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Starting wage is about 21 bux an hour some make less... some make more. After the liberal 15% wage cut, they make a lot less now.
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MultiQuote#2 end
Posted 27 November 2005 - 12:27 PM
and to rub the insult more, caregiver in the hospital/senior homes working with LPNs make $19/hr.
#3 Chewy
Posted 27 November 2005 - 12:58 PM
I'm an RN. LPN's are glorified care-aids. I barely trust them to take vitals much
less the huge joke that they are giving meds in certain circumstances.
Get a real career.
less the huge joke that they are giving meds in certain circumstances.
Get a real career.
#4 john
Posted 27 November 2005 - 02:09 PM
....because taking vitals and administering meds is such a difficult skill. Give me a break. 'Health Care'=OVERPAID!
#5 Juicy Fruit
Posted 27 November 2005 - 02:15 PM
Some hospitals are requiring LPN's take and pass a pharmacology degree. With the taxes that the LPN's have taken off, sometimes care aids make more per hour take home.
#6 1
Posted 27 November 2005 - 02:20 PM
When I said, some make more, it's only applies to other Provinces. It's only after the 15% paycut from the Liberals that the LPN's make 19 bux an hour. Some of the biggest weirdos, jerks, losers I've met happen to be LPN's and caretakers. It's probably because the wages are so low. They tend to treat patients very poorly.
#7 job to career
Posted 28 November 2005 - 07:30 AM
Thanks for all reply, but sounds all depressing........confused.
#8 Hell
Posted 28 November 2005 - 07:35 AM
contact WeCare
ask what you need to work for them
i suggest care-aids. dont waste time with lpn. while working as care-aid, go take nursing in school. become RPN. after that, become that kind of nurse who work with the doctors in operating / surgery. ER style. kick ass.
ask what you need to work for them
i suggest care-aids. dont waste time with lpn. while working as care-aid, go take nursing in school. become RPN. after that, become that kind of nurse who work with the doctors in operating / surgery. ER style. kick ass.
#9 job to career
Posted 28 November 2005 - 07:37 AM
Thanks for info Hell, does Wecare has website?
#10 Hell
Posted 28 November 2005 - 07:42 AM
http://www.wecare.ca
my girlfriend worked there as a careaid while going to her nursing.
she's RN now.
my girlfriend worked there as a careaid while going to her nursing.
she's RN now.
#11 job to career
Posted 28 November 2005 - 07:46 AM
Do you know which school has careaid course HELL?
#12 Hell
Posted 28 November 2005 - 07:50 AM
she didn't go to school for careaid. she just went to wecare and they hired her immediately.
#13 Over-rated
Posted 28 November 2005 - 08:33 AM
New RN's are baaaad! Give me an experienced and caring LPN any day of the week. RN's these days think their shit doesn't stink and they wave that damned degree in the faces of everyone else. Face it! If you are RN with 10 years or less experience then you are a bad nurse.
#14 cathy
Posted 28 November 2005 - 08:44 AM
lpn courses are not ransferrable. Anyone know why?
#15 job to career
Posted 29 November 2005 - 08:43 AM
With 20000 Tuition fee for a year, I don't think I can take LPN course anyway...BOOHOO
#16 Nokia
Posted 29 November 2005 - 09:00 AM
This doesn't really need a comment. It speaks for itself.
| Over-rated |  Posted - 11/28/2005 4:33:47 PM New RN's are baaaad! Give me an experienced and caring LPN any day of the week. RN's these days think their shit doesn't stink and they wave that damned degree in the faces of everyone else. Face it! If you are RN with 10 years or less experience then you are a bad nurse. | |
Yep, good advice. Listen to that.
#17 dick
Posted 29 November 2005 - 10:23 AM
With 20000 Tuition fee for a year, I don't think I can take LPN course anyway...BOOHOO women have life easier than most men. Name one job a man can get where after one year he gets 18 dollars an hour to start with full medical and dental and a job for life?
#18 joe
Posted 09 January 2006 - 09:16 AM
to chewy I don't know who you think you are talking about LPN in that manner.Most RN's in nursing homes are just paper pushers so back off lady.
#19 Panhof
Posted 09 January 2006 - 09:19 AM
Do LPNs wear white pantyhose and those blue dresses with the white aprons?
#20 sis
Posted 09 January 2006 - 02:00 PM
Wow, this was certainly interesting.
I really have to question if you guys are in the health care system at all.
The way "Chewy" came across sounded like a person that does not know what he/she is talking about, or this health care worker that definitely needs an attitude adjustment.
Health care is about team work. If you want to be a royalty, this is not the place to be.
LPN's go through a rigorous high pressure training program, that demands good grades in subjects such as biology, chemistry. Ideally it would be helpful to complete a first year A&P course before attending.
If you really are an RN, let me inform you the LPN's that I have dealt with have pointed out to me that they catch the RN's making many mistakes and inform them. Team work.
Some LPN's take futher training and become RN's and even MD's. LPN's can specialize too. LPN training, like RN training has evolved with increased skill and knowledge demands and have expanded into areas that required an RN before.
There should not be this kind of anymosity amongst the workers in this field, the jobs are too demanding to waste energy this way.
I really do hope "Chewy" give this some serious thought.
Ps. I wonder what year Chewy graduated, if more than ten years ago, much has changed for the those who have graduated after that.
I really have to question if you guys are in the health care system at all.
The way "Chewy" came across sounded like a person that does not know what he/she is talking about, or this health care worker that definitely needs an attitude adjustment.
Health care is about team work. If you want to be a royalty, this is not the place to be.
LPN's go through a rigorous high pressure training program, that demands good grades in subjects such as biology, chemistry. Ideally it would be helpful to complete a first year A&P course before attending.
If you really are an RN, let me inform you the LPN's that I have dealt with have pointed out to me that they catch the RN's making many mistakes and inform them. Team work.
Some LPN's take futher training and become RN's and even MD's. LPN's can specialize too. LPN training, like RN training has evolved with increased skill and knowledge demands and have expanded into areas that required an RN before.
There should not be this kind of anymosity amongst the workers in this field, the jobs are too demanding to waste energy this way.
I really do hope "Chewy" give this some serious thought.
Ps. I wonder what year Chewy graduated, if more than ten years ago, much has changed for the those who have graduated after that.
#21 Guru.
Posted 09 January 2006 - 03:37 PM
| Chewy |  Posted - 11/27/2005 8:58:55 PM I'm an RN. LPN's are glorified care-aids. I barely trust them to take vitals much less the huge joke that they are giving meds in certain circumstances. Get a real career. | |
#22 Insight
Posted 09 January 2006 - 03:53 PM
Chewy: You are an Idiot. I am a RN of 28 years and I was a LPN before that. I would noit want to work with you, as a matter of fact, I think you should do it all and forever work alone but never be my nurse.
#23 ABC
Posted 09 January 2006 - 08:29 PM
"With 20000 Tuition fee for a year, I don't think I can take LPN course anyway...BOOHOO"
Rough Estimate Cost $7,250.03
Thats from the UCFV website, so I'd venture your talking about one of the private schools like Sprott Shaw but it is apparently indeed possible to not pay 20k for practical nursing.
Rough Estimate Cost $7,250.03
Thats from the UCFV website, so I'd venture your talking about one of the private schools like Sprott Shaw but it is apparently indeed possible to not pay 20k for practical nursing.
#24 Drool
Posted 09 January 2006 - 10:42 PM
Work as an LPN is heavy, hard and constant - with no acknowledgement. Lot of LPNs hurt their backs lifting and moving patients.
#25 Chewy is an idiot
Posted 11 January 2006 - 01:41 PM
I work with fat RN's who do nothing but pretend they're doctors all day...and piss all of the doctor's off. RN's would get more respect if they actually did work. My mother is an LPN as well who was one year away from finishing her RN quit her training at BCIT because she didn't want to be as pathetic as them. RN's are so lazy it makes all of us other health care workers have to pick up the slack..then they bitch about their wages and work environments. RN's can go to hell....just like the hell that they put their patients through EVERYDAY.
#26 critic
Posted 11 January 2006 - 01:49 PM
some rn's are bitches,you can't generalize and categorize all rn's> I would liek to say I recieved wonderful treament at vgh and at royal columbian hospital. I cannot say that for other hospitals and the worst that i've ever been treated was at delta hospital where the nurse told me not to bleed on the floor.
#27 Insightful
Posted 11 January 2006 - 02:15 PM
Come people, all types of nurses are needed and all should, and for the most part do work, as a team
#28 Juicy Fruit
Posted 11 January 2006 - 03:05 PM
^ Sure that's true, but it doesn't exactly happen that way.
I know an LPN and she has told me some things such as the examples listed above about how bad RN's are, but that's just her side of the story.
Bottom line is they don't really work that well together at this point and time. Well, in most cases anyways.
I know an LPN and she has told me some things such as the examples listed above about how bad RN's are, but that's just her side of the story.
Bottom line is they don't really work that well together at this point and time. Well, in most cases anyways.
#29 Mandy
Posted 03 February 2006 - 03:19 PM
my cusin did the lpn program, and shes workin at richmond hopst and is makin 23.50 starting and u get a lot of over time shifts, there always callin her in, and with over time she makins abt $45 an hour... thats awsome! vcc and ucfv r the only schools that offer it that arnt private, but the waiting list is 2 yrs, which isnt worth is.. within 2 yrs workin as a lpn u make over 100 thousand, wuts 20 thousand out of that? u can get a student loan, apply for a nursing basairy, i say its worth it.... plus 1 yr course and u getting 23 $$ starting.. cant go wrong !
#30 Snowboard
Posted 18 February 2006 - 01:44 PM
Does anybody know what physicians make? As a neonatologist in academia I make 150K/year in the US.
I am afraid to have to step down a lot when I move to Canada.
Is that true?
I am afraid to have to step down a lot when I move to Canada.
Is that true?
#31 oit
Posted 18 February 2006 - 01:50 PM
Do RN's do anything? My experience is they usually sit around the nurses station bitching about how much work they do.
#32 @@@
Posted 18 February 2006 - 01:54 PM
Being any kind of nurse is more than just a paycheck.
#33 RN
Posted 18 February 2006 - 05:31 PM
| Chewy is an idiot | icon_posticon.gifPosted - 1/11/2006 9:41:46 PM Iwork with fat RN's who do nothing but pretend they're doctors allday...and piss all of the doctor's off. RN's would get more respect ifthey actually did work. My mother is an LPN as well who was one yearaway from finishing her RN quit her training at BCIT because she didn'twant to be as pathetic as them. RN's are so lazy it makes all of usother health care workers have to pick up the slack..then they bitchabout their wages and work environments. RN's can go to hell....justlike the hell that they put their patients through EVERYDAY. | |
No offence but your mom is an idiot.
What a waste of 15,000$ to BCIT just to quit at the last year. Maybe she just hid it from the family and she failed out of the program. Back 2-3 years ago (and before) BCIT realized that LPN's were not getting sufficient training, so instead of fast tracking LPN's like most institutions do, they make them start all over again because LPN's are no where near as competent as RN's are.
Don't be a fool. RN's do plenty of work, they are virtually the only type of nurses in VGH.
There are also rumours circulating around saying that LPN's (don't know how valid this is).
Seriuosly I now know why people say do not listen to others on forum, everything I've read here is a serious joke.
It's true RN's give some dirt work to the LPN's but then agian, that IS the LPN's responsibility; thats what you get when you apply for LPN school! LPN's aren't as knowledgable in certain things as RN's, so an RN can't waste their time doing petty things like wiping ass ALL the time.
With all that said, everyone in health care DOES play a vital role.. without one main group, the 'team' will have to take a while to cope.
#34 unreal
Posted 19 February 2006 - 03:14 AM
suck my dick it's team for white women who can't do nothing else
#35 Ania
Posted 19 February 2006 - 08:12 AM
wow unbelievable. I am an RN and just to clarify, i am neither overweight (5'9", 120lb??) nor lazy and this job requires a lot more than sitting on my ass gossiping at the nursing station. I treat my patients with respect and i work hard. I find it amazing that people think we are overpaid. The amount of knowledge you have to obtain to be even a relatively decent nurse is overwhelming. Nursing is not just about giving meds and wiping ass. It is about assessing constantly, critically thinking, making decisions and so much more. It is always ignorance on the part of others that leads them to believe these things. As for LPNs, i don't currently work with them but i have never treated one badly. They are skilled and very helpful and i would love to have them around. Yes, i delegate to them but that is their job and i don't disrespect them for that.
