Newnurseb14

I graduate from HACC in 2 weeks and they also use ATI. It is included in your grade.

If you look into Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences they have an LPN - RN program. You have to work 1000 hrs as an LPN first (which is only about 6 mos of full-time work). From there you do an LPN assessment module over the summer and if you pass you complete the last 2 semesters of the RN program.

Thank you so much for your advice, this was a beautiful post! I graduate from my nursing program in 2 weeks now and I have a job elsewhere. Being patient really paid off!

Sorry to respond 2 yrs later! Things are going great! I finish my PN program in 2 weeks. Then I'm off to do the RN program.

Thank you??

Thanks so much for all of the advice everyone!

Ok, I will try to make this as short as possible:) First, I will provide you with some background info on me. I am currently a pre-nursing student @ HACC's York campus. I am also employed at a hospital where I do registration. I have been working in the medical field ever since my junior year in High School. I do not posses any CNA certifications but I do have some medical knowledge and terminology that I use on an everyday basis at work. My mother is also an RN. With that being said, will clinicals be very difficult for me? I absolutely LOVE the medical field, in fact, to be a nurse simply runs thru my veins! I enjoy learning about the anatomy and physiology of the human body. It actually excites me! I took A&P my senior year in High School and absolutely loved it. Soooo many people say that nursing school is hard but if I have been in this field for going on 8 yrs now will it really be that hard for me? Oh and also if this helps, I currently have an 'A' in both of my pre-req's as I study all the time and take my college education quite serious:)

I am currently taking my pre-req's for the LPN program @ Hacc at the York campus. So far, I am an 'A' student and school is actually pretty enjoyable for me. However, I am quite fearful of my clinicals as a result of meeting many people who did not survive the nursing program. I currently work at a hospital and I have been working in healthcare ever since I was a Junior in High School. Medical terminology and the medical field in general is like second nature to me. I live and breathe it! I absolutely love it! On top of that, my mother and grandmother are both nurses. My mom is an RN. I would like to start off with the LPN program so that I can get experience as a nurse and hopefully once I graduate as an RN (once I've completed my LPN) I will be more likely to get a job than my classmates that have no experience. With that being said, are LPN clinicals as hard as RN clinicals and will I do better than most because I have a medical background? Also, I am not a traditional student and this is not my first time in college. I am much more focused now that I am older and I think that is why so far I am getting an A in both of my pre-req classes. I am also still in my 20's if that helps any:)