Is LPN school hard?

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Im very confused. Ive been a cna over 5 yrs and itd time for a career change. Which is better, becoming an LPN then bridge over or go straight for RN?

YES!!!!! It is still nursing school. We lost 30 students in our first semester. Only 14 of us remain in the last semester. I have been able to stay afloat all year ( our program is 12 mos) up until now, the last semester. I entered my program with a 4.0. I had always been on the Deans List until now. I have yet to pass a semester with an A! Nursing school is hard whether it is for the LPN or RN program. Try it and you will see!!!!

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I want start my lpn classes is it easy to get a job once you've completed the course?

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
I want start my lpn classes is it easy to get a job once you've completed the course?
Not always. It depends on where you are located.
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yeah from what I seen it's not easy definately takes some effort but then again everything in the health care field does.

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To those already in the program is the lvn program based more on having stellar time management skills or memorization skills? What would be considered a typical day?

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Dear you!

I am in my first term of LVN school, it is very mind boggling the amount of information they expect you to cram in your little, rusty mind. Everyday your head is spinning with the new studies being thrown your way. If you have a Boyfriend, and friends prepare for possible betrayal.

- It's common for students to get hysterical, and cry. But it's also common for tears of joy. But those come later, after possibly repeating a class, or two. The Nursing students who whip through it all, I admire, and wish I could be more like.

Please be smart, you most likely won't be able to work, 1st month we are halfway through, and 10 students have dropped. We are halfway down with A+P, and Fundamentals. I am passing barely, and so is everyone else.

If you fail an exam over a unit, you won't be alone.

This is tough, but doable. And if their's one thing I learnt from a Grandmother, an Aunt, and a Mother who is a nurse.

Nurses don't give up. We have increments of hysteria, but we get over it.

(You - Relationships - Free Time - Proper Nutrition - Sex - Sleep)

+ (Stress + Impatient friends + recitative lover + crazy instructors)

= Nursing School

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Specializes in EMS.

Hi,

I always wanted to go straight through the RN route but due to life and not having the best GPA it was hard for me to get into the ADN program. But it was easy to get into the LVN program. And yes, it is hard. Not only the school work but it is a life style change. Most LVN programs are a year straight and full time. I know one semester it was M-F 7:30-5:30 so I wasn't able to work. I lived on FAFSA and my boyfriend supported me. Also nursing school will not work around you. They don't care what you have going on in life. The give you dates and expect you to be there and they give SO much homework at times I would just be so over whelmed that I cried and cried. Having break downs was a normal occurrence. But now that I am done, I am so thankful I chose this route. LVN is a practical nurse so you are more hands on. They spend a lot of time on skills. You also cover a good portion of stuff they teach you in the ADN program but I feel like the LVN program takes it slower. I plan to do the bridge program after working a while as an LVN and getting some experience. I know at the school that I did my LVN at, the ADN bridge is made for people working full time. It's three semesters and two days of class a week 8am-12pm and one clinical day. But that doesn't mean it will be easy. Prob more homework that will make you have regular break downs. I recommend this way to most people. I think it will make me a better nurse in the long run. And they always say that they are trying to do away with LVN's but I think that is a load of bull with the nursing shortage they need all the nurses that they can get. All my teachers had started out as LVN's and worked for some years before moving up and now they are all NP's or MSN.

Brittney Burns, LVN

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Go straight for an RN program. Where are you located? Some places LPNs are phased out of most areas except LTC/SNF, Doctor Offices, & Clinics. Other places they are gainfully employed with great pay.

MeaganVerdun YES the LPN program is hard.

And as you climb the ladder it gets harder...ADN (2yr RN Degree), BSN (4yr RN program), post graduate CNS, ANP, DNP...

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