I need some advice!

[sbishop4455]

I need some advice in what i should do now in school. Its kind of long and i have a couple of questions i need answered if someone can help me!

I have been doing nursing prereqs for my community college's rn associates program. I still have chem, a&p1 and a&p2 to take and then i can apply for the program in january 2013. I have recently thought of doing an lpn program through eastern suffolk boces which is an 11 month program and i can have my lpn in june 2013 and then i would go on for my bachelors. After getting my lpn, do i have to work first or can i go straight into getting my bsn which i would like to do online? And if i get my lpn, will i still have to go back and take prereqs for a bsn program or will they be covered in the lpn program? I feel like this would be the best way to get my foot in the door to being a nurse. I had my heart set on going straight for my rn but i feel like it will take too long. what should i do? I dont even have an associates in general studies, that was what else i was going to do. I was going to go for my assoc in general studies from penn state online school and then apply to a 4 year school for my bsn

[Bob_N_VA]

If I can follow everything you are saying, here is what I think. If you go for the LPN over the AS-RN, then you can work as an LPN when you pass your boards. As for the BSN, most of those programs are set up for folks coming in with their RN already in hand, so you may not qualify. You really need to check on the specifics with the program you are interested in. You may need to take some or all of the pre-reqs. Remember, LPN is generally a 1 year program and RN is usually a minimum of 2 and most RN programs are looking for you to have chemistry, biology, A&P, Psych, etc as pre-reqs. Hope this helps.

[windmill182]

After finishing the pre-req's and being accepted, I am starting a LPN program Monday in Washington State. Hopefully when I finish, I plan to attend Northern Michigan University's LPN-BSN program. So, they do exist!! I am just excited to be able to work as a LPN while finishing/working on that goal. Most people said I was crazy for going for my LPN. A lot of those people were working for their RN-ADN, and a lot of those people are waiting 2+ years to even get in a program (Because of wait lists or crazy application requirements.) So, I really don't think it was that bad of a decision on my part. *shrug*

[marilyn1711]

The lpn program at my school still requires the same pre reqs as the RN program and they have to be completed before you can apply. After you qualify for the program you are put on a waiting list. right now it is 2 years. I would go ahead and do the a and p and micro. you are going to need it for a bsn anyway and they will transfer. You could go ahead and appy to a 4 year school. they usually have you take all the prereqs the first two years and the clinical portion is the last two.