New to AZ In need of help

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hello just moved from ca. looking for a career change. i want to be a lpn/lvn but i cant seem to find a accredited program/school near by have been searchin the net all day.The maricopa community college told me they have a wait period of 3 semesters and thats another year and a half of waiting. Im leaning torwards private schools but cant find one that has lpn program that is accredited Any suggestions? Thank you in advance

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Specializes in Telemetry & PCU.

The AZ Board of Nursing website has a list of all the nursing programs in the state. Good Luck!

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Have you finished the corequisites required by the Maricopa County system? If not, you could do those while you are waiting to get into school. Consider the cost of a year and a half wait time for the low-cost Maricopa County schools versus the cost of another school.

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Specializes in Med/Surg - Pain Management.

The other advantage to the Maricopa system (besides much lower cost that private) is that it is often much more flexible with class times. In addition - after finishing the LPN, if you want and qualify(HESI & NET test grades) you can transition to the RN programs.

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I believe that both of the skill centers offer an LPN program.

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Specializes in Med/Surg - Pain Management.

I would call Gateway or the Skills center. I know that both have LPN programs and they could give you more particulars. Sometimes things open up and the wait isn't as long as you might think.

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