LPN over RN

Cream and sugar LPN · Mar 1, 2018

I originally planned to get my ADN at a local college, I finished the prerequisites, took the teas and was put on the waitlist. I even retook A&P and had a pretty decent GPA 3.7 and still didn't make the first cut. People in school where on their 3rd time trying to get into the program. My state does a small percentage by grades and points and the rest go into a lottery. I was approaching 40 and decided to start with LPN and would bridge later. Nursing school is demanding and time consuming. I was in class 8-3:30 Monday through Friday and we had 3 one week breaks during the year. We had a min of 2 times exams a week and sometimes we had 3. Anything less than a 75 was failing, Clinicals were 3 days a week. We were only allowed 5 absences during the entire year. That alone caused the class size to drop. Others dropped during medsurg. We started with 23 and finished with 8. Besides marrying my best friend and having my 3 beautiful kids I can honestly say it was the best year of my life. I miss it but as Brandon said you start work and sometimes you don't continue. Whichever you choose, LPN or RN it will be hard work and at times stressful. But if you keep your eye on the prize you'll do just fine. LPN is a good way to go if you are not happy with your current career and need to make more money. If money is not a deciding factor right now, go for the RN. I'm going to loose all my science credits soon if I don't jump back in soon, but it's a toss up because I can work part time, spend time with family and pay the bills on my LPN salary. Good luck to you!