For Current working LPN's

[egglady]

This is by no means a way to bash the LPN's who have taken and passed boards after there 1st year of the ADN/RN program. Question is this- Do you as a seasoned LPN think that it is a good idea for the students to be able to take and pass boards after 1 year of RN school? (for the 2 yr. ADN program)? I have found that the few that we have working with us lack the skills- such as IM injections " I only got checked off on it once" or Cathetars, "I dont like doing those". I know that the LPN programs are strong in skills, I do not know about the RN programs. It is just something I have noticed lately. Again, not to bash anyone. And personally, I wouldnt even attempt nor want to sit thru RN boards with out taking the RN program!

[caliotter3]

I too am proud of what I do and who I am. Like I said before, I am not bashing anyone. I just really worry about this. One of the nurses I work with said that doing it this way was the "fast track" to an LPN. She had no intention of finishing the RN program. I just worry about it.....

Anyone who enters RN school with the intention of progressing no further than the point where they can take the LPN boards has got some kind of problem with common sense. They should have let their seat in RN school go to someone who really wants to be there. They could just as well have entered an LPN program and achieved their goals the honest way. I seriously doubt that anyone in the RN program has been told that this is that person's stated goal. They would not have been accepted, had the truth been known.

[amjowens]

I just graduated from a LPN program, and am in my first semester of a regular RN program (4 semesters, not a bridge). I'd just have to sum it up, as, there better be a HUGE increase in the pace of learning next semester if a student who just finished 2 semesters of a RN program is to be ready for the LPN role!!! My LPN program was intensive, and I am totally prepared for my new job as a new grad. I did 96 hours of precepting, plus full time clinicals with classes for one full year. I'm dabbling at bed baths and prepping for med admin in my RN program. We don't have classes in the summer, then one med-surg clinical next semester. TO think of being competent to be a LPN at the end of this as a RN student//ooh, scary, unless, some major personal work experience on own time!!

[egglady, LPN]

I think part of the issue with the gal who took the "fast track" to become an LPN by going to one yr of RN school, is that where we live, we have about a 3 hour commute each way for LPN school. I did just that- I drove back and forth every single day for 12 months while raising 2 very small kids. I missed out on my sons first steps, and alot of his "firsts" but I can honestly say that it is worth it now that he is a teenager, and I can provide for him financially very well!!!