Ontario LPN's - how many are bridging?

I would love to bridge to RN, but am not. I am a 1st yr RPN and feel that the 4 yr RN is difficult for me, because I live in Collingwood Ont. and the closest university is Toronto. Georgian College is desperately trying to get the BScn up here but it is taking far too long to come about. I am 46 and feel that commuting to T.O. is something I am not prepared to do. RPN is just fine with me. If the program was here, I would be an RN.
all the best,
ingrid

I think Georgian does have the program... I just finished at humber college for upgrading certain classes and one of the girls in my classes had applied for the RN at Georgian. She got in, but I don't know if she accepted.

Why do you think they don't have the program? (I am confused now.. lol)

I think she means they don't have it at the Collingwood campus.

I am in the part time program at the Orangeville campus. I am writing my exam in September and I will be 42 this year. I wouldn't consider bridging unless it was available part time some where as I am a single mom and I need to work. I have heard some programs want you to have some work experience before starting the bridging program as well. Right now I am glad to be done with essays, presentations and endless chapters to read, lol.

Hi all,

Georgian College, Owen Sound and Barrie have the BScn program but it is a collaborative program with York University. 2 years are spent at Georgian and 2 yrs at York in Toronto. As of yet, there is no FULL 4 yrs, degree program at Georgian. I hope that clarifies things. Georgian does offer a bridge program. To be an RN now, after my 1st yr completed, I have 2 choices. 1st- finish the RPN - bridge for 1 yr - 2 yrs at York...OR start all over next year with the RN collaborative program with York.
Great incentives for people to get into nursing...riiiight. That is why I am doing the RPN rather than the RN.

ingrid

I am bridging because I am miserable as an RPN
I live in Toronto and there are not many job choices here, and of those so many posting are casual and part time.

After going through a hellish time for 2 years, I am considering athabasca online bridging or will be in school full time
I want a public health 9 t 5 job. I am too burnt out by all the shift work, overwork and lack of support. Even though I am not an RN I have been in charge many times with no real pay or support.
I am very frustrated that they are making it so hard to bridge money and time wise but in the end I am going for it.

They really need to give more support and better jobs to nurses!
all of us, and healthcare aids too!

hi linzz, I am an LPN, i've worked in LTC in Minnesota for the last 2 years but i reside in ontario, the only reason i took lpn in MN was that there wasn't a course where i lived at the moment and i live on a border town and have dual citiz., which makes easier for crossing the border. But i am just plain tired of it. I am taking my RPN exam in a week from now, and if i pass i am going to continue my education to RN in Ontario next year. The reason for me doing this is that i've found as an LPN i end up doing CNA duties, plus finishing work the RNs leave behind when their shift is done not to mention med passes and treatments, and for the pay i receive it's just not worth working myself to the bone for. having BScn in NSG will open up more opportunities, and i want to travel, more jobs overseas will open up for me when i have my RN.