All reviews on LPN/LVN school in san antonio.

LessValuableNinja · Nov 28, 2016

There's always Fort Sam Houston / AMEDD :)

Madelinegill16 · Nov 29, 2016

Thanks for the info but I have 2 little ones and I don't see myself enlisting or doing the reserves.

LessValuableNinja · Nov 29, 2016

I was mostly joking. I went through AMEDD's program back in the day, so that's the only one I know of in San Antonio. I'm a bit north of there, and only really know some programs in this area for LVN.

I can't give advice on which school to choose, since I'm not familiar with the schools there. However, something that I do know has helped a lot of people figure out where to start is the BON website.

This lists all the LVN programs that the TXBON recognizes:

http://www.bne.state.tx.us/pdfs/education_pdfs/education_programs/ApprovedVNschools.pdf

This lists all the LVN program pass rates for the last 5 years:

http://www.bne.state.tx.us/pdfs/education_pdfs/education_programs/VN-5YR-passrate.pdf

That should give you a start for looking at programs in the area and deciding which ones are close enough (and do not have an NCLEX pass rate of 50%) to be worth reading through the requirements on their website to see what's needed to apply.

If the programs in SA are anything like in this area, you will find that the requirements vary WIDELY from school to school. Some of them here have basically the same requirements as ADN programs to apply. Some, you just take the HESI, do well, and start.

So, basic advice:

Print off both documents

Take a big black marker and line through anything that has a horrible pass rate.

Consider other schools within your comfort level for distance.

Start looking at websites and copy/pasting their requirements into a document from their webpage, so you have one document to kind of figure out what requirements overlap, and what ones will be easy to put in applications for.

Start meeting prerequisites if needed.

Take entrance tests if needed.

Apply.

Good luck!

LessValuableNinja · Nov 29, 2016

Correction: The second document lists the program's NCLEX pass rates for the past 5 years. I realized the way it was written implied it might mean the pass rate for the program (graduation), which it does not imply. It's the percentage of graduates who pass the NCLEX on the first try.