LVN to RN?

[Faye714]

Hello!

I have seen a post from some of you advising not to do LVN to RN education- if you want to be an RN, which is my ultimate goal. However, before making this decision if I will do the LVN program or not, I would like to get some more feedback/advise on this subject!

THANK YOU! This site has been great already!

[cursenurse]

speaking as an lpn who is now almost finished with my ADN, i think that if you already know that you want to be an rn, you should go straight to it. the only reason i got my lpn was because i knew zero about nursing and didn't know the differences or advantages of being an rn as opposed to an lpn. now that i know alot more i would have gone for the rn in the beginning and saved myself time and money. you will have way more opportunities as an rn, so that's what i always encourage people to do.

[riderblues]

I am an LPN and in my last semester of a transition from LPN to ADN. I would suggest for anyone who is uncertain in their career choice to go for LPN first, only to make sure you want to put all the learning effort into your RN program. I only had to take two more courses and I worked on them online.