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Most home health agencies require nurses to have 1-2 years experience as a nurse. Some will hire anyone with a pulse. It's $200 for the exam plus whatever your state charges for the application ($50-$200). Are their jobs for new grad LPNs? Some jobs require you to graduate from PN school to maintain credentialing.
Do they have nurse student clinical externs at your local hospitals? That may be a better option
Most home health agencies require nurses to have 1-2 years experience as a nurse. Some will hire anyone with a pulse. It's $200 for the exam plus whatever your state charges for the application ($50-$200). Are their jobs for new grad LPNs? Some jobs require you to graduate from PN school to maintain credentialing.Do they have nurse student clinical externs at your local hospitals? That may be a better option
No, extern opportunities. Your comments are confirming my thinking that it's probably not worth it. Thank you for you all for your feedback.
I have several friends who got their LPN license and worked as an LPN while finishing the RN. For each of them, they felt is was worth it doing this way. Only you can decide which way to go.
I've been wondering about this myself. Thanks for your response. Do you know if every state offers this option or is it school-specific?
FLnurseprospect
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So I just finished my first year of nursing school (RN) and I'm eligible to take the NCLEX- PN.
I'm curious, is it worth doing or should I just wait till I finish nursing school and take my NCLEX RN?
The reasons I thought it would be helpful would be: 1. to start utilizing some of the skills I've learned so far and build my resume.
2. Perhaps I could look into picking up some per diem Home Health which will be more flexible with my student schedule.
3. To start forming relationships with other professionals in my career.
I do work as a medical assistant now but a lot of the LPN skills are outside of the scope of my certification.
What are your thoughts? Is it worth it?