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sddlnscp · Aug 15, 2005

Hi Suzanne,
Pardon me for asking , where can i find this information that other state's allow individual to take LPN license?. aren't those individual just finished their pre-req?.
Nat

Sorry for the confusion. Maybe I can help a little bit. We were referring to the first year after you have started the actual nursing classes and disregarding the time spent taking the pre-reqs, sorry about that. You can probably check with your college to see if you can sit for the NCLEX for the LPN license after the first year in nursing school. Otherwise, you might be able to check with your State's Board of Nursing (frequently referred to as the BON) to see what their criteria are. Of course, I am just a pre-nursing student myself, so I'm sure there's a lot more people out here with far more answers than what I have. Best of luck to you!!! :)

Student_Nurse_WV · Aug 15, 2005

Awesome - that's great to know. Thanks!!! That is truly my passion (I even get goosebumps and my eyes tear up every time this commercial comes on TV for one of the larger hospital's neonatal unit). :) I'm glad to hear that I won't be going into a profession as a NP where I won't be needed. Thanks for the post - you made my day. :) :) :)

Hi everyone

I found this thread to be very interesting. I am a pre-nursing student that definately wants to move on to advanced practice. I think this is a great place for pre nursing students to come and find out about the other fields in advanced nursing. I must say that siri is an awesome person to talk to and she has given me so much info on this field. Since one of the other posters is interested in info but can't think of what to ask, I thought I would begin by posing some questions. Hopefully one of the NP can answer these questions for us. I was interested in the role/duties of FNPs. Siri answered this question for me but hopefully we can post this information on the thread. Also does anyone have any experience with neonatology for the other poster? Thanks! I hope this thread continues as us newbies pick the brains of those with experience :)

sddlnscp · Aug 15, 2005

Hi everyone
I found this thread to be very interesting. I am a pre-nursing student that definately wants to move on to advanced practice. I think this is a great place for pre nursing students to come and find out about the other fields in advanced nursing. I must say that siri is an awesome person to talk to and she has given me so much info on this field. Since one of the other posters is interested in info but can't think of what to ask, I thought I would begin by posing some questions. Hopefully one of the NP can answer these questions for us. I was interested in the role/duties of FNPs. Siri answered this question for me but hopefully we can post this information on the thread. Also does anyone have any experience with neonatology for the other poster? Thanks! I hope this thread continues as us newbies pick the brains of those with experience :)

Thanks - that's a great start, I can't wait to hear the feedback! Perhaps that will open up some new questions.

Student_Nurse_WV · Aug 15, 2005

Thanks - that's a great start, I can't wait to hear the feedback! Perhaps that will open up some new questions.

hi sddlnscp

I think I am going to try to start a thread on newbies asking questions to NP or experienced RNs on this forum so please look for it and contribute. Hopefully we will get a good thread going.

Nat_gagui · Aug 15, 2005

Sorry for the confusion. Maybe I can help a little bit. We were referring to the first year after you have started the actual nursing classes and disregarding the time spent taking the pre-reqs, sorry about that. You can probably check with your college to see if you can sit for the NCLEX for the LPN license after the first year in nursing school. Otherwise, you might be able to check with your State's Board of Nursing (frequently referred to as the BON) to see what their criteria are. Of course, I am just a pre-nursing student myself, so I'm sure there's a lot more people out here with far more answers than what I have. Best of luck to you!!! :)

Thank's for the quick answer. :)

Nat

sddlnscp · Aug 16, 2005

hi sddlnscp
I think I am going to try to start a thread on newbies asking questions to NP or experienced RNs on this forum so please look for it and contribute. Hopefully we will get a good thread going.

Sounds great - I'll search for it, thanks!!!

sddlnscp · Aug 16, 2005

Thank's for the quick answer. :)
Nat

You are welcome.

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Aug 17, 2005

Sorry for the confusion. Maybe I can help a little bit. We were referring to the first year after you have started the actual nursing classes and disregarding the time spent taking the pre-reqs, sorry about that. You can probably check with your college to see if you can sit for the NCLEX for the LPN license after the first year in nursing school. Otherwise, you might be able to check with your State's Board of Nursing (frequently referred to as the BON) to see what their criteria are. Of course, I am just a pre-nursing student myself, so I'm sure there's a lot more people out here with far more answers than what I have. Best of luck to you!!! :)

Well, I'll throw this out for anyone interested in New York's position on this :) . Here, an LPN program typically runs 9 months, the same as one "year" of an RN program (Aug-May), but we can't sit for the LPN boards until completing our third semester of the RN program. The old laws allowed it, and many did, but not anymore. The programs don't run in the same order, the same number of lecture hours in the same time, etc, so you won't be eligible here until after three semesters (out of four for an Associates) are completed. Frankly, no one bothers if they've gotten that far, except for those who have either failed out in the fourth semester or had to drop out for some reason. Then, since they're eligible, most of them DO take the LPN exam so they can start working as a nurse anyway. And then decide if they're going to return to finish the RN or not.

Hope that helps :)