If you can start from the beinging would you go straight for RN

[mydee]

How many of you if you could do it all over again would have done a straight RNBSN program? I am just wondering because I have a very important decision to make. I'm currently a pre nursing students and will have to decide to become a LPN first then go for my LPN to RN then RN to BSN. The only problem with this it would take me forever to complete my BSN. I am also working with a private 4 year school out of state to start their nursing program but I won't be able to start in Jan 2010 which will make me 30 when I complete the program (also well be in 60,000 in debt). I could try to get into the LPN program at my CC but there are only about 40 seats. I have complete half of the prereq. So far I have my CNA, took my reading test and passed with 88 out of 99,getting a A in Develop Psyc. All I would have left to do would be to get a A in AP 1500 and get a good score on my math test. Even with this in mind there may be at least 200 applicants so I do not know my chances of getting in. Then I would be able to call myself a nurse at the age of 28 years old. Even if I am able to get into the program my husband and I live in a very expense area so I am not sure if I could cont. to work 30 hours a week and do the LPN program. I am afraid that if I go for LPN first that life might get in the way having a baby, buying a house ect and will never complete my nursing training what do you think?

[AimeeJo RN]

The best for me was to take LPN first and work on the RN prereqs while waiting to get into the lpn program. The college here has long waitlists. I am starting the bridge program next month and will have my associate RN degree in August. I will have my RN at the same time or earlier than many of the students I was taking pre reqs with. I would have preferred to get it over with all at once but as it turns out for me having a few quarters off in between was just what I needed, I got pregnant in my last quarter of the LPN program and now have a beautiful 5 month old baby girl. Looking back on how stressed out I was towards the end of the LPN program I would say for me the break was nice.