Need advice on LPN program at Estrella Mountain Community College

[azmistie]

Hello! I am new here and have a question. I want to get my RN but as you know there are 2 year waiting lists at MCCC. So I was thinking about getting my LPN at EMCC at their skills center and then apply for the RN program once I have my LPN. I read on their website that they have advanced placement for LPN students who are wanting to get into the RN program. Would this be a good idea or just do the RN program? Are there waiting list for the LPN programs? Sorry, I hope all that made sense! I just want to get my schooling done ASAP so that I can start working.

Thanks!!

[azcna]

I trully do not believe that it has to do with Magnet status any longer. I would have agreed with that statement 3-5 years ago. But research has shown that BSN's over all are better nurses. OK, please do not send hate mail or make a vodoo doll of me. It research that I read in my BSN program. This doesn't mean I don;t know some ADN nurses who aren't fantastic and some BSN nurse who are horrible. But the hospitals today (here in AZ) can be picky on the mini requirements, and for the most part in Hospitals it is a nurse with BSN. Doesn't mean a ADN with experience wont get hired.

I will not send hate mail or make a voodoo doll :), but I would like to point out that your BSN providing information on BSN nurses being better seems a little bit suspect. Maybe the research is legit, maybe it's not, who knows.

How can you objectively determine how "good" a nurse is anyways?

[tferdaise]

How can you objectively determine how "good" a nurse is anyways?

This is the beauty of research, you allow the data to speak for it's self. If only one research article only shows that BSN nurses make better nurses then I wouldn't believe the article. However, there are many article that have shown this. It comes from education, the more educated one is, the better they will be at their job. This is why certificates are starting to be a norm in nursing.