Ultimate question LPN or RN

U.S.A. Florida

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For the past few months or days I have been reading through a lot of post and debating whether I should do LPN or RN?? And I'm hoping someone once and for all answer this question. If it is worth going for LPN program or just wait for RN..?

Back story- I'm in Tampa, FL. I want to be CRNA, but I want to go for LPN and/or RN then BSN and then master. I got one more pre-req for hcc and apply for program fall 2015 or summer 2016(through lpn) or spring 2015-deadline june 2015, if i take the waiting game route for RN. Meanwhile since I got time and maybe get a foot on the door and get a feel for nursing I though i would go for the LPN program which starts in jan 2015, it's 14-15 month program.

So questions,

Should I wait for RN or should I jump into 2015 LPN program?

How is the job market for LPNS in tampa fl? How is the pay? where can I work after I'm out?

Any erwin graduates who could tell me where are they working now?

Please help I would really like to hear which path is good and yes I got time and that is not an issue. I would like to know really how it is out there for LPN's in Tampa Florida. Thanks for helping

@nurse nora 1thanks and where do you live? is it hard in tampa for lpn?

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@sippie..I'm definitely have a lot to think..thanks for the advise..it will help me in long run:)

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where in tampa r u doing your lpn?

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I'm an LPN from Miami (moved out of state) now I am headed to central Florida. Jobs as an LPN in Central and South FL are out there but they are hard to get because they also want many years of experience. As an LPN I am looking into programs that will get me to an ADN but the bridge programs are really competitive and I have previous college credits that will hold me back. The option that Ive settled on is to start a BSN program from step one.

I agree with many of the other posters, skip LPN program. I wish I would've made up my mind and just started with an Associate RN program because all the prerequisite courses to go from LPN to RN make the route so much longer.

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Unfortunately for me, my GPA was not high enough to get into the ADN Program because of classes 10 years ago I made all A's and B's in A&P, Micro, Algebra, etc...

Hey RyeBread, that sounds like my GPA problem, too! When I was in college I could not decide what to do, and I dropped classes without officially dropping them, so I have a transcript with only A's, B's and F's... stupid, I know. So now I am paying for it nearly 25 years later. Yes I met with an upper level advisor at my university asking to forgive/expunge/whatever the drops, but answer was no.

The LPN program I am in doesn't have any GPA requirement, just an admission test called COMPASS. To console myself I remember the admissions guy telling me how he's never seen COMPASS scores as high as mine in the three years he's worked there.

Sorry for the long post. And good luck to you Leroymon (OP)! My only advice to you (since you're in Florida) is there are bound to be LPN jobs in LTC, since there are so many seniors. Search for LPN jobs on Indeed.com and local hospital websites. If I had the GPA and the years to spare I'd go for RN, though.

Tom

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