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I'm hoping to be accepted to the LPN to ASN mobility program at Ivy Tech. So basically I'll take a course that covers the role of the RN and in-depth assessment skills, then I'll be thrown in with the regular RN students for the last year (two semes...

DoJohnson, I don't know about other campuses, but the nursing secretary at Valpo said that last year, 22 people applied for 20 transition spots. And Valpo's fairly competitive, as far as scores / applicants go.... teboz, I don't think you'll have to...

Hey teboz, I applied to the Lafayette transition program and got an acceptance letter a couple of days ago. My score was 212. Good luck! You should get your letter soon!

Lafayette's letters went out yesterday! :yelclap: I think just RN (and transitional, I hope!), and LPN will be a couple weeks behind.

At the Lafayette campus, or possibly Valpo, depending on which (if any) I get accepted to.

That's kind of what I figured, based on the select courses that they actually post on campusconnect at my campus (Lafayette). However, the director of the program said that the second and third semesters would be five days per week! How can that be...

Congrats to everyone who's been accepted! That's great to hear that letters are rolling out. I emailed the director of the program in Lafayette - she said they're still waiting to get approval for a certain number of spots available, so they don't e...

I called Lafayette today and she said two more weeks!! Wouldn't tell me the cutoff scores, either. This is a huge life change for me, and it'd be nice to know if I'm going to be looking for childcare, transportation, etc. with more than two months' ...

Nobody's gotten any letters yet!? I thought (hoped) for sure I'd have mine by now, based on last semester's send-out dates! Why must they keep us waiting?

Kids grow up SO fast. You have the rest of your life to work and pursue your career! Your youngest will be in school in 3 years, and those years will fly by. Is there any way you could get your foot in the door and do PRN, so that when you are read...

I'm working toward becoming an IBCLC, but I think it sounds like it's going to be a loooong road. You have to have all requirements done before even applying, and I think you have to apply long before you take the test! And they're adding ed. hours...

I couldn't resist calling Lafayette.... She said the letters should be out "the end of September, beginning of October." I think they're programmed to say that, because that seems to be what they're all saying. I'm taking APHY 201 and Chem this se...

Very true. I was told by some wise nurses while I was in LPN school that LPNs learn "how" and RNs learn "how and why". Couldn't agree more.

I know some hospitals hire 2nd year students as "Nurse Externs", and they do pretty much all that an LPN does and get paid the same.

In my rural area of Indiana, LPNs start at about $14/hr in a hospital, and RNs start at about $18-19/hr. Quite a difference for doing the exact same thing.

Anybody else excited to check the mail every day? I know it's early, but I'm hoping for a miracle. I think the earliest someone got a letter last time was the 20th.... So one week....

Hey all! I applied for the LPN to RN transition program in Lafayette for this spring. If I don't get in, I'll apply to Valpo for Summer '11, because they don't have a spring transition start. Hopefully I'll get into Lafayette - I don't know if it'...

I took it a couple of weeks ago and got 91.8%. Totally bombed the science part though (like 68%). I HIGHLY recommend taking the online tests from ATI. The first one I took I got a 73% & the second one I got a 92% (without studying... just a cou...

I have been taking these practice tests: http://www.testprepreview.com/teas_practice.htm Are those questions anything like the real thing? If so, I'm in big trouble because I'm taking the test Wednesday and I'm only getting 50-75% of those questions...

I have been taking these practice tests: http://www.testprepreview.com/teas_practice.htm Are those questions anything like the real thing? If so, I'm in big trouble because I'm taking the test Wednesday and I'm only getting 50-75% of those questions ...

Thanks for all that info. I've been taking these mock tests on some website online (type "teas study guide" into google... the first result) and I'm not doing so hot on those tests. But it is bringing back some of the stuff I learned in high school...

Hey guys! I graduated from Ivy Tech - Valpo in 2002 as an LPN. I am applying for the LPN to ASN program for this Spring. I take the TEAS test Wednesday and am so nervous - I didn't buy the study guide (I honestly don't have the money..... eat, or b...