[fueysers]

I am currently trying to decide if I should attend my local community college and earn an Associate degree for LVN or attend a school such as western career college and earn a certificate for LVN. I am leaning towards western career college because my community college as a waiting list. I was wondering if it matters to employers if an lvn has a degree or a certificate. Thank you

[pagandeva2000]

From what I can gather, an LPN graduating from anywhere would have a certificate of completion for successfully passing the LPN cirriculum in that area. Many community colleges offer LPN programs, and may even have pre-requisites that RNs take, but ultimately, she/he would still graduate with a certificate. Maybe other states have different situations, but this is what I see in my neck of the woods.

If you go to a vocational school, and then, wish to become an RN, you might have to take college level Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry, English and others, versus if you attended a community college, they may require that you take many of the pre-requisites of the RN program in order to have a smoother transition.

[TheCommuter]

In my area, the employers and hiring managers tend to not care where you attended school. No manager has ever asked me, "So where did you attend school?"

As long as you're a warm body with a nursing license, you should be able to find work upon graduation. Good luck to you.

[akanini]

My cousin told me in GA students get an associates degree for LPN. I have NEVER heard of that before. She must be mistaken. In NY you only get a certificate for LPN like the poster stated.

[Soon2bRN_Cali]

I attended WCC in cali.. and received an A.S. degree from my LVN program... it's an Associate of Science Degree with an Emphasis in Nursing... Because the school I went to was WASC accredited such as most of the community college's here.. the counselor I spoke to one of the CC said the classes I took in my LVN program will be transferrable to most CC bridge programs... at WCC you could either get a certificate for LVN or if you finished you G.E. you can receive as A.S. in LVN... I was one of the two students in my class that went for the degree