Hi! Hope all is well, I am currently about to finish the first semester of the LPN-to-RN Program at Mercy and was wondering what I should study for the finals? They don’t give study guides and I don’t want to spend too much time on the wrong subjects
I am happy to hear that you learned a lot in the LPN program. I have the impression that they are quite supportive.
So it does sound busy... Had you already taken the sciences courses? (A&P I+II, Micro) Is it still such a fulll schedule if one has already taken those science courses?
I will definately need to work in oder to pay my living expenses!
When you say "financial aid"- what exactly do you mean? Does the Hospital offer any kind of internal loans for their nursing students ?
7 AM to 3 PM 4 & 5 days a week... that IS A LOT! That is FT!
Is that the schedule for the LPN?
Huge thanks for your super thoughtful feedback!
I super appreciate the solidarity ?
Did you pay $800 per month for the LPN program for 12 months (about $10,000 for the year), including the science courses at Miami-Dade?
Staff is alright, they are more about the money than supporting the students, but you just need to have the mentality that you are there to do your schoolwork and get your degree. During Clinicals the nurses hate having students, they just want you do do their dirty work (bathing patients and wiping their butt) they don’t really want to “teach”. I took the science courses during the program through a school they recommended online called Portage Learning, however, for the LPN TO RN Program at Galen they don’t accept those classes, so you might want to find a different place (unless you find somewhere else to do the LPN to RN).
Financial aid is through the government, you have to apply through FASFA, you can call the school to see if they’ll help you apply. The school or hospital doesn’t offer any type of loan.
It is full time so you have to make sure that you can handle a job, 7-3 is for the LPN program; that why I say its alot of time!
Monthly for the LPN Program I believe it was $600something, I don’t really remember, but it was around that. Tuition does not include the courses at Miami-Dade, that is separate
ay-yay-yay! OK for the LPN that is FT... and then you have to study no? I understand that that is not 5 days a week, right? It is only 3 days week in the beginning? One might be able to work a bit the first 2 trimesters, no?
I am not eligible for any fed-help. I already have a BS and an MS.... and I am not in a position to take out formal loans. I have the tuition money, but not the living expenses, so I would need to squeeze by ...living on air... to do it.. I am hoping to find a simple job at the hospital... Is that something other students are doing?
Totally devasting, if that is true about the Bridge LPN->RN. It looks like one could work during this year, no? The nursing courses are not so intense, no? First Trimester = Pharmacology, Second Trimester=Maternal/Peds/Mental. Were you able to work during the LPN->RN year.... at least during the first and 2nd trimesters?
Hi, I recently applied to the lpn-to-RN program starting in August, I was wondering if you’ve heard of any changes to the program or if they are even starting in august. I tried to contact the school but the information is very limited
Hi, hope all is well.
I have heard that they have changed the structure (1st semester) of the classes like when it was in person we had classes that overlapped each other but they split the classes so your taking one class at a time. They are very limited with information which can be frustrating. When I was applying for the august class last year I didn't get an email that I was admitted until Late July (I think July 22). Which is really late but I just rolled with it. As far as if they are starting in August I heard that they are still admitting students and will continue to. Hope that helps and let me know if I can help you with any other information. Good luck!
Hi, did you do your LPN program at Mercy Hospital? I am trying to find more information about their LPN track.
I would like to do the LpN year and then the RN year after.
Many thanks!
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