Method 3 LVN-to-RN

[emymante]

I took a 2 in half year private lvn program, and we lost our director in the second semester. So far, we graduated without a director, and the program principle announced that the state removed our accreditation. So, 2 in a half years waste down the drain. Indeed, I've been employed as a paid CNA for over 3 years, and I did a program that help me challenged the board with in 6 months. On November 2012, I passed the board, but as an unaccredited LVN, and luckily I was able to find a job a month later. Now, I am looking forward to do my RN, but I was looking for a bridge program, than to take the whole 2 year program. I am in a process to take my prerequisites at a community college. And I am planning to be in a program within the next 2 years. My question is, Are there LVN-to-RN bridge programs, in California, that can qualify my situation?

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

I took a 2 in half year private lvn program, and we lost our director in the second semester. So far, we graduated without a director, and the program principle announced that the state removed our accreditation. So, 2 in a half years waste down the drain. Indeed, I've been employed as a paid CNA for over 3 years, and I did a program that help me challenged the board with in 6 months. On November 2012, I passed the board, but as an unaccredited LVN, and luckily I was able to find a job a month later. Now, I am looking forward to do my RN, but I was looking for a bridge program, than to take the whole 2 year program. I am in a process to take my prerequisites at a community college. And I am planning to be in a program within the next 2 years. My question is, Are there LVN-to-RN bridge programs, in California, that can qualify my situation?

It's called the "30 unit option" at all RN schools. Those are designed to do exactly what you are looking for. Some of those programs will result in simply being eligible to take the NCLEX, some result in an ADN, just like the regular RN program grads, and also able to take the NCLEX. For those programs, they may be called "career mobility" instead of "30 unit option".

Just make sure you have ALL your graduation requirements met and ALL your prerequisites done before applying. You want to be ready to graduate with an ADN upon completing the RN coursework.