Can you be a LPN after 1 year of nursing school?

U.S.A. New York

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I'm a high school senior right now going into nursing.

I'll be attending Le Moyne College starting in August as part of their Dual Degree Partnership in Nursing with St. Joseph's College of Nursing.

The first year is all the nursing pre-reqs, and as long as you get a C or higher in them, you automatically get to start the nursing program in your second year.

Because I'm one who likes to plan ahead, I've been thinking about doing the following:

1. Work as a CNA this summer and next summer.

2. If possible, get my LPN license in 2 years (after my first year of nursing school) and then work as a LPN.

3. Have my RN license in 3 years and then continue with my education and

4. Have my BSN in 4 years.

In NYS, are you allowed to sit for the NCLEX-PN after a year of nursing school?

Thanks so much!

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You need to contact the Board in your state and find out if they allow this and then contact the nursing school to find out if they cooperate. I think you will find that the state of NY no longer allows this practice. A search of this site should come up with some posts by members who posted about NY changing their rules concerning this some time back. Good luck with your plans concerning nursing.

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I'm not sure about your state. I'm in VA, though, and enrolled in an LPN program that is exactly one year with NCLEX right after. I guess it does depend on state rules thought.

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As of June 2007 this is no longer an option for NY RN students.

These are the reasons why.

Several factors resulted in the Department’s position to phase out this option. Based on a number of patient safety concerns the Department re-examined its policy regarding this issue. Our investigation found that:

* As a result of curricular changes in registered professional nursing programs, the fourth semester of the program may contain all of the didactic and clinical assignments related to certain content areas such as obstetrical or psychiatric nursing, for example. Students not taking this last semester and licensed as LPNs under the 2-EQ option, therefore, might have little or no contact in these areas. We have concluded that the assumption of substantial equivalence can no longer be supported.

* Persons licensed as LPNs under this option have had no content on the differentiated scope of practice of LPNs and RNs and therefore do not know how to practice as an LPN.

* Individuals so licensed are not able to be licensed in other jurisdictions as the requirement in other states is for completion of an LPN program.

* This option is not available in any of the 47 professions regulated by the Department.

http://www.op.nysed.gov/nurse2EQelim.htm

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That sucks. Thanks guys.

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