LPN to RN Bridge in August 2010

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Okay so i got in i just paid my first tuition a few weeks ago and got my books ordered yesterday. I tell ya the last few weeks my guts have been in knots. I really wanna do this and learn all i can, make good grades, do well in clinical's and pass the boards when it is my time.

I guess this is all normal to be nervous? I usually am a good student. In my pre-reqs i did well. But i am a quite a bit older then when i went to LPN school. That worries me a bit, i am not ready for social security by any means don't take that wrong. Just not a young 20something anymore. Back in LPN school i was younger and worried about things a lot less.

Anybody else getting ready to start as well?

While i am at it are there any folks here who would mind questions being asked of them down the road when i am in school if i don't understand something? I am a poor student and any help with something tough would be greatly appreciated.

I hope this time next i am starting as an RN! I also hope i get as much knowledge in my head as possible and can do it to the best of my abilities. I realize i will be new if all goes well and still have a ton to learn. :nurse:

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You mean to tell me no one else here is in the same shoes as me? Or that no one else can relate or answer questions if i run into difficulty? Wow, just wow. I thought this would be the place to voice things and whatnot. Oh well.

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.
You mean to tell me no one else here is in the same shoes as me? Or that no one else can relate or answer questions if i run into difficulty? Wow, just wow. I thought this would be the place to voice things and whatnot. Oh well.

Hello!;)

I started an LPN/BSN program this summer and realized I was working too many hrs. We go back for fall semester August 18 and I'm dropping my hrs at work to 2 days/week. Summer school was really intense with all the hrs I was working. Looking forward to the next 4 semesters. Good luck in your schooling!

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Specializes in restorative.

I went back to school at 37 for LPN. I was a dental assistant for 15 years prior. I now have my first year working as LPN under my belt and am continuing to re-take my pre-reqs as they got too old. After that I will be continuing on to the bridge to RN.

I dont mind if you bounce questions off me, just be warned it may take a day or two to get back to you.

A question for you or anyone else reading this- have you heard of anyone who has survived the LPN to RN/BSN online bridge?

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Glad to see i am not the only nervous student. I worked a ton this summer too to get money for school and living while i am in school.

People have survived it i just don't know any of them. I got friend i work with who is just about done with her BSN. Very smart and nice lady. She may go on to be a Nurse Practitioner she isn't sure at this point.

Thanks though. It is good to know others who are bout my age have been successful. I just hope and pray i am. Funny thing is with all my pre reqs i worked full time plus a second part time job and i took a class a semester. I figure i have flipped it the opposite. Now i will be in school full time and working part/part time the first 5 weeks, then hopefully once it eases up to class a couple of days a week and clinical's once a week and the other 2X's a week i can go back to a light part time schedule with my focus on school not work.

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