Information Please LPN to RN

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I am an LPN. I just moved to Ohio from Kentucky. I am totally shocked at the difference in the practice of care that an LPN can give in Ohio verses KY. There is so much more an LPN can do in KY than in OH. I am interested in going to RN school. I live about 15 minutes from downtown Columbus. I was wondering, since I don't know much about the area, are there any LPN to RN bridges around this area?

Columbus State and OSU offer LPN to RN, I believe. I know for sure that COTC in Newark offers this and they start new nursing classes every Spring and Fall. Some of the classes you can take online and get out of the way before you are officially accepted into the program.

I'm agency and another agency nurse I worked with on New Year's Eve stated the same thing about the different scopes of practice between OH and KY. It amazes me how our nursing practice varies from state to state.

OSU does not offer an LPN to RN program. Columbus State does, as does COTC.

There was an LPN in my class at OSU. She took all the classes that the generic students did.

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Oh thanks but i was taking about Rio Grande nursing test.

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Hocking technical College is another one that I have heard has a good LPN to RN program. It is in Nelsonville.

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Specializes in Med Surg, ICU, home&pub health, pvt duty.
Have you thought about distance learning at Excelsior. Excelsior.edu

Buyer beware. Excelsior is not accepted in all states--that is, if you receive your degree from Excelsior, you may not be able to practice in all states. More and more states are following GA, CA, etc. example with Excelsior or its grads. In CA, Excelsior was given the boot..but Indiana State Univ took its place because it requires proctored clinical rotations with the lecture classees.

Of course, there are always brick and mortor programs for LPN-->RN (APN or BSN).

Stay warm and safe :nurse:

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There is a program in the Akron area, Cuyahoga Falls Institute of Technology. It is an LPN to RN bridge program, 15 months in length, and ALL of the pre-reqs are included in the curriculum. I toured the school. All of your classes are in one building. Financial aid is available. It is rather pricey-round $22,000 for the entire course. There is a similar program in the Tampa, FL area as well.

I worked with a guy in VA in Dec. 09 who was laid off from Ford after 11 years. He entered a program in Norfolk, VA-NO nursing background and will finish with his ADN in 15 months, his wife is in the same program he is in.

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Hi, Rets was mentioned, I recommend anything But Rets, their focus is Solely getting the heard in the door, after that it's coparable to

, say, making the voyage on a slave ship.. But, you can start tomorrow...

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

Dysmnesia1, Did you complete Rio's program? I'm thinking about starting there next fall (2011). I'd like any info you can give me. Was it doable with working and family? Were the transition courses difficult?

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