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Hey everyone! I need advice for something. I'm almost done with my nursing prerequisites and I'm considering going to the LVN-RN pathway. I've heard from my nursing parents that if I go on this path, I'll be wasting my time because hospitals are phasing out LVNs. I understand that to be true but I plan to advance to becoming an RN ideally after I've worked for a few years. I say ideally cause I've been advised that if I choose to become an LVN first, that I'll probably be an LVN for longer than I think. I've weighed the pros and cons of it and I'm leaning strongly towards becoming an LVN first. (Any additional pros and cons are welcome as it is a huge decision and it'd be helpful to consider.) However my parents want me to go straight to RN and they're the ones paying for my education. I know that people who go through the LVN route do so out of economic necessity, but I have reasons. I wanted to become an LVN first so I can get work experience to make myself more hirable( yes I'm aware that I have to be creative about it, in terms of adding it to my resume but I think it helps more than just me getting a degree and having no experience), and to save up so when I get my ADN, I can move out once I get a nursing job and start living independently. Basically, I'm doing it to become financially stable in the long run. With that said, how do I convince my parents to financially support my choice to become an LVN first? They responded adversely to me suggesting it, despite me saying several times that I was going to continue my education to become an RN. I understand they want the best for me, but I have definitely thought this out. It's a matter of how they'll recieve it, which I can't control. Worse case scenario, I'll be forced to just become an RN. That isn't bad, it's something I can deal with. Ideally though, I want to become an LVN and then come back to school to become an ADN. Any tips on how to convince them?