koblyn12

Thanks for responding. Who knows...I might not even get in the LPN program but I think that is what I'm going to go for at this point.

Hi LunahRN I have heard that about hospitals not hiring LPN's and it does worry me. It's just the predicament I'm in is I don't think I'm going to be accepted into the RN program right now. I hear about people being rejected with 3.5 GPA's. Currently I work as a waitress and I'm TRYING to get my foot in the medical world. I was thinking if I went to school for LPN it would raise my GPA and even if I got a job working in a DR office for a few years I would get experience and probably do better in RN school when I did get accepted. Do you think any of this is accurate? haha Just let me know if you think it will be a waste because I truly value anyone in the fields opinion. I know I may not get a job in a hospital as an LPN but do you think working as an LPN in a Drs office or nursing home would make RN school easier on me when I do get accepted into the program? I feel like being an LPN might also make me more competitive to actually BE accepted into the RN program but if you don't think so let me know. Thanks so much!

Thank you for your response. I do live in VA and my grades for all of my pre-reqs are good but I think I have decided to become an LPN for now and then eventually switch over and go to the RN program...that way I can at least get my foot in the door with the nursing. I am friends with a few nurses and they were saying if I just become an LPN and THEN try for the RN that the actual schooling for the RN will come a lot easier because then I will have the medical experience. They were telling me if you get a job at a hospital as an LPN that most of the time the hospital will pay for your schooling to become an RN. I think I just have a better chance of getting into an LPN program so that is what I am going to try for...but I still want to eventually become an RN. Thanks again for taking the time to respond.

I want to become an RN. I have done all the pre-reqs at Northern Virginia Community College. And I have taken the TEAS but need to redo the math section. I heard that the program is hard to get into and my GPA is only a 2.75 so that makes me nervous. Obviously the person with the 4.0 GPA will be chosen ahead of me. So I was thinking about applying to the LPN program at NOVA and then once becoming an LPN going back to school for the RN. That way I would have my foot in the door. Any advice from people who have gone to NOVA? How hard the program is to be accepted into or if they would recommend me trying for the LPN as well instead of just waiting? Any advice is appreciated because I am so overwhelmed. Thank you