Listing colleges on your resume.

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, Emergency, SAFE.

If youre going to list any work experience as an LPN on your resume, i would imagine they'd want to see the school you went to.

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When you get your RN, you probably don't have to list where you got your LPN, only where you got your RN. Just include work experience as the LPN. I'm with the poster above, you are probably going to have to list it if you are looking for work as a LPN because they are going to want to know where you went. Even with applications, they ask the school you attended. Good luck and keep plugging!

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Thanks ladies. It would be for RN positions.

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Specializes in generalist.

IMHO, if you want a BS in Nursing, you should get into a BS in nursing program ASAP. There must be some programs that admit students from high school; it seems that they would transfer in some of your credits. I cannot see taking up your time in an Associate Degree program if the BS is your goal. I never understood why student nurses did that. Just shop around until you find a program that takes you

BTW, is there still a nursing shortage (I am retired.) If so, it should be easy to find a program that fits your needs.

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IMHO, if you want a BS in Nursing, you should get into a BS in nursing program ASAP. There must be some programs that admit students from high school; it seems that they would transfer in some of your credits. I cannot see taking up your time in an Associate Degree program if the BS is your goal. I never understood why student nurses did that. Just shop around until you find a program that takes you

BTW, is there still a nursing shortage (I am retired.) If so, it should be easy to find a program that fits your needs.

Most people that take the ADN route do it because of time and/or money. In my case I started with LPN since I was starting a new career after getting laid off. I just got my RN. Next I will work on my BSN with my employer paying it. If I had to do it all again and was just out of high school, I would go the BSN route. Ah, but some of us were young and stupid back in the day. ;) Won't even mention what my grade point average was when I first tried college. :p

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

I would list the LPN school forever -- but do so in a minimal way. List your RN school first, in a prominent way. That should show them that you graduated from and RN school that was of good quality and that you met their higher standards. That should be sufficient to overcome problems with your LPN school.

Many employers (and future schools) expect you to be totally honest about your qualifications -- and omitting a school attended can be considered "borderline lying" on our application. Many, many employers have a rule of automatically terminating anyone who lies (or is deceptive) on their applications/resumes. I wouldn't want to be accused of being deceptive. I would rather say that I began my career at a poor school, but that I overcame that and later met the higher standards of the better school whose RN program I completed.

Graduating from the good school should show that you can meet the standards of a reputable program -- and that's what most employers care about most.

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Thanks llg! Good advice. Will do :)

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