can I transfer btwn LVN schools?

[hummingbird11]

Hello!

I am wondering if there is anybody out there who has transferred between private LVN schools in California. I am currently attending a school in Southern California and need to move back to the Bay Area for family reasons. Have you done this or know someone who has, and did they take all of your hours?Thank you!

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

I don't live in your state, but I can almost guarentee that a person cannot transfer from one LPN program to another, especially once they actually started taking nursing courses. If they are taking pre-requisites that are transferable from one college to another, that has been done, but not once you are actually in nursing. Most times, a person has to start from scratch...the bare beginnings if they want to go to a new school.

[rbaez4]

Hi there,

I live in Florida and I was told when I wanted to transfer that certificate programs are not tranferable and that I would have to start from the beginning.

[suzanne4, RN]

Chances are that you are in a vocational program, and those hours do not transfer for anything if you do not have the LVN after your name and are wishing to use the hours to continue on with a bridge program..

The only time that you usually can transfer is if the schools have the same owners or are affiliated with each other. Best is to check with the program that you are interested in up north.

Best of luck to you.

[Ayeloflo]

Greetings to everybody!

I am in Los Angeles, in my last term at private vocational nursing school -accelerated. I like it fast!

Your reason is different from mine, but when I decided that the best way for me was to transfer during Term 2, I had to do a lot of research into other private schools because community colleges wanted me to start all over again. For the most part, the programs are structured somewhat differentely. For example, in some private schools they take their Respiratory disorders in Term 2 and and Gastrointestinal disorders in Term 3. Other schools do the reverse.

As far as getting credit for the time and energy you have already put into these hard classes, I'd say make phonecalls to some of your prospective new schools, get a list of your completed courses (or a partial trascript) from your previous school, and set up an appointment with the DON of those possible schools you have in mind.

Always negotiate.

I have gone through it. I am very happy with my new school. It's one of the tough schools. But it's okay, because the passing rate is very high. I think 90-95% or so last time I checked. I wish you the very best in your choice.