Ethsmom

I'm currently in an LPN program and will graduate at the end of March. Our two clinical sites have been at nursing homes, and I realize that I just do not have the energy to work in a nursing home. Have any new LPNs gotten jobs at places other than nursing home? Any tips for landing these jobs?

I always thought they were only 2 semesters long, but after looking at some curriculums, it looks like a lot of them (at least in VA) are 4 semesters.

I'm currently attending Centura College, which is like a vocational college, and a CNA, at our clinical site, told my classmate that we can't do an LPN to RN bridge program, and that we will have to start all over and do a 2 year RN program, since our credits don't transfer. I know they don't transfer, but I've looked up pre-reqs to bridge programs, and it seems like as long as you are an LPN and take the pre-reqs, you can enter the program. Does anybody know if I would really have to do a 2 year RN program?

I currently have a cumulative GPA of 2.157(I did 2 years of community college). I've been out of school for 2 years and I'm planning to go back to my community college this fall. I'd like to eventually transfer to VCU or ODU, but I know I need to get my GPA up. I'd like to get it over a 3.0. Should I re-do my first two years of school at my current school or transfer to a different community college?

I've completed 4 semesters of community college, but I didn't take school very seriously, and didn't do well. I had my son and have been a stay-at-home mom for the past year (the last time I took classes was Spring 2010). I'm going to be going to John Tyler Community College, but might be moving to Indiana and doing Ivy Tech Community College's nursing program. I looked at this link: http://www.jtcc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=658&Itemid=255 and I'm planning on doing BIO 231, ENG 111, PSY 230, and SDV 100. I'm going to take the algebra in the summer. I have already taken ENG 111, but I got a B in it, and I want to aim for an A, to increase my chances of getting into a nursing program, since admission is mainly based off of the curricular GPA. I just want be sure that I'm taking the right courses. TIA :)

One of the schools that I'm looking at, mainly only looks at your curricular GPA. Does this mean that they only care about your grades in your pre-reqs?

What about with stuff like FAFSA though? I applied for that my first four semesters of school and I thought that the schools could find my information that way?

My first two semesters, I did pretty good (All B's and maybe 2 C's), but I was going through a lot my last 2 semesters, ESPECIALLY the 4th semester, and my grades definitely reflected that. I do know that I can pull things back together this time around. Is not forwarding my transcript from my old college possible? I always thought that that was against the rules at most colleges, but that'd be awesome if I can only forward grades from my new community college.

I've completed 4 semesters at a community college and I currently have a 2.1 It's going to take almost 4 more semesters (taking 4 classes per semester) for me to even raise my GPA to a 3.0. That's like the minimum to even apply to a lot of nursing schools and I know they usually accept GPA's of 3.5+. Has anyone else on here been in a similar situation?

I've completed 4 semesters at a community college, and am going back to school after a year of being out. I'm taking courses at a community college to get my GPA up just until I can transfer to a 4 year and then to a BSN program. I currently have a 2.157 cumulative GPA and I'd like to get it up as high as possible.

Thank you so much :)

Thanks :) Do you think that getting an ADN first will be better? I know it will be easier time wise, but if I have to do 2-3 extra years for a BSN, especially if it's the better route to go, I'm willing to do it. This semester, I'm planning on signing up for classes just to get my GPA up, and not following the hard math route that the advisor recommended. Also, I has a classmate tell me that taking science classes is better at a university than a community college. What's your opinion on that?

I did originally want to go for my ADN first, and then do an RN-BSN program, but I heard that employers are looking to hire more nurses with bachelors now. Does anyone know if this is true? The advisor that I talked with is telling me that I have to take Precalculus before I can take Physics, but before I can even take Precalculus, I need Basic Algebra I and II and in addition to those math classes, I'll also need Calculus with Analytical Geometry I and Statistics.

I really want to get my bachelor's in nursing, and hopefully in the next 4 years but I'm starting to get discouraged. I did 4 semesters at a community college. My first 2 semesters I did pretty good (all B's with maybe 2 C's). My last 2 semesters were not so good. I'm not sure what my GPA is, but I know for sure it's under a 3.0. My first 2 semesters, I stupidly picked my own classes, instead of meeting with an advisor and following a set curriculum (I was just taking classes to eventually trasnfer to a 4 yr, not to get into the community college's nursing program). Recently I was out of school for 2 semesters, and I went back to my school a few days ago to talk to an advisor. I told her that I want to transfer to a 4 year and get into a nursing program. She recommended that I follow the curriculum for an Associate of Science. It's a new program to my college, and if I do it, I will be at the community college for 5+ semesters. The program requires a lot of math classes and I have to take 1 or 2 extra because of my math scores when I took a COMPASS test. I'm wondering if it'd be better for me to just go to a 4 year school and take classes there, because I'm afraid I'm just going to waste more time if I stay at the community college. I'm also afraid that I won't be able to get into a 4 year with such a low GPA. Any advice?

It's a 2.4 in my GE GPA. Do most schools take off for repeating pre-reqs?