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?

Look at the Athabasca site, it lists all the courses in each cluster.

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You won't be admitted to the programme until you have the required number of practice hours. For some reason, I think it's around 1700, so one year full time work. You won't be doing clinicals for a while.

I understand thanks :) I only have about 100 hours left to collect now, and i guess its takes a while to process all the paperwork to get evaluated for admittance. But i'm still wondering for if anyone who's done or in the midst of the LPN RN through athabasca if they had to ask employers for time off work to schedule in clinicals? or if you ask for a LOA? I'm not totally sure but it would be nice to know what to do in the future. Thanks ;)

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You can do all the electives before finishing your practice hours. Also, you will definitely need to take time off work to do the clinicals. I'm not sure why you're asking that, how could you do the clinicals without taking time off? The clinicals are full time hours plus hours of doing patient research and nursing care plans at night and on your days off, etc. It will depend on where you work, I think most employers would give you a leave of absence, I have heard that most employers are really supportive. However, the first three clinicals can be held anywhere in Alberta, so you should also take that into account.

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Good info from everyone. Thx. I'm just taking the Perioperative Nurse course, hoping that I can apply prior learning and continue on with the LPN to BSN in the new year. Lifelong learning - so cool! :)

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I was looking at the Athabasca website and I was thinking it might be easier to do one course at a time.

Has anyone done this? I was just thinking it may be easier to concentrate on 1 subject at a time. Dedicate all your study time to that one thing... Are you allowed to do it like this. Say do one class a month or something?

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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 There,

I just wanted to find out more information about the practicums. Approximately how many months are required for each i.e time spent in the clinical sites, not the course as a whole. For example how many weeks or months one has to spend at the clinical site for NURS 425, NURS 437, NURS 401,and NURS 441. From your experience, are the practicums difficult or what is your experience. I am already into the program, but still taking Cluster A courses. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks

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Hello,

I'm a registered practical nurses here in Ontario. I am registered into the Lpn to Bsn program at Athabasca University. I have a question about keeping your Alberta license active even if you don't plan on starting your clinicals in the next year or so. Will the university take you out of enrollment if your license is not active while you are not doing any clinicals?

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I would also like to ask how long it would take to do all 3 clinicals, because in one of the posts someone mentions they did it in roughly a year and a half. How is it possible, because I was told by the school that you have to wait in between since there is a que, even if you have done the prerequisite courses.

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This thread was started in 2009 and time frames vary depending on number of clinical sites, instructors available.

I'm pretty sure the paperwork states that a VALID Alberta license must be held during your time in the programme.

I have a friend that's been held up for a while waiting for her final clinical spot. Should have been finished by April this year but is still waiting for that final placement spot to become available.

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Hi

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, I just wanted to find out if you are done with the program. I also have a question though. Someone told me that in order to pass the practicums one has to have hospital experience, is this true? She also told me that two of her friends failed the practicums because of not haven hospital experience; this information has scared me quite a bit since I don't have any hospital experience as I have been working in the community, specifically pediatric home care. My question is, did you have any hospital experience before taken your praticums? if not, did it affects how you performed at the practicums? Also, do the perceptors expect you to know quite a bit about hospital settings? Please provide me with what ever information you have because I don't want to think that I am wasting my time since I wouldn't be able to pass the practicums due to lack of hospital experience, Thanks a lot

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This thread was started in 2009 and time frames vary depending on number of clinical sites, instructors available.

I'm pretty sure the paperwork states that a VALID Alberta license must be held during your time in the programme.

I have a friend that's been held up for a while waiting for her final clinical spot. Should have been finished by April this year but is still waiting for that final placement spot to become available.

Hi, I just wanted to find out if you are done with the program. I also have a question though. Someone told me that in order to pass the practicums one has to have hospital experience, is this true? She also told me that two of her friends failed the practicums because of lack of hospital experience; this information has scared me quite a bit since I don't have any hospital experience as I have been working in the community, specifically pediatric home care. My question is, did you have any hospital experience before taken your praticums? if not, did it affects how you performed at the practicums? Also, do the perceptors expect you to know quite a bit about the hospital settings? Please provide me with what ever information you have because I don't want to think that I am wasting my time since I wouldn't be able to pass the practicums due to lack of hospital experience, Thanks a lot

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Thanks a bunch to all who contributed! Reading the threads have been very helpful to me as I am also in the same boat with the rest who are thinking of taking the athabasca distance route...It sounds like the post-lpn to RN program in AU is a recognized program across canada so that gave me a boost of confidence to proceed. Good luck to me and to us all endeavouring in this journey for a better future!

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