Athabasca University LPN to RN progam

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Hi everyone, I'm an RPN from ON, and I would like to know if it is worth it to do the LPN to RN program in Athabasca or to do it in Ryerson University. I would also like to know if after getting the Athabasca RN degree I will easily find job in ON?

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I know a few ppl who have gone through the Athabasca LPN to Rn program and work in ontario. Totally doesn't affect your working in ontario at all.

I finally made my hours and have applied but then i have to get my alberta license which is gonna take a while with all the paperwork.

The advantage i have for athabasca over ryerson is its distance education. I cannot take more time off to complete school. I HAVE to work and this option is best for me.

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Hello everyone!

I'm new to this site, so hopefully I posted my message at the right place. I just got my CLPNBC exam result, and thank godness, I passed!! This is a wonderful Thanksgiving blessing for me and my family.

I just wanted to get some information about the LPN-RN program offered through Athabasca University. I need to complete another science course, and build-up my 1700 hours of work experience in order for me to register for PSYC290 as a unclassified student. Here are some of my questions: Will I be able to complete all Cluster A courses (without the 1700 hours of work experience) before moving to Cluster B?? For exams, where or how is that done? How often do they give you exams? I think that is it for now. I just wanted to get some answers and see which would work better for me, distance ed or Langara college at Vancouver, BC that offers a Nursing Transition program for LPNs. Thank you so much in advance!

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Contact Athabasca directly. I only know that all the electives can be completed in advance while getting the hours in. The exams are done when you are finished a course. Athabasca has a testing centre here in Edmonton and other centres around Alberta. They would be able to tell you where you might be able to write in another province.

You are aware that you also have to obtain and keep current a practice permit for Alberta while enrolled in the course and do your clinicals in Alberta???

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Just wanted to make sure that you know that you have to do all your clinicals in Alberta! I wanted to upgrade through Athabasca as well but I can't really pack up and move out there to do my clinicals since my family is here.

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I am currently erolled in this program and all of the above offered info seems correct. All practicums are in Aberta. You can do the options and non-nursing courses as an unclassified student while obtaining your required hrs, you just can't enroll into the actual program until all the prerequisites have been met. You can have an exam invigilator approved by AU and write exams close to home if you reside more than 100km's from an exam centre. You do need a Alberta license that you must maintain throughout the program. The program is great, it works for me because I need to work. I will not have any student debt as I find the pace I am working at allows me to pay for the courses on my own...a big plus. You are given 7yrs to complete the program, I am about half way through and have been going steady for almost 18 months...hope to be done by June 2011. Contact AU, the staff is great. Hope this helps.

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A girl at my hospital completed athabasca.. and loved it.. she did her final practicum here locally... but all the others were done in Alberta...

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I am currently erolled in this program and all of the above offered info seems correct. All practicums are in Aberta. You can do the options and non-nursing courses as an unclassified student while obtaining your required hrs, you just can't enroll into the actual program until all the prerequisites have been met. You can have an exam invigilator approved by AU and write exams close to home if you reside more than 100km's from an exam centre. You do need a Alberta license that you must maintain throughout the program. The program is great, it works for me because I need to work. I will not have any student debt as I find the pace I am working at allows me to pay for the courses on my own...a big plus. You are given 7yrs to complete the program, I am about half way through and have been going steady for almost 18 months...hope to be done by June 2011. Contact AU, the staff is great. Hope this helps.

Hi, and thanks for all the information! What other non-nursing courses can I take while I work on accummulating my 1700 hours?? I am having a tough time finding an LPN job here in Vancouver. Apparently, all the new LPN grads seems to be fighting for the same postings here in the lower mainland.

Thanks again in advance for your help.

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Check the website. Many courses from Langara and other community colleges are transferable.

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Hello,

I recently started the LPN-BSN program with Athabasca by taking the philosophy course and am finding the content easy enough but difficult to keep focused. Thus I am discouraged from continuing, however the option to work and study is nagging at me. I am concerned with the practicums and whether a degree through athabasca will be as well recieved in the job market. Also what do you see as a reasonable time frame for finishing the program? For those who are farther along any information on how you've found it would be helpful.

Thank-you :)

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Hi there,

I am almost done the program through Athabasca, just waiting to do my final 3 month placement. I took me a little less than four years to complete but I am also working, have kids, etc.

I think employers love the program as they get an experienced nurse at a new grad price.

Although, you do need to come to Alberta for three placements it is not impossible and many students do it.

It is true you can do your final placement anywhere in Canada.

I started my electives before I got my Alberta LPN license.

You do need to finish cluster A before starting B unless you ask for the instructor's permission. They may let you if it's not a direct prerequisite, but I'm not sure.

I had a lot of questions too before I started, you can start with taking just one pre-requisite and see how you like it without making a full commitment.

Good luck!

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Keep plugging onwards. You will be Ok, just plan your study time, focus and apply a lot of self discipline. It is not easy and can be discouraging. In request to how your degree will be accepted you need to research the university standing and contact your particular province or state. Where do you plan to work after your degree?

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