So true, if work were *that* interesting, we'd be calling it a hobby and doing it for free.
I don't see that ever happening, because the nursing union/groups/leaders don't want that to happen.However,
hospitals started phasing out non-BSN's in the 90's, hospitals don't hire non-BSN's (some of them may still employ LPN's who who were hired before they quit hiring them in the 90's, but the hospitals I've worked for, they offered a tuition reimbursement and pretty much required all LPN's to get a BSN by a certain date or be fired.) So, while I don't think the LPN will ever be completely phased out, job opportunities for LPN's are extremely limited.