Does anyone know if the Ivy Tech Nursing offers a "slow track" program?

Published Oct 19, 2009

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I am expecting my first baby on Valentines Day of this year. This was a surprise to us! A pleasant surprise. However, this means I will have to hold off on applying for the RN or LPN program until after our baby girl is born. I was thinking about re-applying for the program in August of 2010. At this point my baby will be about 6 months old. I do not want to leave the baby all day long in the hands of a babysitter. I am the type of mother who will want to be with my child for at least a few hours of the day without the stress and business of classes and studying. I know that would mean I would potentially have to leave her for 3 years while Im doing clinicals.

So I was wondering if there was a "slow track" program. I know they do havea fast track where you can take clinicals throughout the summer to speed it up. I was thinking, if I had to do perhaps just half days or go only half of the week as opposed to a full time course schedule that might be better for me in my situation.

Also, does anyone know how long the LPN program takes and then the LPN to RN transition program takes? I was always told that the LPN is 3 semesters and the LPN to RN is 2 semesters. I think this is the route I will have to choose because I have applied to the Indy Nursing Program with all As and a 87% on my TEAS with no acceptance. I did however make it into the LPN program at one point but I decided not to take it yet because I still had a couple required classes I wanted to get done before I took on the stress of having prereqs and LPN program.

So all in all , if I took that route normally it would only take me 2.5 years?

Thanks for any info you can give.