jillybean1126

I got my LPN in 2013 and my RN in 2018 and I do not regret the path I chose. Depending on the school you do not need prerequisites to begin the program. I got my LPN in one year and I paid in full for the program. My program was about $9k for the year. I always knew I wanted to ultimately end up with my RN so once I finished the LPN program I began working full time making 55-60k a year. Having that income over my CNA annual income of a whopping 30k a year made it much more feasible to start my prerequisites. I took a little longer than I wanted to but overall I felt confident in the skills I had developed as an LPN, making my RN schooling much easier. Some people may argue this but I have found and heard many other nurses say this as well, the LPNs get a lot more clinical time and tend to get more hands on experience in school than in the RN programs. I have found that to be extremely true in my schooling and I am grateful I chose the path I did. I ultimately saved money by going that route as well because the LPN is cheaper (depending where you go) than the year you get to "skip" as an RN. honestly it was my pre reqs that took so long. I was only in nursing classes for two semesters. So i did the LPN for 10 months, took prerequisites at my own pace, then did one year of a nursing class. That path was right for me, everyone is different. Best of luck in whichever en devour you decide on!

I found using sarah registered rn videos on youtube was very helpful. She also put together a fantastic website that is extremely user friendly that has print outs as well as quizzes to test yourself. registerednursern.com I am a visual learner so I would often use pinterest for specific areas or classifications of medications. Uworld is also great for study material, expensive but very helpful.