Is it worth it to get LPN license while still in nursing school?

[SopranoKris]

Since we'll be halfway done with our RN program at the end of the semester, our instructor handed out forms for us to apply for our LPN certificate from the school. If we do so, it allows them to report us as eligible to sit for the NCLEX-PN and apply for an LPN license from the state BON. I'll still have 2 more semesters left to complete to be eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN in May 2015.

Is it worth it to get the LPN license while still in nursing school? Does it help to have it while I'm seeking employment? Or should I just wait until next May when I can take the NCLEX-RN?

[SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP]

Thank you, everyone, for your honest feedback. Much appreciated! :)

[Compassion_x]

This ^^. It's not a "one time offer;" if something happens to derail the RN program, if you qualified to sit the NCLEX-PN halfway through your program, you'll still qualify to sit it later on, if you decide you really need the license. Otherwise, it's a bunch of effort and expense that you don't need to invest.

Actually, I learned from a previous instructor that once you continue your education beyond LPN you can't go back and take the NCLEX-PN. Now, this might be for ADN/BSN GRADUATES, etc., only. Truthfully I don't know as I never looked into it. It might be a state thing here, idk.

[elkpark]

Actually, I learned from a previous instructor that once you continue your education beyond LPN you can't go back and take the NCLEX-PN. Now, this might be for ADN/BSN GRADUATES, etc., only. Truthfully I don't know as I never looked into it. It might be a state thing here, idk.

I suspect that is an individual state "thing." It wasn't the case in the state in which I taught, and a kazillion posters here from the Philipines have posted about pursuing LVN licensure in CA because their BSN education in the PI was considered by the CA BRN to not meet requirements for RN licensure in the state, often many years after they completed their BSNs.

There have also been many posters here over the years who have posted about stuff they were told by an instructor in nursing school which wasn't really true, so it may also be the case that your instructor is misinformed. It happens ...