Nurses General Nursing
Published Oct 13, 2002
cna on her way
134 Posts
I am brand new here to allnurses.com and I am very excited to have found you guys! I am currently in school to get my LPN first with full intention to complete my RN shortly after. I am a 28 year old mother of two and work full time third shift as a CNA at a local hospital here in Noorth Carolina. I am finishing up my prereqs now and will be beginning the program in August. I want to work as a LPN while I bridge for the RN. If you have any advice about the best route for this plan (regular college vs excelsior) please let me know.
frankie
109 Posts
:) Hello CNA - I am happy you are on your way. I am frankie. I just joined this group about 10 days ago. I enjoy reading and posting. My advice about school would be get an AD degree - nevermind the LPN stuff. Once you are registered, you can go back to school for BSN,MSN, etc...there are so many programs now. Good luck and nice to meet you - frankie
Mkue
1,827 Posts
Welcome to the BB Good luck with whatever you decide !
SmilingBluEyes
20,964 Posts
Just wanted to say HELLO and WELCOME to you. We are glad you found us!
Rena RN 2003, RN
635 Posts
welcome! :)
adrienurse, LPN
1,275 Posts
Gotta love ambition! Good luck, we will be here for you!
Youda
703 Posts
Good for you! There's some old threads about Excelsior you might want to read. Do a search, you'll find them. In the meantime, good luck on your LPN!
Welcome!
:nurse: :balloons:
Cubby
305 Posts
Originally posted by cna on her way I am brand new here to allnurses.com and I am very excited to have found you guys! I am currently in school to get my LPN first with full intention to complete my RN shortly after. I am a 28 year old mother of two and work full time third shift as a CNA at a local hospital here in Noorth Carolina. I am finishing up my prereqs now and will be beginning the program in August. I want to work as a LPN while I bridge for the RN. If you have any advice about the best route for this plan (regular college vs excelsior) please let me know.
First and foremost WELCOME!! Second; The state where I live has an added benefit to their ADRN program. After you finish the first year of your program you can sit for the LPN boards. And continue with your RN program without interruption. You might check and see if any of your programs have this added incentive to go ahead and get the RN.
Bets of luck:)
Jotie
11 Posts
Hello and welcome from another newbie :)
I Am from Australia and we use different names for the level of nursing... could you tell me what your ones mean.
ours are....
RN registered Nurse
EN enrolled nurse
PCA patient care assistant.
I am training to become an RN (one year to go) but am working as a PCA a nursing home.
Tim-GNP
296 Posts
Wecome aboard!
ptnurse
185 Posts
Welcome. You will enjoy it here.
nursedawn67, LPN
1,046 Posts
Welcome to the boards! Good luck with school!! :)