Future RN going for LPN first

[cljonesfuturenurse]

I am exhausted and just absoulutely tired of going no where. I have been on my current job for ten years today. I have worked full time as a secretary at a local doctor's office for the past four years. I have Bachelor's in health care administration and I am one year away from completing my Masters. All this, and I haven't moved much of anywhere. I have applied for millions of jobs. They all say that I lack experience. I have to get out of my current profession I can't take it anymore. I'm going to rot away here. I have always had the passion to be a nurse. I'm so dissappointed in myself. I have wasted so much time doing things that I really didn't want to do just to say that I had a degree. It was just time wasted. I have attempted nursing before, but I was no where near focused as I am now. I didn't make the grades that I should have made and I had to settle for a degree in Health Care Admin instead. I have two children to feed and I feel that I have to accomplish something quick. So I have decided to enroll in the LPN program at Tennessee Tech for January. I plan to complete that in one year and go straight into my RN for two or three semesters. I am hoping that this will give me a sense of accomplishment and a quick career change. I am also hoping that by already having my Bachelor's and Master's, I can make a decent life for myself with the help of a nursing credential. I feel like I'm all over the place. But nursing is really my passion. I feel like It is my calling, but I let life take over. Anyone think that I am going about this the wrong way?

[lmcm]

Not at all. I am in a similar situation I have BA in Biology only because my GPA wasn't good enough to get in the nursing program and I just wanted to be done with school. I am grown now and have a child to feed now too.... I am going back to get my RN, I will have to retake some classes and 3 prereq's but am taking my chances in hopes I will get in the ADN program. I have already been studying for the TEASV and looked into getting my LPN first but I would have to work for 3 years before I could get my RN so financially its cheaper to take a chance and hope I get in to this program. You will start at more money as an RN so if you have lots of college courses look into an RN program near you at a community college - you could work and take a few classes.

[NamasteNurse, BSN, RN]

hi there, sounds like a do-able approach to me. I earned my BA 30 years ago. Got laid off in the first wave of the recession, patched together a living for three years and finally realized the only ones hiring were nursing facilities. Got my LPN in one year and am working at a great job good money and I like it. Going on for my RN part time. A lot of people do it this way. Just make sure you are ready to give up your social life to a ton of studying, nursing school , as you know is hard! And doing it while working, even harder. No sleep, bad eating habits, the whole gambit. Try to plan ahead. Good luck, it can be done!

[fatima-kissimmee]

I was reading your post and felt like I wrote it. lol Ihave been at my current job 9years though lol.I wasn't born in the USA and have an bebe now. I believe and have a strong feeling that this is the right time for me . I know it is going to be hard but we can do it. there is a French proverb that says *late is better than never!* I am waiting for an interview to get into the JAN2012 LPN program too. You are not alone, and we can do it.