LPN to RN around Chicago?

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Hello everyone. I am a spn and I have 6 months left of school. I am looking into getting my rn but I am having trouble deciding on which route to take. I will have to work to support myself which makes me lean more towards an adn, but I want to eventually get my masters which makes me think to just get my bsn...I have looked around online for schools and most are online schools. I know for sure I DO NOT want to do online classes, I have the attention span of a 5 year old and online classes are not for me! lol I currently reside in TN but I want to move to the Chicago area after I complete lpn school; thus I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on schools around Chicago that have lpn-bsn or lpn-adn programs, also possibly include the time it takes to complete and the course load. For some background info I do not have any pre-reqs I will only have my lpn. The only 2 schools I saw for lpn to bsn were Chicago state university, which it will take 4 years to complete, and Saint Xavier University, which is WAY out of my price range(26,000 a semester). I would appreciate any insight into schools around Illinois but I just would like to stay around the city. If anyone knows of any bsn programs that allow clinicals to be preformed at your job and not in a class room I wouldn't mind looking into that as I said I will have to work while I go to school. Any insight will help. Thank you!

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I don't know too many schools that offer LPN to BSN except Purdue University Calumet(Hammond Indiana that's about 30 min away from Chicago) Here is the link: Admission Requirements for Licensed Practical Nurses | School of Nursing | Purdue University Calumet | School of Nursing

Prairie State College LPN to ADN, Here is their booklet : http://www.prairiestate.edu/nursing/appbookletwcvr.pdf

or call them (708) 709-3517

Triton College River Grove,IL LPN to ADN : Nursing

(708) 456-0300

City Colleges of Chicago LPN to ADN at Truman or Wright College. Morton Grove college has an ADN program too.

Hopes this helps..

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I was just at Chicago State University earlier this week. They have a sign on the bulletin board that states the LPN to BSN program was suspended due to lack of faculty. I am applying for generic BSN. I went to a community college. The one thing I liked versus the private schools is that the private schools want you take unnecessary classes. I thought I would have to take 2 or 3 classes. It turned out, I did not have to take any. Thinking it saved me over $10,000.

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how is it going

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