Is nursing a vocation or a profession?

to all nuses out there kindly help me.. thanks..

LVN (licenced VOCATIONAL nurse) yes i think it is a CAREER more than a profession. you can make alot of money doing depening on where you work and live. be a RN instead (REGISTERED NURSE) MEGA BUCKS there

yes

2 of my sisters are nurses.

To one of them, it's a vocation.

To the other, it is simply a job. She is highly successful at it and has developed her skills.

Maybe sister#2 has the right idea.....remaining emotionally detached must be a good idea.

They both have a sick, black sense of humour btw. I suppose they need one...

it depends how you approach it? do you know what u want to do in nursing? these two questions decide what nursing will be for u, for instance use it as a vocational skill (ie.. cna or lvn) while attending school for something else or u can attend school and work your way up to what u want to do and make it your profession (ie.. lvn to rn)

I'm not quite sure what the difference is, but RNs are considered professionals. RN's have 3 or 4 years of college and many have a BS degree. LVNs (lecensed vocational nurses,) or LPNs (licensed Practical Nurses) (same job, just different labels) have 1-2yrs of education. Because of the name you would think their job would be a vocation, although much of the time they do the same tasks as an RN.. Then there are nurses aides who have no education up to a few weeks education. Theirs would be a vocation.

LPNs, LVNs and even ASN (associate degree) RNs are considered vocational. BSN (Bachelor degree) RNs are considered professionals. I know this as I am BSN RN as of May 2006 and in my job I am required to go to what my hospital calls Nurse Residency. It is only for BSN nurses and is suspose to make us more professional. When we asked why we have to take this and the ASN nurses do not, we were told that ASN nurses are not "professional" nurses. Also to move up in management in nursing, you generally need a Bachelors. I am sorry if I pissed off any ASN RNs, this is just what I have been told.

I think its a profession, whether you're an LPN or an RN. Granted RN's have more schooling and can do more (legally) than an LPN but they both put in long hours, and they are both responsible for ppl's lives! Its the most demanding job I can think of and I love it!