Being an LPN helped you succeed as an RN?

I was an LPN for 18 yrs before i finally got my ADN. my knowledge and experience were invaluable both in class and in clinical. I was more comfortable with terminology and procedures, and even with relating to patients and therapeutic communication. Meds were easier to remember as I had used many of them in the past....the list goes on . That knowledge, along with the advanced knowledge I recieved as an ADN, also helped me with obtaining my BSN this year!