Considering LPN?

[DarkLotus]

I was accepted into a BSN program for this fall but have to pay out of state tuition. I thought I was going to be geting the WUE scholarship but since I was admited to the nursing program I am no longer getting it! So between tuition and two kids in daycare I will not be able to afford nursing school in the fall. I'm considering staying here and working as a CNA for another year and hoping my application for the BSN program is accepted again next fall once I am a resident. This program is 2.5 years and considered one of the best here in my new state.

My other option is that there is one community college in my home state that is still taking applications for their LPN program in the fall. I can not find any ADN programs or BSN programs still taking applicaitons. It is first come first serve so I'm not even sure if I will get my application in in time, they only have four spots open. If I do get it all of the tuition and supplies will be paid for by grants so I will not have to worry about scholarships or loans. The program is 12 months and there is a LPN-RN bridge at the school that does not have a work requirement if you do their LPN program and are not a transfer. The bridge is another academic year of 9 months. So this would take 21 months to become a ADN-RN.

So which would you do?

Thansk

[jm08168]

Because of costs I had to change my plans as well. Instead of doing a traditional BSN, I'm going for a 12 month LPN, theirs then a local LPN to RN bridge at the community college which will take 12 months (plus two semesters of prereqs I can take while in LPN school or after), then a 12 month BSN.

So I'll be going to three different schools but this way I will have no debt from my lpn or rn and I will be in the nursing field gaining experience after a year

[DarkLotus]

Thanks for the reply! I figure if I go to the LPN then RN bridge I will be an RN in the same amount of time and get to work as a LPN part time while finishing up school. I know most hospitals only hire BSN's but I can always finish that degree while working at LTC or a Clinic...