I went through the program from Aug 2006 to June 2007. I liked the self-paced nature of the program but be prepared that they say you can get through in 7 months but that does not include clinical...
I started the LPN to RN Bridge yesterday at Tulsa Community College. LanaBanana is also in my class. It is so hard for me to believe that I am on the last leg of my journey to become an RN. I have...
Welcome to allnurses. My opinion is that you should stay and complete your ADN at LU if at all possible. I say this because you may lose time by transferring due to everything not transferring,...
I start the LPN to RN bridge at Tulsa Community College on Saturdays August 18th. I started this process 3/2/2005 when I enrolled in my first pre-req class of Developmental Psychology. Since then I...
I am older than you are and I worked as a CNA while in LPN school. It was an invaluable experience for me. I loved the patient contact. I suggest you do it. Keep an eye on your goal of nursing and...
My experience was that I was paid as a CNA until I turned in a copy of my LPN license to my HR department. My experience with time to get ATT was a week after the OBON got my application. It took my...
dottimur replied to boricua15's topic in LPN to RN
If you are speaking of the Oklahoma University program (and not Oregon or Ohio if they exist) I was told they don't turn away LPN applicants because they don't have that many people going into the...
I agree with Quickbeam that we each have to craft our own plan. I think that applies to whatever walk of life you are in. I had a 30 year career in software development and my backup plan was to...
There is a VA Hospital in Muskogee. Jobs can be seen at http://www.federaljobsearch.com/cat/OK_health_medicine_job_1.asp?cid=0&tid=1 I would doubt they are going to pay enough higher than in...
i am reading a book by marianne williamson called the gift of change. her premise is that we have a choice to live in fear which is ego based and self centered or love based. another way to look...
Welcome to Tulsa (in the future)... You can check out the local Sunday newspaper ads at http://www.tulsaworld.com and go to jobs. There is a place to do a search and you can enter LPN. That will...
Congratulations on having a girl! There is more info at http://www.tulsaworld.com/community/article.aspx?articleID=070619_9_ZB1_spanc23352 on SF South. It doesn't really answer the question as to...
I think my posts state want I am going to do. I am an LPN and I am enrolled in the TCC LPN to RN bridge program. TCC's director of the LPN program told me what Excelsior course number to take to...
If you live in Tulsa, OU in Norman is not 3.5 hours away??? Isn't going to OU in Tulsa an option for you? That could be the best of both worlds. Do you have all your pre-reqs (Anatomy, Physiology,...
Hi, I am Dotti and I just passed my LPN NCLEX last Thursday. I have a job in a small community hospital in a suburb of Tulsa, OK. My job is on a med/surg floor but I sometimes get to float to ER....
My name is Dotti and 2 years ago I started a quest to start a second career as a nurse. I have been working as a CNA. I received my LPN license number yesterday!!!!! It is so hard for me to realize...
That's what your friends are for!!! Listening in the good times and the stressful times! All times. BTW, I am going to organize a study group to test out of OB Peds. Are you interested in joining...
I started getting all of my pre-reqs to go to RN school two years ago. I have worked REALLY hard since last June to complete microbiology and get my LPN. I was trying to get my LPN license before...
Congratulations on your pregnancy. I thoroughly enjoyed having children. It taught me a whole lot and it was very rewarding. The career can come later. Raising children is a very very important...