Tfish1065

At my school, yes you can retake a class and use the last grade. It depends on the school. Look in your college catalog and it should give you that info. If it's a nursing class, my school doesn't let you retake unless you're in the program. But, for the A&P and Psy, you can.

I keep playing devils advocate in my head. The only reason LPN's get to transition into the ADN in eastern NC is because somebody failed out of the ADN in the first year. I dont' want to be the person that has to give up a seat because of grades. Because ADN is so competitive it's the kiss of death, at least in eastern North Carolina.

Very good points. In fact (NC stats) it is trending to BSN in the Raleigh area, Tri-ad, as in Greensboro, Winstin-Salem and Charlotte metro, but in eastern NC most hospitals would not let your charge nurse without a BSN-otherwise they're happy to have a warm RN body!. There are some very good and $$ reasonable RN to BSN programs in NC online, ie UNC, NC Central, ECU etc. On Monster, Hot Jobs, Career Builder, etc, it's becoming harder to find a LPN job without 1-3 years of experience and the base pay with no experience is around 16-17/hr. I know some hiring managers in human resources and this is their honest opinion.

Ok, here's the deal. I'm a male 45 year old with one 11 year old son. Took all prereqs for LPN and most for ADN. Aced TEAS (don't ask me how, I just did on version V, was luck probably). Anyway, I would only have to take just LPN classes Pract 1-3 and Pharm. For the ADN, I'd have to take the nursing classes and AP 168 and 169 because I only took the LPN A&P. My original thinking was I need to get a decent job as fast as I can to be able to adequately support my son and myself. Tired of worrying about being terminated at different jobs because of the economy. I live in NC and it's mostly manufacturing and service industry. But, after a year of going to school, most of my instructors have encouraged me to accept the ADN letter because my job opportunities will be so much better. And, because of my grades, I'm more than qualified. Have a cuml. of 3.579 and got an A in LPN A&P. I've had all my maths for both programs, got an A etc. Having said all of this, I was set (and had my mind made up) on LPN then transition in ADN for money sake. But, having gotten the letter, and holding it in my hands, I'm having second thoughts especially with the job market for nurses in NC. It use to be an LPN could work in hospitals, not anymore unless your grandfathered. Mostly LPN work in LTC facilities and Dr offices (the LTC I like, but I'm not the Dr's office type). What's your ideas? Thoughts? etc. I've got until June 1 to make up my mind, but I'll either accept or decline the ADN by May 31th. Any help would be appreciated.