Can you get your RN after a noncredit LPN program?

[honeycakes55]

Penn State University offers a noncredit LPN program. After you complete the program, you are eligible to sit for the NCLEX. If you receive your LPN, can you still go for your RN if its a noncredit program? I would want to transfer in to another RN program since Penn State doesn't have an RN program in the area.

[tainted1972, ASN, RN]

I am attending an LPN to RN bridge program beginning in the fall.. When I asked them about preqs and credit transfers... they simply said "an LPN license is enough"

Just having my license gets me into the program and there are very few general education classes

my suggestion is to look into what RN school you want to attend.. find out what you have to do to get accepted and go from there.

[nurse2b813]

Hello,

I am a soon-to-be LPN student at a technical school and the credits, once the program is completed, can ONLY trasnfer to a community college and NOT a university's program. Someone mentioned that you can go get your RN but first you must complete the pre-reqs and any other requirements. In my case, the community college I am looking at also gives 10 credits for being a LPN, so to me, it doesn't feel like me adding another year was a waist.

-Nurse2b813

[Amac]

the LVN school i went to the units were just for them, they didn't mean anything for transfer. my GPA however did, i was talking to one school that was asking for a higher GPA then i had in my transfer units, but had a 3.89 in LVN school so they were more lenient with me then others who didn't have the LVN. ( i wasn't the best student right out of high school) So while the units wont transfer to help you get the RN, the GPA can give you another edge!

[OkieMom3D]

I am an LPN who was just accepted into the ADN program at the local community college. My LPN classes did not transfer into college credit however, my LPN license allows me to get advanced standing into the ADN program. Which means I get to start in the 3rd semester of a 4 semester program. In other words, I get to skip the first 2 semesters because I am an LPN. But, before I could apply to the ADN program I had to complete several pre-reqs, which took me 2 years to do. I also had the option of doing an LPN to BSN program at a couple of different Universities in my area, but they require even more pre-reqs which would have taken another year, so I chose to get my ADN first and then go for my BSN while I am working as an RN.

Also, my LPN school was accredited by the state BON. If you go to a non-accredited school the community college requires you to take an additional transition class and you must pass some competency tests, but then you get into the 3rd semester just like the other LPNs.