LPN if not RN

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Just wondering how many ppl are thinking of going the LPN route if they are not able to get into the RN for any number of reasons (waiting list, grades, etc)

Since this semester is closing in on me and I'm comming close to my application deadline, I'm sorta worried that I won't get into the RN program. So far I've been told I can get a C in A&P II and still have the GPA needed to get in but I'm still worried. Last semester was the first semester they had to turn ppl away (only tured 4 away) and they're thinking this year is going to be more the same.

I'm just not sure if I should think about LPN and then do an RN bridge if I don't get in on the first try. Part of the reasoning of this is because we are planning on moving after 2 years and don't want to wait until the winter (when I might be done with the program if I don't get in on the first try) to move.

UGH! I hate this feeling. (oh and if I go LPN, I would have to take the NLN for that as well)

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LPN, quick dime is better and a fast quarter. One year and you are working, take the transition and poof, it is done

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Specializes in Acute Medicine/ Palliative.

Ummm ok.....

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Originally posted by Bex_SRN

Ummm ok.....

what's this about

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Originally posted by BarbPick

LPN, quick dime is better and a fast quarter. One year and you are working, take the transition and poof, it is done

thanks Barb good point. My GPA is fine and I'm sure I have nothing to worry about but I just like to have a backup plan!

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Originally posted by BarbPick

LPN, quick dime is better and a fast quarter. One year and you are working, take the transition and poof, it is done

That's my plan. I am starting a 1 yr LPN program in January, then plan on getting my ASN through Excelsior.

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Plan "B" is to go to the LPN school if i don't get into my program for next fall. it's an 11 month program and i figure that if i don't get into my RN program then at least i can do SOMETHING in the right direction, AND i'll be able to work and make more money which will help in the long run to get an actual degree in nursing later one. One of my friends went that route and she is working through a home health agency while she goes back to school for her ASN. she works 3 days a week and goest to school nights and weekends and STILL brings home more $$ than i do!

well that's just my 2 pennies worth...

t:roll

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I think this is a great idea. If I had to do it all over again I would have been an LPN first- then an RN. Whatever you choose- I hope all goes really well for you.

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Specializes in PCU, Critical Care, Observation.

Aren't the LPN classes filling up quickly also? At my school, both programs have a waiting list until 2005.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Tele, Peds, LDRP.

Im choosing to go that route. Ive tired for the past two semesters to get into the RN program at my CC but its been too full. So I applied to a technical school LPN program that starts in June and it looks like Im in as of now!:) I took the NET and got an 87 (the require a 65) and scored in the 99th percentile! Im so excited! I start the program in June and it will take 18 months because it is only in the evenings and on Saturdays, but Im not complaining because I year and a half will fly by. I moved here over a year ago thinking I could go straight into the nursing program and was rudely awakened by reality and here I am sitting here thinking, where did the past year go??? Im really happy about it and I will definitely go on to be an RN afterwards. I think its a great option, definitely look into it!

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I started taking pre-reqs in 1991. I got fed up with the wait list and entered an LPN program. I wouldn't give back my LPN education for anything. I completed my ASN through Regents/Excelsior in 1999. I've been working ever since.

As LPN students, we spent two full days a week in class and three full days a week in clinicals. One solid year of this. The difference I learned later was that the LPN program focused more on the "how to's" instead of "why's", which you learn more of in RN school. I just wanted to be a nurse and it was worth it to me. I don't feel like I missed out on anything taking the route that I did.

Kelly

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Originally posted by kelly65rn

I started taking pre-reqs in 1991. I got fed up with the wait list and entered an LPN program. I wouldn't give back my LPN education for anything. I completed my ASN through Regents/Excelsior in 1999. I've been working ever since.

As LPN students, we spent two full days a week in class and three full days a week in clinicals. One solid year of this. The difference I learned later was that the LPN program focused more on the "how to's" instead of "why's", which you learn more of in RN school. I just wanted to be a nurse and it was worth it to me. I don't feel like I missed out on anything taking the route that I did.

Kelly

I'm glad to hear it. I didn't bother with trying to get in an RN program -- there's only one where I live (I'm not moving again either, hubby just got a new job) and its a private school $30K a yr (OUCH).

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