LANurseNick

Thank you for your reply RNsRWe!! Sorry for the late response. I greatly appreciate your advice which motivated me to research in a different direction. I agree with you and have decided to avoid the expensive private programs as much as possible. I still have plenty of schooling in the future and don't want to spend so much right away. My focus right now is an ROP LVN program. I took the assessment test recently and just found out that I've moved onto the interview portion. It's MUCH cheaper and is based on merit rather than a lottery system. The competition is tough but I'm ready for the challenge. Thanks for your advice and perspective! :)

Hi everyone, This is a question for any current or former students of this program (or anyone who might know this information in general). I'm very excited to have received an interview appointment letter from North Valley Occupational Center's LVN Program. I know the competition is tough but I'm just curious, out of the 15 + 5 alternates in your class, how many would you say were CNA certified? Thanks for taking the time to reply. :) ps. Love this forum. It has helped me GREATLY on my path to becoming a Nurse and I look forward to becoming a proactive member of this community.

I've already finished all my science pre-reqs and was not accepted into the local private school for an ADN program as I had received an F (I had to stop attending past the withdrawl period bc of work) in my first attempt at anatomy about 3 years ago. I retook it and got an A+ but that disqualified me from that particular program for having failed initially. Now I am considering just enrolling into a local private LVN/LPN program, maybe get hired somewhere after 1 year, and then go back to a LPN-RN bridge program. Or should I just keep looking for other ADN options. Time is of the essence for me and I don't want to waste any more time than I already have after knocking out all those science pre-reqs the past 2-3 years. I can't wait around in a lottery system at the local jr colleges so Id rather pay privately if possible to expedite it. Do hospitals still offer tuition reimbursement for their vocational nurses to pursue RN certification? What path would you recommend and why? LPN/LVN and then look for an RN bridge program.....OR just try and find an ADN/RN program somewhere? Thanks. I'm in Los Angeles and 35 years old.