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And good luck, keep on trying!

You should speak to an advisor at Coppin, they may recommend retaking courses to obtain a higher GPA. I had a 3.8 when I applied for an RN program at a local community college and didn't get accepted after 3 tries, I was accepted into an LPN program and graduated w/ a 4.0, it's all about your GPA. Sometimes it takes a longer route to become an RN, have you considered going to school to become an LPN?

I've never heard of an MLPN either.

Amen to that! I'm a new LPN also, and I'm proud of what I do :)

Maryland. New LPN (agency) 25/hr no benefits

Good luck with the job search. I have also been looking for the past few months and most places are not hiring new grads, period. I would recommend looking into homecare agencies, although most require a minimum of 6 months experience. I was lucky enough to interview for a new agency in the Baltimore area and am currently going through the hiring process. All of the positions were filled after about two weeks, it's tough out there! Lots of competition.

Thanks for the info, I'm going to find out more before I make my final decision.

If you enjoy what you do and you take pride of your work of course there is nothing wrong about that :yeah:I definitely understand the pressure to bridge to RN. If I find a job as an LPN that I'm happy with and the pay is good I definitely don't plan on going back to school.

congrats :) I didn't say there weren't any :) just hard to come by in this economy

Yeah he did mention that but he didn't go into much detail. I was wondering what settings LPN's usually work in, doctors offices or hospitals? Deployments? And if the pay would be enough to make student loan payments? I need to go talk to him again soon, I just realized that I still have a lot of questions :smackingf

I was wondering if anyone has any insight on becoming an LPN in the Army. I'm a recently licensed LPN, and had no luck finding a job in the past 3 months. I spoke to a recruiter recently and have decided to enlist sometime this year. I was told that I may be able to skip bootcamp for a 2 week Army etiquette course, go to some training and begin working as a nurse. Anyone have more information?:)

Thanks :)

Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone has any insight on becoming an LPN in the Army. I'm a recently licensed LPN, and had no luck finding a job in the past 3 months. I spoke to a recruiter recently and have decided to enlist sometime this year. I was told that I may be able to skip bootcamp for a 2 week Army etiquette course, go to some training and begin working as a nurse. Anyone have more information?:)

I would recommend becoming a cna and working towards getting your RN. I've been an LPN since November and haven't had a single interview. Decided to go into the Army, really need full time work with benefits...luckily they will pay for more school and I'll eventually get my RN someday :)

Thanks for the encouragement :) jennycglad6, as far as becoming an LPN- entry level jobs are few and far between right now I've even heard of new RN's having trouble finding jobs. There are 2 practical nursing programs that I know of, one is in DC and the other is up in pa.