LPN/LVN Training in Maryland

visiting · Feb 12, 2009

There are no LPN diploma schools in Maryland that I know of. LPNs are trained at the colleges.

visiting · Feb 12, 2009

Also, depending on where you live in Maryland, you may find LPN diploma schools not too far away in Pennsylvania or West Virginia.

tigerjt75 · Feb 13, 2009

Thanks for the response. I live north of Baltimore so I will check out Pennsylvania and Delaware. Not sure how feasible because I can only attend in the evenngs or weekends. Thanks again and have a great evening.

tigerjt75 · Feb 13, 2009

Continuing on this topic - No wonder they have such shortage of nurses, I cannot find a school for LPN/RN in Maryland? Can anyone believe this? How do folks get trained for LPN? I thought this would be so simple but I cannot even find a school that ofers LPN. They have to be somewhere out there. This brings me to ask if the shortage is brought on by the lack of training facilities? If fewer people are being trained (and I have no stats) and if more are retiring or simply leaving nurses, how then do they plan to fill thse jobs? Please, someone in authority should look closer at this. I have worked as a CNA and Medication Aide (part-time) but since I have all these years experience in the healthcare field (and I have a totally different profession)I would love to get certified in nursing such as RN or LPN. Am I asking too much? I am willing to pay my own way. Thanks. lets continue this discussion. Judy

visiting · Feb 13, 2009

"continuing on this topic - no wonder they have such shortage of nurses, i cannot find a school for lpn/rn in maryland?"

link follows -

maryland lpn nursing schools

there are 11 local schools listed below, with additional recommended at the right for being particularly responsive. here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:

schools concentrating on licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

focus: for a higher than average nursing focus, look at the community college of baltimore county, howard community college, carroll community college, and college of southern maryland.

fastest response from schools

request info: for the fastest information for prospective students, look at the schools listed in the right-hand column on this page.

student body

diverse: for a diverse student body, consider baltimore city community college, howard community college, and the community college of baltimore county.
adult learners: for lots of adult learners, consider baltimore city community college, the community college of baltimore county, frederick community college, and hagerstown community college.

school setting

out of state: for geographic diversity, take note of allegany, hagerstown community college, baltimore city community college, and cecil community college.
dorms: for a residential campus environment, take note of allegany, wor - wic community college, college of southern maryland, and cecil community college.

maryland schools for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

school location students highest degree

allegany college of maryland cumberland 3,666 associates

baltimore city community college baltimore 7,160 associates

carroll community college westminster 3,115 associates

cecil community college north east 1,916 associates

college of southern maryland la plata 7,534 associates

frederick community college frederick 4,822 associates

hagerstown community college hagerstown 3,521 associates

harford community college bel air 5,529 associates

howard community college columbia 6,841 associates

the community college of baltimore county dundalk 19,622 associates

wor - wic community college salisbury 3,043 associates

http://www.braintrack.com/colleges-by-career/lpns/state/md

Fallon · Feb 15, 2009

Hi, if you do not choose to attend a community college, there are technical schools in DC that offer evening classes. Also Sojourner Douglass in Baltimore offers an LPN program as well.

visiting · Feb 15, 2009

here is the maryland board of nursing site with a link to the sojourner-douglass college lpn program, among others:

http://www.mbon.org/main.php?v=norm&p=0&c=education/nsg_guide/pn_programs.html

Jules A, MSN · Feb 15, 2009

maryland schools for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses[/b]
school location students highest degree
allegany college of maryland cumberland 3,666 associates
baltimore city community college baltimore 7,160 associates
carroll community college westminster 3,115 associates
cecil community college north east 1,916 associates
college of southern maryland la plata 7,534 associates
frederick community college frederick 4,822 associates
hagerstown community college hagerstown 3,521 associates
harford community college bel air 5,529 associates
howard community college columbia 6,841 associates
the community college of baltimore county dundalk 19,622 associates
wor - wic community college salisbury 3,043 associates
http://www.braintrack.com/colleges-by-career/lpns/state/md

thanks for adding this, i wasn't getting the "there are no lpn schools in md" :confused: we have way more than most states, imo.

visiting · Feb 15, 2009

The Maryland Board of Nursing has the most up-to-date list of LPN programs. That list I originally copied above is missing some of the programs that are on the mbon link.

http://www.mbon.org/main.php?v=norm&p=0&c=education/nsg_guide/pn_programs.html

Here is the link for the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing LPN programs, as of December 2008:

http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/lib/bpoa/nurseboard/pn_programs.pdf

District of Columbia Board of Nursing programs -

http://hpla.doh.dc.gov/hpla/cwp/view,A,1195,Q,489009,hplaNav,%7C30661%7C,.asp

tigerjt72 - whatever school you are interested in, it would be prudent to ask about the pass rates both for the LPN program and for the percentage of their students that pass the NCLEX-LPN.

redraven_y2k · Feb 16, 2009

First of all it is hard becoming a lpn in maryland everything is college and there is a long list and they only want the best of the best. My brother had to go to DC and DE to look for a school. If you want to take the drive I say Deltech in Delaware is the best choice but it is a tech high school.

Jules A, MSN · Feb 16, 2009

First of all it is hard becoming a lpn in maryland everything is college and there is a long list and they only want the best of the best. My brother had to go to DC and DE to look for a school. If you want to take the drive I say Deltech in Delaware is the best choice but it is a tech high school.

I didn't find it hard to become a LPN in MD and from what I've heard all nursing schools want the best of the best. Fwiw Del Tech is actually a community college. I have heard good things about them also but I didnt' know they had a LPN program I thought just ADN.