RockyRamona

Hi everyone, I'm a prospective nursing student. I'll try to make this question brief as possible but the details I say here are related to it. I originally just wanted to go straight to RN but lately I've looked at a lot of job ads online, especiall...

Hey everyone! I need advice for something. I'm almost done with my nursing prerequisites and I'm considering going to the LVN-RN pathway. I've heard from my nursing parents that if I go on this path, I'll be wasting my time because hospitals are phas...

Hey everyone, I'm back! I did talk to my parents a few days ago after reading all the comments and advice. My dad assured me that where we live, nurse grads are hired. He told me there's now a shortage of nurses because the older nurses are retiring....

I double checked CSULA and I'd have to literally transfer and take like more 6 university courses. I'm almost done with my ADN prerequisites. After this semester, I have like two more classes to ace and I can sign up for nursing school. The ones I ha...

Wow that is great! I'm definitely gonna do that after I get my ADN!

Do per diem nurses chose the days they can work also? Do you basically get to choose went to work and get tk work on your own time?

Does online actually teach you the skills to be a BSN? I feel like the in person classes are more helpful. But wow it's nice that your workplace has tuition assistance! Yeah when the time comes I'll basically have to work part time then go to school.

I'm keeping that in mind and making it work. Thank you. It's not something that I'll have to think about anytime soon anyways because I'm aiming for my ADN right now. But you're right. When the time comes to get my BSN I have to embrace working and g...

"Per diem"? As in everyday? Is it better if I can just work a few days and then go to class? I mean I could but I rather not. Going to school and going to work at the same time is very difficult for me. But you're saying that if I went back to get my...

Whoa that's nice! But I'd rather do in person classes so I was thinking of working temporarily then taking time off for school. Do you suggest that? :0

I understand that. I think it helps for me anyways cause it gives me the gist of working in a hospital and gets me valid work experience when applying for jobs. But I'm keeping in mind how hard it is. Well nursing itself is known to be hard.

I already chose not to become an LVN and decided to become certified as a CNA since it only takes a month and can actually get me hospital experience when applying as an RN.

Thanks. I'm glad I made this post actually. It helps a lot.

Yeah. I'm hoping I can land a job out of L.A. and maybe in the rural areas where there's easier opportunities for work. I heard that CNA counts as experience if you work in a hospital so I'm definitely taking that route, as it's gonna be a while till...

Tiny question for the ones who suggested me the CNA option: How can I make that count as experience on a resume for an RN?

Thank you but again, I wasn't planning to do it all by myself. My decision regardless, has to be talked to with my parents because they financially support me. In fact, I wanted to convince them so they can financially support my decision. I'm also c...

I've read all of the comments and you guys have a very great point. It'd be better cost wise and time wise if I went straight to ADN. I'm definitely going to get certified as a CNA and work for experience and pay. Considering that it's just one class...

Whoa, you know what. The CNA option sounds a lot more better, financial and time wise. I know a college near me that does it. I'm going to consider this more tbh. Thank you so much.

Actually CNA doesn't sound so bad. But that will also take convincing because, this might sound surprising, but my parents don't like me taking breaks to work. It's kind of irritating cause I proposed something similar to this before but they think t...

You make a good point to be honest. My parents made that point a lot. But again the reason why I'm choosing it or considering it more is because the nursing job market in California is really weird compared to other states. A lot of the RN jobs I sea...

Got it but where do you live? :0 Also I double check the job market often and I'm also still doing my prereqs so I still have time to consider. Also I took into consideration that a nurse friend of mine went straight for her BSN and she had to go bac...

I live in California but found job ads that still hire LVNs without experience. There's even one that I found that accepts LVN grads, so I think the job market is still ok here. Besides I don't plan to stay an LVN. I'm hella psyched to be done with m...

Yeah I see the benefit of just going straight to ADN especially because I'll be supported but my reason for considering the LVN path in the first place was financial for practical reasons. Cause my goal is to save up and so when I get my ADN, I'm rea...

Thank you so much! I don't expect to, tbh. If anything, I might have to take out loans. It might not be so bad because the LVN program cost like 3,000-4,000 and based on the money I'll make, I'll be able to pay that in a month or two. I definitely wo...

That's crazy! Well I got the same answer from an advanced admin on another blog, but she said that technically I can use it for experience but I have to be creative about it. It ultimately depends on the job. I know a nurse who got her Bachelor's and...