Help... L.V.N.? R.N.?

[tyk80]

I'm taking Human Physiology which is my last pre-requsite for the nursing program. In completion of this course, my decision is to attend Concorde Career Institute to become an L.V.N. After completing the L.V.N program, I will then enroll into a Bachelor's program for R.N. My question is.... what is some thoughts/ideas/personal outlooks on this??? I'm just really stumped at the moment because I work in retail, Anchor Blue, and it just seems to me that it would be beneficial to take a year off and go to school to become an L.V.N. and then enroll into a Bachelor's program for R.N. after a year but work as an L.V.N. while in the nursing program. Please, anyone help me. I'm currently in the hi-desert in California.

[psychnurse1998]

These posts very much remind me of the 12 blind men and the elephant. One felt the legs and thought it was very much like a tree, and so goes the story. I felt the elephant, and it went like this..I was in an Rn program, but this was in 1971..but the most confident students, the ones that had the highest pass rate, were the ones that had worked as Lvns first. As I have gotten older I have learned more and more the value of experience. Put a new Rn graduate next to an Lvn who has had lets say 5 years of acute care experience, and I would bet on the LVN. Sorry to disagree a higher title does not translate into necesarly more competence. If you havent learned that yet...you will as you work with other health care providers. In psych right now, we have Rns passing meds, but thats what Lvns usually do. One Rn commented the main difference between what we do and what you do is the pay. Its true there is more to being a competent Rn than passsing meds. Its true also nursing has changed so much since 71. So please keep all of the posts in mind as you make your decision.