For Current working LPN's

i am by no means a seasoned nurse....new LPN....passed boards in Aug....anyway.....i have heard about RN students being able to take the LPN boards after a year......always wondered how that was,since the LPN program is skills oriented and the RN students always wished they could learn more skills....uummm....

i can cath someone with my eyes close now...do a straight cath 3x day on an individual....i love being me!!! and a NURSE!!!

I have attended both LPN school and RN school. I learned far more in LPN school than in RN school, both clinically and in the classroom. So, no, I don't think RN students should take LPN boards. Also, their training was RN level, not LPN level, and that can lead to problems with working within the scope of practice. If LPNs can't challenge RN boards, RN students should not challenge LPN boards. The education is different.

Don't the RN programs that offer the LPN option make them take an extra summer semester? I don't see much wrong with it. Its probably more about the individual student because some of us in the LPN program did a lot of IMs but some of us didn't. If like you said someone is saying they aren't comfortable doing catheters now would be a good time for them to get more practice while you are able to oversee.

Not all LPN/LVN programs are skills-focused. Mine certainly was not!

I attended a for-profit trade school which basically prepared students to pass their NCLEX on the first attempt (nothing more, nothing less). I never learned to catheterize patients during my program. I only gave one IM injection and a handful of SQ injections during the entire time. By the time I completed this program, my skills were poor.

Ding, Ding, ding ! We have a winner. Yes, I'm in a program as to where RN and LPN students are toghether for the first year, after the first year LPN students take a short summer course ( which is the second year, pushed into one course) and there fore sit for the License. RN students who wish to take the nclex pn, must do the same. Just for the record, I did IMs in my first semester. I love to learn, and take initiative to make sure I get the hands on experience I need.

When i was doing clinicals for my LPN, some times we were worked with RN students. I'm not sure if they were 1st or 2nd years but, we knew way more skills than they did. We sometimes had to walk them thru their skills. I know you actually learn more in an RN program but as far as skills, I'm not so sure.

Just wondering about how different RN school is from LPN. I want to do LPN in a year or so. I completed the first semester and a bit of RN school. It was too much for me as a single Mom. Also, I'm very theory oriented and wanted to understand on a deeper level-like the level of A and P. I'm re-reading my A and P book and will read HUETHERS pathopysiology book to prepare for LPN. Please tell me it is less intense than RN school. I welcome an emphasis on skills. If they dont focus on the why of things I'll have that covered myself. I also dont want to be sleep deprived during lab time like last time.

Thanks.

I attend a tech college that has the lpn program in with the rn program. Honestly, I have no idea the difference between lpn schools and ADN schools. Any ADN program will be much heavier on skills than a 4yr program. There is alot more theory type classes in 4 yr programs.
Lpn school is just as long as the lpn portion of an rn program from what I understand. It's a one yr program after the prereqs have been taken. That actually comes out to about 1.5-2yrs.
Many times I think students that have patient experience such as cna will be more comfortable coming out of the gate than lpns with no experience except for clinical. After a year or 2 though, everything seems to catch up.

I took and passed my pn boards this past August. I just started working in ltc and everyone tells me that we all start out scrambling and it gets better. I can only hope this is correct.