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RNSuzq1, RN · Sep 1, 2007

Hi Delightful,

Yes, that's true, we have a few local C.C's that still do that. If you're in an RN Program, after the first year, you can sit for the LPN Boards and work as an LPN until you graduate and pass the RN Boards. The school I graduated from stopped doing that a few years before I got there for several reasons. An Instructor told me the main reason was - since the RN Program is so difficult - a lot of people were dropping out after they became LPN's and the school was graduating fewer and fewer RN's. I think it basically looked bad for the school - I'm sure it had something to do with accredidation (can't keep the RN Program going if you only have a handful of graduates each year).

Our school required numerous pre & co-reqs to get in and stay in the RN Program. They also had a separate 1 year LPN Program - minimal req. to get in. After our first year in the RN Program, we were more qualified to take the LPN Boards than the people graduating from the LPN Program, but the school wouldn't permit it, so most of us worked as CNA's throughout our last year of school. Considering the great experience we could have gotten working as LPN's our last year of school and the large pay-difference from that of CNA's, really stinks that we weren't given that chance....

DELIGHTFUL · Sep 2, 2007

Thank you I will check with the school I plan to attend ( Tarleton State University)

Hi Delightful,
Yes, that's true, we have a few local C.C's that still do that. If you're in an RN Program, after the first year, you can sit for the LPN Boards and work as an LPN until you graduate and pass the RN Boards. The school I graduated from stopped doing that a few years before I got there for several reasons. An Instructor told me the main reason was - since the RN Program is so difficult - a lot of people were dropping out after they became LPN's and the school was graduating fewer and fewer RN's. I think it basically looked bad for the school - I'm sure it had something to do with accredidation (can't keep the RN Program going if you only have a handful of graduates each year).
Our school required numerous pre & co-reqs to get in and stay in the RN Program. They also had a separate 1 year LPN Program - minimal req. to get in. After our first year in the RN Program, we were more qualified to take the LPN Boards than the people graduating from the LPN Program, but the school wouldn't permit it, so most of us worked as CNA's throughout our last year of school. Considering the great experience we could have gotten working as LPN's our last year of school and the large pay-difference from that of CNA's, really stinks that we weren't given that chance....