[Nurselacey]

Hi I am currently an LPN graduating with my RN in June--can't wait!!

[Nurselacey]

Good luck! I will finally be finished in June. I am starting my preceptorship May 10th for a few weeks and then graduation.

[huskernurse82]

Hey! Just getting into the bridge! Excited and anxious to get it done. Good luck to all!

[Helper4Life]

Hello all I've been an LPN for 11 years. I just graduated with my BSN May 16th. I have 2 sons and 1 stepson. The road has been long and hard. I still have a stepping stone. With taking NCLEX. The good thing that has come from being an LPN and now RN my job has turned my LPN years into 5 years 8mos RN years which makes my salary very rewarding once I pass NCLEX. To all my LPN sisters and brothers keep up the good fight it will be worth it in the end.

[2bnursejacksonrn]

Hi I'm Nurse Jackson and im going to be starting the LPN program in June. Im very nervous about the material but im so excited about becoming a nurse. I plan to take the bridge course from LPN to BSN next year. Does anyone know how long the LPN to BSN takes?

[suespets]

how does that work, the 5 yr,8 month thing?

[Tracylvn]

Originally Posted by suespets

how does that work, the 5 yr,8 month thing?

I think she is saying her 11 yrs of LPN experience = 5 yrs and 8 months of RN experience.
I have heard that most places give you a 2=1 ratio.

[cook202n]

Did you know that in Canada LPN's have to take 4 full years to complete the RN program, there is no branching out. AND we are aloud as lpns to give IV meds as well as start IV's. Plus anything else an RN does!! I wish i lived in USA where you can branch out and it doesn't cost you 4 full years.

[frznmommy]

Hello ladies. First I just want to say, "CONGRATULATIONS"!!! I know how difficult this road can be! I am a 34 yr old married mom of two children, a 2 1/2 yr old little boy and a 8 1/2 yr old little girl. I graduate in just three weeks as an LPN. I am also enrolled into the ADN program in the fall of this year. I haven't any experience as an LPN let alone an RN so as I work and go to school, I hope to learn as much as I can. I feel VERY unprepared to work and it is all very surreal. I have been working on this for three years, so I only have six classes left to take to acheive my associates degree. Glad to of found this site and good luck to all of you ladies!!!

[tlc0710]

Hi, My name is Teresa.
I am 29 yo. I have been an LPN x12yrs. I currently work at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in my area. I love the vets . I am enrolled in Mountain State University in the LPN-BSN program. They give you credit for being an LPN. This was the only program around that did this. I went 1 noc a week for the firts 1.5 yrs and now I go 2 nocs a week. One for class and the other for clinical. My experience at this particular university has not been good. I am a very organized, on time, matter of fact kind of person. They are the total opposite. But I am most happy to say I have 300 days left. I will stay at the VA b/c I have so many years in now. And the VA is good to work for. I love what I do and the people I take care of. Good luck to all of the nurses getting ready to take boards and good luck to all the nurses in school.