AjoBSN09

I did the Mt. State LPN-BSN program and I would not recommend it to anyone. They will tell you that it is 2 years long - it's actually 3 1/2....they will tell you it's only 1 night a week - but the last 2 years it's one night a week AND every weeken...

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I have a question for Nurses in Buffalo, NY. I have been working as an LPN for 4 years - I have experience in Trauma, ER, Cardiology and addiction treatment. The same year that I graduated from LPN school - i started my LPN - RN, BSN transition progr...

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Thank you both for the response! I'm bumping this thread in hopes that more Buffalo nurses will see it. MFS sounds REALLY interesting and is going to be close to the area that I will be moving to. Could you give me more information about it???

I could not agree more with the original poster! I graduated from LPN school in 2005 and came across this "AMAZING" program that would be "2 years, one night a week - and you'll be an RN, BSN" - that 2 years & one night a week turned into 3 1/2...

Oh wow - I wasn't aware of that. LPNs are OVERworked in this area. When I worked in the ER - I did EVERYTHING that the RNs did - including given IV push meds. There were 3 things I couldn't do: Hang Blood, Take Verbal Orders and Push Cardiac meds...

I graduated from LPN school in January of 2005 and began an LPN - RN, BSN transition program in November of 2005 - I literally have been killing myself - working full time and still carrying the full-time class-load. The school advertised the progra...

Wow - we really are in the same shoes!!! My mom has said those exact words to me "this too shall pass".......it just gets OLD - I'm sure you more than understand that!!!! Where do you go to school?

I go to Mt. State University and it has been disasterous - we were kind of the guinea pigs in this area for the program.....I'll just be glad to be done with it in 8 months!

Thank you!!! :)

I am in an LPN to RN, BSN program currently with 8 months left. A friend of mine went to an ADN program when we got out of LPN school - so that he could finish is RN more quickly. He graduated in May of this year - and we graduate in April of '09 -...

WOW - I wish LPNs in this area made anywhere close to that. WV LPNs start out around $12 an hour in the hospitals.....I'm sorry last month - they bumped it up to $13.......I can't wait to be done with school!

Do you not like the hospitals? I started on a Trauma Unit and I saw basically EVERYTHING and ANYTHING come through. I was really able to learn and work on my skills - we had trachs, pegs, every drain imaginable, wounds, wound vacs, every type of ...

About $39,000 :chuckle I am in my last semester of LPN - BSN school....boy has it been a ride!

I believe that nurses do eat their young - I think stress, frustration and time limitations in a shift all contribute into this.

LPNs flush PICCs & get blood from them in my hospital (Ruby Memorial - Morgantown, WV)

Please - whatever you do....don't wear a fanny pack A few nurses at my hospital have been sporting these bad boys....it's just not a good look :chuckle Edit: NOT that there's anything wrong w/ them!!! :)

I'm doing the LPN to BSN program through Mt. State University - I highly recommend it!!!! It's only 1 night a week and you get your BSN - not too shabby :)