LVN vs RN

[kmama]

My ultimate goal is to be an RN in L&D or NICU. I have zero college credits and I am trying to decide between becoming an LVN (it's quicker, 2 yrs part-time) or going balls-to-the-wall and getting my RN! I know that getting my RN is alot more time consuming but with the RN as my ultimate goal, does it make more sense to do LVN first or power through the pre reqs & RN program? I am a mom of 3 kids and am really excited about starting this new chapter in my life. Any advise would be helpful. Thanks!

[Juwon]

that part time program is pretty lenghty, where i am at all lpn programs are 12 months long. you can enter a RN program full time aqnd be done in two years, but you have to have about 1.5 years to 2 years of pre-reqs done. it took me a year 3 semesters to finish all the courses to be elgible for the ADN program