lpn programs????

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hello.....im in first semester of college and the waitting list to get into the rn program at my school is ridiculous!!! so i really want to get into this lpn program that starts in november.... is this a good idea? then i would only have one more year of school to become an rn and i could be working as a lpn in the mean time! what do you think?

Specializes in Medical Telemetry, LTC,AlF, Skilled care.
I have been debating about taking a CNA course. I am on the backup list for LPN school and should start in January but I assume that if I took a CNA course now it would help me when going through LPN school. Does anyone have any advise?

Hi there! I think that being a CNA prior to starting PN school gives you an advantage and helps you appreciate what CNAs do when you become a nurse later on. For me, it was the best choice because I'm working as a CNA and going to PN school so the experience I'm getting as a CNA is really helping me out. But, in the end it's simply what YOU want to do, you don't HAVE to be a CNA to do well, but I think it does give you a slight advantage. Good luck! :)

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Specializes in trauma ICU,TNCC, NRP, PALS, ACLS.

R the teachers for LPN or LVN school RNs?

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Specializes in Operating room..
R the teachers for LPN or LVN school RNs?

Ours are all MSN's and BSN's.

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not quite sure sorry but i would assume either that or nurse praticioners that have worked in the field for a long tim. but im not quite sure.

Ours are all MSN's and BSN's.
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Specializes in Urgent Care.
I had so many people tell me that doing the LVN program would be a waste of time and to just go straight through for my RN :p

I think alot of the reason you get that advice is that it used to be that the community college and technical college credits for most LPN courses where not transferrable to the RN (espcially BSN) programs. That seems to be very UNCOMMON these days. ALL credits I take at my school (A technical college) are tranferable to nearly any tech or community college in the state and even the University of WA, but locally this has only happend in the last few years.

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Specializes in Operating room..
I think alot of the reason you get that advice is that it used to be that the community college and technical college credits for most LPN courses where not transferrable to the RN (espcially BSN) programs. That seems to be very UNCOMMON these days. ALL credits I take at my school (A technical college) are tranferable to nearly any tech or community college in the state and even the University of WA, but locally this has only happend in the last few years.

Mine are all transferrable...but there is one school in our area that isn't. I don't think the people that attend there know that. Just goes to show that you really need to research these things before you pay your money. All the people that fail our program head on over there :uhoh21:

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