LPN Program While Doing Pre-Nursing?

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I am a current pre-nursing student and a rising Junior at a university. Next week or the week after I will be starting a CNA program that I hope to come close to finishing over the summer. I am currently employed as a part time caregiver and volunteer at the hospital a few hours a week with a shadowing program that they offer. My ultimate goal is to obtain a BSN and then go on to become a Nurse Anesthetist.

I come from a working class family, so I usually have to hold a part time job during the school year and work full time during the summer. My parents help me when they can, but funds are usually tight. I would like to try to become an LPN while I'm taking my pre-nursing courses so that I can better myself and support myself a little better while in school and especially during the summer. Plus, it can only help me when I apply to an accelerated nursing program and when I finally start nursing school.

I have tried to research a way to do this, but I haven't been able to find much and I don't know of many people in my life that I can ask about it. Looking at doing an LPN program while ALSO taking full time classes at a university seems nearly impossible. I considered maybe taking one or two classes each semester and during the summer until I met the requirements for the NCLEX-PN since I have already taken some of the required courses at my university, but even that seems difficult since I will have to be in class all day, and then take the bus for about 30-40 and sit in class some more before taking the bus another 30-40 minutes to come back home. By this time it would be late and I still wouldn't have done assignments for my day courses.

Does anyone have any experience with this or could offer me any advice on it? Is there an easier way to go about it?

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Question. What is the pay differential between a Lpn and cna? You also have to figure in the money spent getting a degree you will not really being using.

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You're right. There is definitely a difference in pay, but it just seems too difficult to do the LPN program while in school. It also seems kind of silly to do since I'm going to become an RN, too. I think that I will just stick with getting my CNA certificate and building further experience with it.

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You're right. There is definitely a difference in pay but it just seems too difficult to do the LPN program while in school. It also seems kind of silly to do since I'm going to become an RN, too. I think that I will just stick with getting my CNA certificate and building further experience with it.[/quote']

Good plan. :)

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