LPN to RN online school? Need help finding one?

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Hi I'm currently a LPN and I'm looking to doing a LPN to RN program online. I did all of the pre-reqs at my university here. But I'm looking in to doing it online. Does anyone know of any good online schools? Or has anyone completed a LPN to RN online course?

I am in the 2nd quarter of an online program here in Washington. Its through Lower Columbia College in Longview. We even have a student in class from Georgia. Feel free to ask me about the program.

Hi barb marie, was wondering if i could get more info about your school. I live in Indiana...Thanks, Shelly Coffman

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I am currently in the 2nd quarter. I had to go to campus for an orientation day in September, and have to return for two weeks at the end of June for a skills workshop. AFter that, the final quarter is clinical in locations throughout washington, so you would have to relocate for those 2 months. Alot of students get together and rent an apartment for that time. I am hoping to get into a hospital near me in Seattle. The first three quarters are all online. Its a lot of reading but not too intense. From what I understand, prerequisites do not expire to get in. They do rank applicants by an LPN predictor ATI the TEAS test, my class is the first year they have done this.

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Is this program recognized in all the states? I'm in mass

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Athabasca University is a major distance education college and they have lpn to bsn program.

http://www.athabascau.ca/cnhs/ug_lpn_bn.php

I am currently taking my LPN program and this is what my pn coordinator recommended. She said that it should be fairly easy up until the last year, because of how much is covered in the lpn program. For me, I'm just going to take some A&P courses and use that towards a bridge at Thompson Rivers University (Kamloops, BC).

Good luck!

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I want something in the U.S that is accredited by the state of MASS.

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I am very interested in this program, I live in Florida but it seems manageable. I was curious what the GPA is for getting in. I am an LPN currently. Thanks

-Ed

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Excelsior College. I got my ASN there in 96. Check them out. They have excellent advisors and you can get your pre recs in a variety of ways. On site clinical reqired at one of several regional sites. The best thing I ever did. Good Luck!

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Please check out www.lpneducators.com They offer help with the LPN to RN Bridge and they offer Federal Financial Aid! They are fully accredited and the cost per credit is only $120. :yeah:

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I am currently in an LPN to RN bridge program that is all online. The program is at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, KS. It is also for Paramedics to bridge as an RN. Our class has 50 students, 25 paramedics and 25 LPNs. I'm not sure how many people applied...at one time I was told it was 300, but I'm not sure how accurate that is. We have students from all over the U.S. During our orientation there were students from Seattle, Texas, Alabama, New Mexico, Iowa, and I'm sure many more but I can't remember them all:) Most of them were Paramedics because apparently there are not a lot of online Paramedic-RN bridge programs. The cost of the program is very reasonable. My tuition for this semester was about $1800. I just started in January and will graduate in December. The way clinicals are structured is that you are given a list of clinical dates at the beginning of each semester and then you get to pick the days you want to do them. They have a lot of the clinical days grouped together so that you can come here for a week and do them all at once. This semester we have to do 6 clinical days, this summer we have 6, and our last semester we have 14. A lot of the people coming from out of state were rooming together at hotels and I think some of the hotels in town even give discounted rates to the nursing students. So far it's been a great program...but I've only been in it for about a month. The admission process involved taking the TEAS-V test, doing an interview (people who lived more than an hour away from campus were allowed to do phone interviews), and then being IV Therapy Certified prior to the program starting. I, luckily, live only 45 minutes away from the college so I don't have to pay for plane tickets and hotel rooms. The students that were from out of state said they estimated it would cost about $10,000 from start to finish. That's not too bad considering a lot of online programs charge a lot more than that! If you go to the website hutchcc.edu, you will find out information on the requirements. The administrative assistant is AWESOME and she's a great resource for any questions you have. Good luck on your search! :)

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JDD1017,

Hi!! I am a flight paramedic in California and am extremely interested in this program! There are no options for someone who is working full time here in CA to progress through nursing school. This program seems to be right up my ally! Is there any way you could give me some pointers?? Anyone from your class from California? The reason I'm asking is because I know that CA could be pretty difficult to get licensed in. Thank you so much in advance for any information you may provide me with! Thanks thanks thanks!!!

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I don't think we had anyone from California, but there were people from Washington state and Oregon. The only time you would have to come to Kansas for the program would be for clinicals each semester (for a total of 3 semesters). Most people from out of state would come and stay for a week to two weeks at a time to get all of their clinicals done. A few out of towers that I talked to said it was about 8-10k total for them to go through the program, including flights to and from KS and time away from work. It's a great program and very laid back and flexible with schedules. If you go to their website it does a good job of giving info. Let me know if there's anything else you want to know!:)

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JDD1017,

Hi!! I am a flight paramedic in California and am extremely interested in this program! There are no options for someone who is working full time here in CA to progress through nursing school. This program seems to be right up my ally! Is there any way you could give me some pointers?? Anyone from your class from California? The reason I'm asking is because I know that CA could be pretty difficult to get licensed in. Thank you so much in advance for any information you may provide me with! Thanks thanks thanks!!!

California BRN does not accept online programs unless the program is BRN approved (none right now) and offers theory concurrent with in person clinical.

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