Career guidance needed

Do not take any pre-reqs along side your LPN courses if you have a 4 month old. The LPN program is vrey intense by itself.

I'm not sure what you mean by all the tests.

Good luck to you!

You have to get specific answers to your questions from the programs that you are considering. Unless someone on the site who has attended one of the schools that you are considering reads and responds to this thread, no one can give you the specifics. Different programs have different requirements. And the same program can change their requirements from year to year, so you have to get up to date info. Just call, write, or visit the schools that you are interested in and get the printed info as well as talk to counselors who can better guide you. Then you can make an informed choice of which school is best for your circumstances. One thing for certain: make sure you have your childcare situation squared away. You can't be missing school for child emergencies or problems with babysitters letting you down. Good luck.

Deaconess School of Nursing before it became Chamberlain used to have a distance program that allowed a student to obtain the LPN license on the way to the RN license. If one wanted to, one could stop with the LPN and not finish the RN program. It was really a good way to go, and Deaconess had a decent reputation. That was the only such program I ever discovered in my research. Unfortunately, since the school became Chamberlain, they have done away with the LPN stop point. Unless, some other school has started a program, I don't know of anyway to get an LPN license online or by distance education. Sorry.

I would not take any courses on line in conjunction with an LPN course, because it would be very distracting. Most LPN schools are full time, 5 days a week and there are many assignments, clinicals, and practice labs that have to be done for the entire length of the program.

It is also very true that you have to ensure that your childcare situation is air tight before you enter ANY nursing program because they have a limit of latenesses and absences. Many will say that if you are absent twice, or late three times (ESPECIALLY to clinicals), you may be expelled from their program. And, the LPN programs are jam packed with information within a short span of time, so, missing any time will be determental to your grades. As much as I, personally, understand that as a parent, our children come first, but, most schools are not that empathetic towards childcare or jobs. They feel that this behavior would continue as a nurse that is not dependable (not MY words, but it may be THEIRS).

Good luck in CNA school and more!