hello everyone from all nurses! Well I just had some questions i'm graduating from high school in June I live in Los Angeles and I want to become a registered nurse. I was just wondering if any nurses had some advice or stories on how they did it. I was thinking of going to Lacc or Elac and do the general education and pre-reqs...But now i'm so dicouraged from still wanting to become a nurse becuase I hear there's long wait lists and it's very competitive. My last resort i'm thinking of doing is to attend a vocational school like American career college and become a Lvn do you guys think that would be a waste of time and money? and do people who go to that school get treated diffrently? I feel very confused... I would like some advice please thank you everyone for reading my post.