did your LPN program have prereqs?

[Terahmrtnz]

I am asking this question because the school that I got accepted to, does not require any pre reqs. I would like to know how difficult it was to transition into the vigorous, fast-paced program without general education.

[Fiona59]

Completion of Grade 12. Just like the local university programmes for the BScN.

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

I already took a bunch of prereqs because I started out at a university. I had zero experience in the medical field. It was different for sure but I did well. There were two 18 year olds in the program & they passed. You can do it as long as you're dedicated.

[SilleLu]

Some former co-workers of mine went to a program without any pre-reqs. They did fine. However, if they want to transition from LPN to RN, they will have quite a few pre-reqs to complete.

[vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN]

In my area, all LVN programs have some sort of pre or coreqs. I chose my particular program because it built the "prereqs" into the program, making them more like "co-reqs", and it was only 12 months long.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

My PN program didn't have any pre-req's at all.

The A&P in the program had no lab, so that couldn't be transferred to a university-I already had nursing pre-req's completed and I had completed my AA at my local CC, and those transferred over once I entered a BSN program.

[SquishyRN, BSN, RN]

Mine did not have any pre-reqs. Which is why I went the LVN route first. I worked as an LVN while I did my RN pre-reqs and continued to work through my RN program.

[lpn2B2016]

My LPN course comes with the req's... I opted to take the A&P's one semester at a time so that I would not be struggling with that as well as the actual nursing courses...

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I attended a fast track LVN program at a private trade school that accepted anyone who could pass the TABE entrance exam. The program was 12-months long and no prerequisite courses were needed.

[Jay_LPN]

I had 2 choices of program. 1 was a local community had pre-requisites of AP 1&2, Eng 101 and Psych 101. It was only 1 year. The second was BOCES, which only required good grades on the entrance exam. That one was 2 years. The main difference was that the first offered college credit, so you can transition to RN. I went with the community college.

[T-Bird78]

No pre-reqs?! My school had math and English, A&P, medical terminology, Intro to Healthcare, intro to psychology, intro to microcomputers, and Spanish for Allied health as the minimum required prereqs. We also had a PCT101 where we had 16 hours classroom then 16 hours hands-on doing CNA-type work in a LTC facility. To apply for the LPN program we had to take the DET test, interview with the nursing teachers and head of Allied health department, and our grades in the pre-reqs were factored in. Out of 85 that applied each session, they chose 20 for my class. I was one of the lucks ones that got accepted on the first try. How can anyone complete a nursing program without basic A&P or med term or even intro to healthcare?

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

How can anyone complete a nursing program without basic A&P or med term or even intro to healthcare?

In my case, the A&P, medical terminology, and other stuff was incorporated into the actual nursing program before we actually got into the official nursing courses.

Trade schools and business colleges that operate on clock-hour systems work very differently than community colleges and universities that operate on semester-hour or quarter-hour systems. Trade schools are businesses first and foremost that want the student's money, so these entities will streamline the process and make things simplified for students.