I NEED ADVICE.

[Britt_3920]

Hi guys.

I am in serious need of advice! I recently finished all of my pre-requisites for an RN program. The TEAS test is no longer required at this specific school (YES!!!) So, I have all that I need to apply/begin the program. The school is about 35-40 minutes away and it is a 2 year program. Financially for myself, that is a long time to be out of full time work.. So this is my issue!

There is a technical college 5 minutes up the road from me (EXTREMELY convenient) and they offer a one year LPN program. *way closer & a year shorter*

However, I have to take 2 entrance exams, do the background check, application fee, and basically everything that I have ALREADY DONE at the other school for the RN program. I am looking at this from a financial standpoint. 1 year is much better for me financially rather than 2 years. Unfortunately, I feel like I've been told so many times by other nurses, they regret not going straight for their RN.. some have said they are happy they did LPN first. I am so stuck! I don't want to feel like I'm wasting my time doing LPN when my ultimate goal is RN.

Is it worth going through all I need to do for the LPN program when I have EVERYTHING done needed for the RN?

THANK YOU!!!

Brittney

[FutureNP357932, MSN, RN]

My advice to you is to apply to both. Nursing schools are very competitive and you wouldn't want to miss your opportunity at one if you got denied at the other. Trust me, it will be well worth it to do the extra stuff in the event you don't get in at the first school.

If you get accepted into both, then I would recommend doing the RN as the other nurses have mentioned. If your ultimate goal is to be an RN, then all you would be doing is adding on additional work for yourself if you went the LPN first. Where I'm from, the RN's who got their LPN first ended up doing more classes than us who just went straight for RN. I'm not sure if it's the same way where you are at though so don't quote me on that. Anyways, my advice is to go straight to RN, but if not possible, LPN to RN is better than nothing at all right?