from my understanding if you do the LVN/LPN it takes a year off you clinicles and also makes it eaiser to get into RN clinicels...so my nursing advisor had told me. i am from CA and currently live in louisiana at an army base and taking my pre-reqs and am getting A's how ever wheni go back to sacramento CA next year then hubby gets deployed i want to do the LVN but can not find a school under 27k thats just crazy! i have also heard it makes things easier when you do become a nurse you have been around the RNs and can see there job and have worked side by side