nursered

I have just graduated LPN school and the reason I chose that route was because of the long waiting lists for RN school. I have been told that I have to wait until 2006 to get into the RN program. I am 44 years old, I may decide not to take RN at all and take another degree course instead. The advantage (my opinion) is that once you have your LPN, you are half way to RN. If someone drops out of the RN program, then there is space for an LPN to step in. The pay as an LPN will help me to fund my schooling. A lot of the women in my class had children and they wanted to better their financial situation. I have a lot of respect for those ladies who worked full time, went to school full time and had small children at home. There are plenty of LPN jobs out there, although I have noticed that a lot of the hospitals in the area use well trained techs, EMTs/Paramedics and RN's and just cut out the LPN positions.