lpn vs RN

[cperez8]

I'm in a very big dilemma right now. I'm in a radiology program but have notice that it doesn't interest me any more. I did some reached in it an their not that many job out their for rad tech. I though this was what I wanted to be but when I did some hands on work it made me change my mind. I also feel that I will get bored easily just doing x-rays all day. So now I'm thinking about nursing. I've always wanted to be a nurse but had some one change my mine. I don't want to make the same mistake twice, so I need some advice. Would you do the RN program or the lpn? I only need 2 classes to apply for the RN program. The thing I like about being a nurse is that their is a lot of different field you can work at being a nurse. Like with eldery people, family practice , and kids etc. For all the nurses if you had to start all over again would you pick nursing again? How much stress is their in being a nurse?

[tishluvnc]

Hi, I'm a cna and thinking about LPN or RN also. One thought, I have 3 community colleges about 25 miniutes away from me in different directions. One college has the lpn to adn track. I thought every school that had both lpn and adn tracts offered the lpn to adn transitional courses. To my surprise two of the schools lpn deploma's are terminal. The chair of the nursing department stated that they are trying to do away with the lpn to adn transitional classes. This mean in these colleges if you become a lpn you have to do the entire adn program from the start, with the exceptions of the pre-reques if you do them within 5 years. A few lpns I ran into on campus have been lpn's for years and are upset that they can't do the year and get it over with.

How many of you others heard of this? They call the lpn program PNE, then when you pass the pn-nclex your a lpn.

[PsychNurseWannaBe, BSN, RN]

Some colleges allow you to go for RN and a certain way through, you can sit for your NCLEX-LPN. That's always an option. That way you can earn some money while working and gain experience. Be careful with this though. You might learn some nasty habits and when taking your NCLEX RN, you might answer the question wrong because how you did things while working.