All I can say is, if you are an LPN/LVN for more than 5 years, then there is no such thing as an LPN-RN one year bridge program, and I wish the programs would just say that up front when they are advertising and talking about their programs. "Oh you get credit for your work history as an LPN"..ha..ha ha..ha ha ha...want some mayo with that bologna?!:chuckle
I've been an LPN for 26 years and all I've gotten so far with the programs is spending all year including summers doing prereqs :typing for the courses that are "outdated because they are more than 5 years old" or b/c this program requires, nutrition, but this one doesn't..this one requires..microbiology within the last 5 years...but this one will take it, but you have to take religion instead, this one requires public speaking but this one doesn't...good grief..what a ruckus! Oh and by the way..we give credit to the LPN's that recently graduated from our PN program, graduates from other PN programs will be considered on an individual basis, but the PN's from our program are going to get extra admission points.
I know it's my own fault for not just going straight through to RN as soon as I got done with LPN or started an RN program to begin with...but I feel like there is some kind of resentment for trying to go back later to obtain it. oh and... you can't take this course until you take that course and you can't take that course until you take this other course..they must go in a sequence you know....sooooo frustrating!! OK, thanks for letting me gripe...and I'll just keep plugging away. Best of Luck to every "experienced LPN beyond the 5 year mark" and to all LPN's period!!
Hi Perpetual Student! Can you tell me what college this is? I am all over the internet trying to find one. Any state! I'll move, not a problem! I am so fed up with this. I have been an LPN for 20 years. Just now have the time to finish my career and I am getting old! LOL
*** Sure there is. In Wisconsin. The technical college system is a 1 + 1 system and the only thing you need for advanced standing into the second year of the ADN program is an active WI LPN license. I started the program in August of 2005 after having been an LPN for 11 years and graduated in May of 2006. I didn't even go to nursing school to be an LPN (challenged the boards in Ca based on being a medic in the army). No pre-reqs, only co-reqs. Here is the web site of the school I went to:
No waiting list for LPN to RN when I did it. They also have a 2 year part time evening and weekend LPN to RN program for those who must work full time while in school.
I guess it's best to call them. Not sure if they are in during this time of year. I appreciate your input. I am also going to check them out. Is Wisconsin part of the compact? Thank you!
I too have been an LPN over 20 yrs. and honestly, schooling is NOT on my agenda. I wish I would have gone straight to RN in the beginning. I love learning but HATE pressure, so I'll stick to being the Lovable Plump Nurse that I am, work prn in home health, and take care of newborns on the side. I babysit for only 60.00 per day but I cannot get enough of infants!!! I'll let my hubby make the good money.
I tried A&P and I'll tell you what. I just couldn't pass with better than a D.
Hate the isolation of home health but... love to read, and play on pc, so I can do this haha!!! Not bad money for doing a whole lotta NOTHIN.
Specializes in LTC, hospitals and correctional settings.
Hi Perpetual Student! Can you tell me what college this is? I am all over the internet trying to find one. Any state! I'll move, not a problem! I am so fed up with this. I have been an LPN for 20 years. Just now have the time to finish my career and I am getting old! LOL
Hey, congrats on finding it in you to go back for that old "RN" after so many years. I was an LPN for 16 years when I took the NCLEX for the second time (first time was paper and pencil so the whole computer thing kinda freaked me out). I went to Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, WY and couldn't have been more pleased with the whole experience. I don't know what your LPN year was like, mine was nothing but a nightmare. The "second year" was SO MUCH BETTER!!!! Most of the instructors treated me like a equal or a co-worker, not like an "idiot student". Last time I heard, they have 4 classes going, so you can usually get in within 6 months or so. Check them out, I can't say enough good things about that program.
I feel your pain. . . I am an LPN w/ 18 yrs. I have just finished my pre-req's & will be starting the ADN in the fall. ONLY TOOK 3 _____ YEARS! You can fill in the blank! It has been long, exhausting, & frustrating. I do not encourage anyone to become an LPN.
OK, thanks for letting me gripe...and I'll just keep plugging away. Best of Luck to every "experienced LPN beyond the 5 year mark" and to all LPN's period!!
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Hi Perpetual Student! Can you tell me what college this is? I am all over the internet trying to find one. Any state! I'll move, not a problem! I am so fed up with this. I have been an LPN for 20 years. Just now have the time to finish my career and I am getting old! LOL