER yes .. urgent Care, yes... physical therapist aren't nurses it is a specialty in itself
My issue with going for lpn or lvn is that you are very limited to where you can work. Try getting a lvn spot in a hospital. Its hard!! Most places wont hire lpn’s cause of the limits on med administration. Also, when you go from lon or lvn to RN school, you find out how much extra you learn as a RN. The lvn’s i know said they learned 80 percent more than they learned as a lvn. And like you said, to some degree, they are phasing out them. With the whole magnet status and hospitals , they are even trying to phase out assiciate degree RN’s. So to me it just makes sense to just get the RN. I dont look down on anyone. Just expressing my thoughts! Cool vid. !!! Keep them coming
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How about a 30 yr seasoned CNA walking an A.S Nurse thru a procedure? In hospital, new hires, it happens.
It defiantly does happen. CNA's are a huge resource to any nurse new or experienced.
@@THEKIKSOFTEXAS I've walked RNs thru wound vac applications from start to finish, foley insertion, blood draws ect.. I start school this month for nursing, after 30+ years of being a CNA, and at my age! LOL I am stoked for sure!
@@betsyvis1011 I'm 52 yo lpn and thinking about going back to school for my rn. I feel so intimidated.
@@whodatyamid5399 Don't feel intimated at all.. mostly you'll be getting basic college courses and some advanced nursing, but most of this you should know already! I am 56 and started the LPN program 5 weeks ago, and since I already took Surgical technology 12 years ago- a lot of it is a refresher except for the nsg diagnosis and the critical thinking aspect. You got that all under wraps as well as pharmacology! You will rock this! Good Luck.
@@betsyvis1011 Thank you for the encouragement.
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