Nursing shortage bolony! Let the practicing LPN/LVN's get into school 1st!

If you don't have the prerequistes for the BSN under your belt, how are you going to get through an acceletated BSN program in one year. Most BSN programs require 135+ hours to graduate. I am sure if they allowed LPNs in Acelareted program with two years of undergrad classes completed, they would do great. Good for you for taking the intiative to try to make it happen. Have you tried the Indiana State LPN-BSN program. Its online with precepting at local hospitals. Also try Excelsior College. You would be a great candidate for all these programs with your experience. I went through Excelsior as soon as I graduated from LPN school. I was trying to get into a LPN-RN but they wanted 2 yrs of work experience first. I had a BS degree and could have applied to 2 accelatated BSN programs but the competition was fierce. I live in NC and UNC and Duke university are well known colleges and I did not want to rack up 15-40k trying to get my BSN. Excelsior cost me $8500 which included traveling to the site. Its not an easy alternative but I liked the freedom to study on my own and take the test when I was ready. I was able to work full-time.I Finshed the program in less than a year and I now work at a hospital. I am now looking at a RN-BSN that cost $2000 through my work and they great thing is that they will pay for it. Don't give up and look into the two programs above. If this is your dream then don't let anything get in your way. Good Luck to you.

I am an LVN and I have a BS in another field. I am currently in an LVN-RN bridge program. It was easier/more affordable for me to go this route than through and accelerated BSN program. Both programs take about the same amount of time to complete, but I have a family and don't have the time an accelerated program would require me to be away from my family. That's not to say that the ADN route is not time consuming, but it's not as intense. I actually feel fortunate that I'm an LVN and can go into a bridge program rather than completing another BS before I can start workins as an RN. I will eventually get my BSN and my Masters, but for now, this is really the best for my family and me.