KaraMalia

I am located in FL if that helps. I have been thinking of pursuing an LPN licensure. I feel like I'd enjoy being in the medical field, but I'm not sure I want to be an RN for a few reasons. 1) I am told by friends that are nurses/CNA's/etc that RN's no longer get very much patient time because of the mountains of paperwork they must do. 2) I am TERRIBLE at math or science, and there's a big long list of math and science pre-req's to get into nursing school here. 3) The program to become a nurse is extremely competitive in this area and is apparently almost impossible to get into. 4) There seems to be a lot of liability for RN's (there have been a lot of lawsuits and such around here.) The LPN program seems much simpler. Less pre-req's, and more clinical learning. It takes twelve months, would still be something I enjoyed, and provide more than enough for me to live on. My questions: Do LPN's make what the college is telling me (31-36k a year)? Do LPN's get more one-on-one time with their patients than an RN? Also, someone told me LPN's are being phased out. Is this true? Thanks in advance for your help!

Have you thought about doing ROTC for either branch?