Advancing as an LPN

[Misscruella]

Hello,

I am not an LPN but I wanted to hear from other LPNs so I thought I would post here. I have a couple questions for anyone kind enough to give me advice. 
 

my first question is this: for those who have done the LPN to RN Bridge program can you tell me what it was like for you? I am wondering if it would be easier for me to to go to LPN school, get some hands on experience and knowledge and then do the bridge program. I was in an RN program and the first semester was fine for me in lecture but I found clinical difficult. I felt I hadn’t really had any experience in that setting which made it hard and plus it was difficult learning how to do all of these clinical procedures alongside lecture. However I spoke with an LPN who has entered our program and he said it was confusing already being an LPN because he said some things he learned in LPN school were much different then what he learned in the RN program and were at times conflicting. I also don’t know if the LPN to RN program would be more stressful because maybe too much stuff is crammed into that one year? Hoping for opinions on this question. I have already posted about this in another forum on this website but didn’t know if it was the best place to get answers from LPNs. 
 

here is my other question . I have been dealing with some ongoing chronic Health issues. I am in pain a lot so I have questioned my choice to enter nursing. However my hope was that my health problems would resolve and I would be able to work those long shifts pain free. That hasn’t exactly gone as planned and I am still in pain but I do understand that there are many jobs in nursing too and some are more laborious then others. My aunt who is a nurse told me that even if I just get my LPN license I could move up in terms of salary and job title with an LPN license but she did say it would probably take time. She said she personally knew an LPN who worked in an administrative type position at a nursing home and was making around 80,000 a year. Now I don’t know how common that is to be able to get a job like that, even if you had been an Lpn for some time. Perhaps that person was able to get that job with right connections, or perhaps the person lives in a rural area where there isn’t as many nurses. I don’t know. I also don’t know how much your pay would increase the longer you are an LPN . Is it very marginal? I’m just wondering if pursuing the RN degree would be worth it given my circumstances. Nursing school was pretty stressful for me, though I was getting Bs. But I didn’t make it on to my second semester, where I hear it gets harder and harder each semester. From my understanding an LPNs job is usually more laborious then an RN but the LPN also has less responsibility which can be a lot more stressful for the person. Would love to get some opinions on this. Thanks!