LVN to RN or RN BSN- confused!!!!

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i need advice,

i was accepted into a lvn to rn bsn program and i will start in november but i won't graduate until december of 2014. i graduated with my lvn when i was 22 and now i won't graduate with my rn bsn until i'm 29. the program is university of phoenix and it works for me and my family while i am working because it is only 1 night a week and 2 days a week when i have clinical. it just seems soooooo far away. if i went to another private college in town it would be full time for 8 months and with about another year and a half at a junior college i would be done in 2 years. both programs cost about 40,000 dollars. but the bsn is 4 years and the associate is 2 years. which one would you do? is it worth it since i am already a lvn to just go ahead and get the rn bsn done? i just want to be done with school!

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If you want to be done with school, I suggest you do the ASN program first then do an RN to BSN program that can be done in a short amount of time; or for convenience sake, just do the BSN program you mentioned. There are RN to BSN programs that can be completed in three semesters, Chamberlain comes to mind, I do not know offhand, if there are programs that can be completed in two semesters. You would have to do some research to find such programs. One advantage to Chamberlain is that there are no traditional clinical classes, that would cut out the two days a week for clinicals. You might want to look around at several programs before you make your decision.

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I live in colorado and unfortunally there aren't many options

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i need advice,

i was accepted into a lvn to rn bsn program and i will start in november but i won't graduate until december of 2014. i graduated with my lvn when i was 22 and now i won't graduate with my rn bsn until i'm 29. the program is university of phoenix and it works for me and my family while i am working because it is only 1 night a week and 2 days a week when i have clinical. it just seems soooooo far away. if i went to another private college in town it would be full time for 8 months and with about another year and a half at a junior college i would be done in 2 years. both programs cost about 40,000 dollars. but the bsn is 4 years and the associate is 2 years. which one would you do? is it worth it since i am already a lvn to just go ahead and get the rn bsn done? i just want to be done with school!

i did lpn to rn (asn) and was done in one year. i am now continuing my rn to bsn and should be done in one year as well. my employer paid a portion of my lpn to rn cost and would reimburse my tuition for the bsn program as well.

by the way, 40k is way way too much money. are you sure there are no other lpn to rn programs in your area? if you find a cheaper one like a community college that offers the lpn to rn (asn), i recommend you choose this instead of the 40k bsn.

good luck with your decision.

angel, rn

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Specializes in Wound Care, LTC, Sub-Acute, Vents.
i live in colorado and unfortunally there aren't many options

have you heard of excelsior college? i started last year and graduated this month.

angel, rn

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I have been going back and forth with the LPN-RN (ADN) or LPN-BSN decision myself, and although the money is higher than I want to spend I just don't see a way around having to go the route of LPN-BSN through someplace as expensive as UoP. Its crazy to spend another $40,000 but hey, I gotta work now and can kind of afford to pay for a few classes out of pocket at a time. Plus I figure by 2014 there may actually be nursing jobs for RNs again :D

So I say go with your gut and what fits into your family!

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I'm in an LPN/BSN bridge @ a state university. 4 semesters and it will cost me no where near $40K! I applied to an ADN program and a cc and the university...was accepted to the university. I'd look around if I were you.

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The BSN is really a formality. I mean, in the working world, they don't get paid much more than an RN without a BSN. If you are planning on getting your masters in nursing, then by far, do the BSN. I am an LPN and am planning to go on to get my NP. It's one step at a time though. LPN to RN then my BSN then my MA and finally my NP. Are you planning on going further? The BSN part is the easy part. I would get the RN and once you have that then you can do the rest online. Do some more research on the cost of colleges in your area though. 40K just seems like too much to me. Is it a private college or something?

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look into a cal state!

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