Contemplating LPN? Already have Bachelors

pixiestudent2 · Jul 24, 2016

What not do an accelerated BSN.. It'll take the same amount of time

Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN · Jul 24, 2016

You might find this thread useful, although it's asking about RN instead of LPN. And after you get the age thing sorted out, find out how marketable LPNs/ASNs?BSNs are in your area.

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/how-old-is-1060277.html

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jul 24, 2016

What not do an accelerated BSN.. It'll take the same amount of time

My friend had a non-nursing BS degree at the time she enrolled in an LPN program. To be blunt, her cumulative GPA of 2.6 and prerequisite GPA of 2.5 were not competitive enough for admission into most accelerated BSN programs.

Hence, some people with non-nursing bachelor's degrees would struggle to be admitted into accelerated BSN programs with their current stats. I assume this is the reason why some opt for an LPN program.

TC3200 · Jul 25, 2016

Here in Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, every county has a vo-tech that offers LPN that can be completed in 1 year or less. It's a trade school type degree that doesn't transfer to college credit later. We have at least one community college that offers LPN as a college degree and the courses in it transfer into the associate degree RN program at that same college. Accelerated BSN would be a whole different animal from LPN. You'd probably have to complete prereqs to get accepted and then once you're in the accelerated program is very rigorous itself. I'm not sure why people suggested that.

In rural areas of PA, and other place s clamoring for RNs, like Texas, it's not difficult for a diploma school RN or ADRN to land a jobin hospitals or LTC. In the urban areas, the hospitals got picky because they have a glut of new BSNs to pick from and they won't hire a new-grad who is less than a BSN, and they might have requirements that their diploma and AD RN employees complete BSN by a certain deadline to keep their jobs.

Pay for a new-grad LPN in my rural are was $15/hr back in 2011. A new-grad RN was more like $22-$25. But, down in the Pittsburgh and Washington, PA areas some of the nursing home and LTCs were paying LPNs anywhere from $19 to $22/hr. Some people that I know went to LPN school and then got jobs and started on a BSN as soon as possible and had employer paying for the majority or all of it.

Hospitals here, even in this rural area, have for the most part booted out the LPNs and one needs to be RN to get a hospital job other than CNA. I was told by the LPN schools that LPNs mostly work in LTC and we should expect that hospitals would not be hiring LPNs.

LPNtoRNin2016OH, LPN · Jul 25, 2016

I have liked being an LPN but its definitely more opportunity with your RN. If your interested in continuing to work with the elderly, your lpn will certainly get you there. Its a good amount of money for the school, I am in a low cost of living area and new grad LPNs start at $19-20. I was 19 when I was in school but most of my class was 30+ so never too old.