Please Help.....is it really easier to get into the RN program with an LVN license?

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I am torn between going to a community college and completing all of my pre-req's or just paying for a 1yr Vocational LVN school and then just doing the LVN-RN bridge program. Is it true that RN programs favor an LVN license over a high GPA from a community college? I just don't want to wait 1 or 2 years to get into the RN prgm...

I don't necessarily want to be an LVN, but if it will get me into an RN program (or lvn-rn prgm)faster it may behoove me to just go for it.

Anyone with advice or experience would be greatly appreciated.

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Thank you

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Wow! I am on the same boat! I also want to be a RN. I really don't want to take all the prerequisites at a community college and then get stuck on a waiting list. I would rather take an RN program at a private college but no one seems to offer it her L.A. I am looking at just doing the 12month LVN program at Concord, then getting into an RN bridge program.

PLEASE HELP US!WHAT IS THE BEST ROUTE?

Does anyone know of a RN program offered somewhere other then a community college?

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Don't know where either are you are from BUT here in CT I thought that I wouldn't have to take all the pre-reqs etc for RN school if I were to do the LPN to RN bridge..guess again! In order for me go get into ANY LPN to RN bridge, there are some courses that have to be taken

The one I am looking at now, I have to take all the pre-reqs (chemistry and English 101) along with ALL the non-nursing courses that they take in their first level (2 semesters) which would be A&P I and II, Psychology, and Child Psyschology and Development. Then I have to apply to the school, THEN be accepted then take an online course for LPN to RN students, and then take another nursing class in the spring before I would start year two of an RN program. I would enter in the second year of their two year program. The only courses i don't have to take are Nursing courses in their first 2 semesters.

If your LPN school is done through a community college (there are none here in CT they are all either done by private schools or State run, none done through CC;s) you may have courses in the LPN class that you can transefer and use for your LPN to RN courses. But I've noticed that most bridge programs want you to do their pre-reqs also.

I don't know how true it is about LPN's getting in easier, but I've heard the same thing.

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Specializes in LTC, Psych.

At my CC in PA, you get an extra point for having an LPN license. To enter the RN bridge program, you must complete the pre-req's. Reason: to enter LPN school, you need minimal pre-req's like English, Bio, Psych etc. Since RN is an associates degree, you need those extra pre-req''s to complete the required credits for said degree.

I am currently in the LPN program. All of my credits will transfer to the bridge program. The bridge only takes a year. I'm not wasting any of my time.....1 year for LPN, 1 year for bridge RN, pre-req's.....still equals the amount of total time I would have spent in the RN only program. I figured taking it in steps is more manageable with my family commitments and I also will have that LPN license to fall back on in case something should happen.

Good luck!

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Specializes in Corrections.

At my CC even with a LPN license, the bridge program to RN requires General Psychology, Microbiology, Human Growth and Development, speech, and a humanities elective. It also requires eng 101, mth 100 and A&P 1 and 2, which are prereq's to both the LPN and RN program.

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Thank you everyone for your input. It was interesting and educational. I guess I am just going to 'stay the course' and go for my pre-req's and then the RN program..and save the $$$ for a vocational school.

Good luck to everyone :)):redpinkhe

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