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Thank you for your reply! I will look into it, I applied to ACC and had my transcripts sent over, I also applied to St. Philips in New Braunfels. I will look into San Antonio baptist and see what they are about. I will go where ever I get accepted! THank you again for your help!

Hello! I am new to Austin and I am from Nebraska. I was previously in a LPN program there and am trying to find a LVN school here to finish and transition to the RN program here. I am finding NOTHING in Austin for an evening program they are all day 8-4, and I can not do that 4-5 days a week. I have decided to go talk to schools in San Antonio, I have looked into Galen, Career point college and St. Philips. I have been on the TX BON website and looked around and feel stuck. Is there a town close to South Austin I am missing closer then San Antonio I can look into for LVN or RN? I can do some days if required for class I work from home but I am trying to find evenings to fit better. thank you for your help!

I actually decided to stay at SCC, when the weather got bad a few weeks ago here and the interstate was closed my husband urged me to stay in Lincoln and I decided it was best, I am in the program here and its going well. It is also much less $$!! If you need the TEAS book I bought it its not been opened and is in the bag still. I will sell it for $30, I paid $45. It is $50 at CSM I believe. I got mine on EBAY. Let me know :)

She said they have no cut off date for the dead line just when ever they fill up all the slots, since it is costly I am sure they always have some spots left open bc not everyone can afford $40-50k for an associate degree in nursing, my thing is I want to get it over with at this point so I am sucking up the cost and will just pay loans forever and ever... She said try to have it all in by May she preferred.. Take the TEAS in Jan or Feb, I have only did the application, I am mailing to the reference forms to a doctor friend of mine and nurse practitioner friend of mine I worked with both at a medspa I worked in as a medical aesthetician for years. My husband is telling me to do the LPN at SCC in Mar graduate with that in Jan 2011 and then go for 1 year to CSM for a year for the ADN program to save on costs but I am thinking do it all at CSM and knock i out all in one school.. Cost wise it would be about $20-25k cheaper this route but it would take longer as they only except LPN transfers in the fall. I am sure if my grades are good and I get a good score on the TEAS I will be in, I have been a CNA for 9 years since I was 18yrs old so I have 5yrs hospital exp and 4 yrs doctors office exp behind me, I am totally ready for this next step!!

I went in and talked to Shana Lach yesterday in enrollment and she gave me a ton of info and a t-shirt and went over my transcript with me and I will have all my classes transfer in!! Sweet!! I am def. going to start in August.. I am enrolled in Anatomy, intro to sociology, and physiology at SCC starting Jan, and I will be taking Micro, Ethics, and intro to psyc starting spring.. Out of all the schools I have looked into for nursing this one seems the best fit for me.. I just need to pass the TEAS test in Jan or Feb to be sure I have a seat held for me!! Hope to see you there too!!

I am also interested in this program! I just applied for admission online last night. I am wanting to enter the Fall 2010 RN (ADN) program and then transition to the BSN program.. I am a student at SCC currently doing the LPN program, well on the wait list to start Mar. 2010.. I want to find a RN program though and go that route instead of LPN-RN-BSN.. That just seems like forever. Let me know when you get info on this if it is outside this website I have heard nothing but good things about the nursing program there, and best part about it is NO wait list!!

Thanks for all your responses!! :)

How long does it take? Is it on the highway?? I currently am supposed to start a position on L&D/NICU on Monday and its about 60 miles away from my house. It is 3 12hr shifts day shift 7a-7p. I could do 2 12hrs shifts if I want as well they said... I am a CNA going to work as a OB tech/unit clerk. I am currently a medical assistant working at a desk checking in patients only at the VA hospital 20 hrs a week. L&D/NICU is my passion it is why I want to be a nurse in the first place. I thought long and hard and wrote on another thread on if I should even take the position and someone said follow your passion it will make you happier in the long run... So I thought ya the doors opened why not take it!! Now all I hear from people is eww I would HATE to drive that far everyday!! I live in Nebraska and it can be bad but I have lived here my entire life and if it's bad one day it will be decent the next they usually clean up the roads right away and I think the hospital would understand if we got some horrible storm if I could not be there. I have a good attendance with work and school always!! Oh and school yes my school is there too, so its 1-2 days a week I will be driving as well. IF I decide to goto this school still I wont if I get in the program in the city I am in I am on a wait list. Both the VA hospital and the new job said they will work with me around school the VA does not want me to leave at all!! Just wondering if this sounds do-able or am I dreaming up something that is unrealistic, and getting my hopes up for no reason.

Well I slept on it and made the decision I am taking it!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all your replies!!!! This is the area that drives me and your right i will do a better job working in an area I actually LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It will make me a much happier person all around. I just hope I get along with the other people and we can work as a team :) Wish me luck!!I start on the 15th.

I am in Nebraska also, where are you at? What school? I am a student as well I am in Lincoln and waiting to get into a program I am on a wait list at 4 different schools. It's horrible., these schools around here!! I to have felt what you are and got out of healthcare all together for awhile but something has always driven me back and this time I am staying. Listen to stories of other readers, if nursing is your passion for real it is a force that will drive you to doing a job you love. Think of what made you get into all together, comparing your work as a CNA and a LPN or RN is different but that is what school is doing for you is preparing you for that role so you are strong enough to do it! Good luck!!! :)

The pay is not bad, fully benefitted though i do not need them all bc my hubby carries health,dental,vision ect... but some of the benefits are nice like tuition reimbursement ect.. and I do not have any currently working as a VA hospital employee I am part time.... The labor and delivery position is 3 12hr shifts a week they are willing to work around my program I attend 1-3 days a week per term I currently am only going 1 day per week and they said I can work whatever I like. I can also drop to 2 12hr shifts if 3 isnt working she said. They are very nice scheduling wise. But on the other hand so is the VA they want to work with me and my schedule they LOVE me there and are crushed I may leave. Thanks for the advice I just needed a nudge my hubby and family are no help he knows this is my dream floor but hes not excited about the commute in the winter. So he's giving me second thoughts. That is why i have turned to you all because you are the pro's!! :)

I am currently a nursing student and am working as a medical assistant at he VA hospital part time and I recently applied for a job in labor and delivery to work as an OB tech while going through school this is the area that is motivating me to become a nurse, I have 3 children and all were preemies and in the NICU I was high risk and had the works to keep me pregnant that is why I have chosen this field. Anywho, the L&D position was offered to me and I am excited BUT it is 45min away on the highway, the VA hospital is 20min in the city.. My question is is it worth it to accept the L&D position and gain more experience in the area I want to be in someday or is it better to stay with a gov't job and do that until I am done with school then move on to L&D, IF I can even my foot in the door on that floor? What would you do if this was you? Is it worth it? I just need help, I am a mess over this decision.....

What are they charging for this program? I am in Nebraska and we are getting one here to start in Sept. they do not know info yet on start dates, class schedules ect.. just wondering for those of you who are in what have they told you? I am sure its close to the same for every state? My bro in law attends there for a computer based program and is paaying $468 a credit hr. so that figures o $40,000 for 2yrs.... YIKES!! But the waitlists are forever around here I have personally been on 4 different schools list for 2yrs now and thats all I am doing is WAITING...... So at this point I'd spend that much just to get this DONE!!!!!!

I would like to add to that last reply they go through instructors like crazy! My friend who I mentioned earlier that graduated there went through 3 in a 9 month period!!

I have also heard this and the program is sooo expensive!! $22,000 for a LPN is just a rip off. There are plenty of other schools in the Lincoln/Omaha area that you can goto for under $10,000 some are around $6,000 for everything. I have a friend who went to Kaplan the one in Lincoln and she said non of her credits will transfer shes in the RN program over at metro now and had to retake all of her gen ed's and A&P!! So thats more money now shes out! I would not go there unless you have a bunch of money to blow.