Ok, SO, I was accepted into my schools evening nursing program. I had planned on working full time and doing school on evening and weekends. Difficult? Maybe. Do-able? Definately. Doing it this way, I would have an LPN certificate in two years (six semesters). I currently work as a cell phone sales rep making very decent money. However, I have really begun to loathe my job and was beginning to look into jobs in the healthcare field because many people have told me that it makes it much easier if you are exposing yourself to the environment where you will potentially work, not to mention tuition assistance from some institutions. With this new revolution, I am now considering switching to the day program for nursing, if i did this, I would have my RN degree in two years (6 semesters), but I would have to work part time and cut my pay probably by about 50-60% per year until my degree is obtained. So, long story short: Do I take longer route to complete the basic LPN then still have to go through the RN half, while still maintaining my awesome paying job or do I go full time to school and cut my pay, but get my degree in half the time?