Nursing program options

[amycire]

I apologize if this should be posted in a better topic area. This is my first time on allnurses. The RN program at my local school gets hundreds of applicants and its a lottery program. The LVN and LVN-RN program get a significant amount less. I do know this last time around they had to expand the application deadline to fill in spots for the LVN program. What I am debating between is

a) getting all the prerequisites done and applying to a RN program and hoping for the best or know I will have to pay for a private school

or b) apply for the LVN (still not a for sure acceptance but more likely) complete the program, take the test, complete the prerequisites for the RN and apply for the bridge program

I am not planning on working if I go LVN route, as soon as I graduated id be focused on the additional schooling to get into the bridge program.

any recommendations on what the best route is?

are there going to be differences in the clinicals I do between the different programs?

[Sour Lemon]

I would stick with RN and look for a competitive entry program. My circumstances were actually reversed from your own. The LVN program I planned to complete had a long waiting list, so I was able to complete all prerequisites and get into the RN program faster. I think it would be difficult to be a new graduate LVN and go to RN school. A lot of people become static and stay LVNs for years, despite having different original plans. If you're planning to go to RN school at any point, you'll need the prerequisites anyway ...so carry on with that.