Please help: LPN to RN or LPN to BSN?

[BabyNurse_PJN]

I am planning on returning to school for my RN. I currently have my LPN license (I graduated from Platt in Tulsa in '06). I am debating and debating on if I should do LPN to RN or if I should do LPN to BSN. I wonder what the time differences are? How much longer it would take to achieve my BSN? Also, I would like to know what schools would be best? I did go to Platt, and it wasn't easy.. but I did graduate and get my LPN license, don't know if I should go back for a year and get my RN. Here is what I want to do, my long-term goal and maybe this will help someone tell me what I should end up doing (RN or BSN). I would like to work in the NICU or even the nursery. My son who is now 4 was born 12 weeks early and weighed 2 lbs 9 ozs at birth, he was in the NICU a very long time and is my inspiration for becoming a nurse in the first place. I also have a 5 month old and I know that schooling is going to take alot of time. I just don't know what to do. Heard good and bad about 2 year colleges and 4 year universities in Tulsa. HELP me please...:uhoh21:

[jbabyjr]

Hi does anyone know where I can get info regarding scholarships for work committment in NYC. I am an LPN planning on doing my RN.

[Lindsay13]

i'm about 2 months from being done with platts awesome & expensive lpn program. from what i understand about their lpn>rn program, is that you are only licensed through oklahoma, it's not a state-transferable lic rt it being unaccredited. so yea, i want to continue to my rn but i'm not sure of my options!

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

i'm about 2 months from being done with platts awesome & expensive lpn program. from what i understand about their lpn>rn program, is that you are only licensed through oklahoma, it's not a state-transferable lic rt it being unaccredited. so yea, i want to continue to my rn but i'm not sure of my options!

who told you that your license would not be "transferable" to other states?

i live in texas and know people who graduated from platt's okc campus. they were able to endorse their licenses into texas with no problems. as long as the nursing program meets the requirements of the obn (okla. board of nursing), you will be able to endorse your license into other states, even if the program is not accredited by the nln or ccne. state approval is what matters for licensure, not accreditation by the nln or ccne.

in fact, the vast majority of lpn programs across the country are not accredited. i attended an unaccredited lpn/lvn program in california and was able to endorse my license into texas and oklahoma with no problems.

[kdavis4375]

Do not use RUE. It is not a school but a place that charges you to set you in a school. It is a rip off. They will get you into Excelsior and you can get in without their help. It is out of NY, is online, and I have heard good things about it.