cantwait2beanurse

All my preqs are done as well for RN from previous associate degrees except having my LVN. I just wondered if it makes any difference to spend some time as a LVN before RN. A part of me doesn't want to just waste my LVN away when I graduate this August since it was/ is hard work.

Haven't had a problem getting right into our nursing programs around here. Like got into this LVN one on first try. Pretty much if your gpa is high, your prereqs are done, reccommendation letters good, background, good, you have high test scores and fullfill the other application guidelines then you are in. And work is not a big deal to me while in school....I'm a single mom of 2 currently working FT as CNA and part-time as a hairstylist and part-time as a crew member at Papa Murphy's with FT LVN school. But my quandary is on the experience. I was asking if LVN experience is relevant to RN school or does it not even matter so much?

Hi there. Was hoping to get some input from the veteran nurses. I will be graduating LVN school this August 2015, super excited! However I am torn between staying an LVN for 1-3 years prior to bridging to RN or going straight in to LVN to RN the following semester. What are the advantages and disadvantages to both?? What are your recommendations or experiences in this? My ultimate goal is to get/ be working on my RN within 5 years of LVN graduation. Then finishing with a BSN. Just wanting to get input on this please. TIA

Okay. I was wondering what some of you think about this. I am a single mom with two kids ages 5 and 9, I currently work as a hairstylist but want a better future for my kiddos. The LVN and ADN programs in the town I live in are either a) oversaturated, b)recently gotten pulled or in trouble bc the students were not passing NCLEX exams, or c) are 50 miles away. I have been on the waiting list for 5 years for the LVN and ADN courses, got tired of waiting so I got a cosmetology license/ an associate in Health Info MGt, and a business fundamentals certificate in the 5 years I waited which all but the cosmetology license are useless. So I am hoping to apply for one of the universities BSN programs around here instead of waiting on these rediculous lists or driving over 100 miles a day just for an LVN. Do any of ya'll know what the coursework is like for a BSN program? How the program works since you have to do 2 yrs of pre-reqs then apply to nursing school for last 2 yrs of school? What happens if you don't get into the nursing school after your first 2 yrs? Have any of ya'll finishe a BSN as a single mom??