medgar evers, lpn

allnurses Guide · Dec 21, 2014

Congratulations!

and Welcome to nursing

amiyatrini, ASN, LPN · Dec 21, 2014

Thanks so excited and curious. . I am currently a cna... I finally made it...

SingDanceRunLife · Dec 30, 2014

Congratulations! I will most likely be attending Medgar Evers as well, I just got my acceptance today!

My biggest tips are to buy plenty of highlighters, a planner with room for multiple things daily, post-it notes and a good stethoscope.

I started out college as a nursing major and completed 1 clinical semester in an RN program, so I have a pretty good grip on what you'll need and what it's like, though from my understanding, LPN school is a lot less theory than RN school and more practice.

PM me! Maybe we'll be classmates!

nekozuki, LPN · Dec 31, 2014

@Singdancerunlife:

The main difference between LPN and RN is that you must learn everything in one year rather than two.

akanini, MSN, RN · Dec 31, 2014

Nekozuki, ME's program is 2 years. I know 2 people that completed the program and they said it's 2 years. Congratulations, OP. Study hard!!

SingDanceRunLife · Dec 31, 2014

@Singdancerunlife:
The main difference between LPN and RN is that you must learn everything in one year rather than two.

This is not my understanding at all. I know RN is 2 years, but I was in an RN program and have spoken with many nurses who say LPN is less theory than RN. Also, you don't learn a lot of the stuff in LPN school as you do in RN school which is exactly why RN school is a year longer :)

Nekozuki, ME's program is 2 years. I know 2 people that completed the program and they said it's 2 years. Congratulations, OP. Study hard!!

The LPN program is 1 year, the RN program is 2. ME has both :)

akanini, MSN, RN · Jan 1, 2015

Maybe the 2 LPNs I know took less classes at one time. I was shocked when they told me it took them 2 years. Either way congratulations and try to go for the RN as soon as you're done. I say this because more doors will open up for you.

SingDanceRunLife · Jan 1, 2015

Huh, strange. I've never even heard of a 2 year LPN program, and at ME the whole program is only 8 courses long...

coral_blush · Jan 1, 2015

Hello! Congratulations on getting accepted. Would you be at Liberty to say how much tuition is for the lpn course?

SingDanceRunLife · Jan 1, 2015

Hello! Congratulations on getting accepted. Would you be at Liberty to say how much tuition is for the lpn course?

Tuition is about 4k for a year at Medgar Evers (in state tuition, not sure about out of state). I feel I can safely say that since you can easily find the information on the college's website.

coral_blush · Jan 1, 2015

Thank you so much. I'm sure the info is on the website but I searched and was unable to find it myself so I really appreciate your help.