adarby2

Did you use lacharity 3rd edition or 4th edition to prepare?

Thank you all for responding. I think I will do what MyOwnBlueSky said and start off slow. I have many college credits, but they were for communication studies instead of any science program so I will start knocking those out this summer. Pray for me!

I am a 32 year old single mother of 2 (a 4 month baby girl & 2 year old baby boy). I have some help from family and their father, but it is limited due to their work lives. I am currently in telecommunications and just found out a week ago I'm being laid off due to the relocation of my position as collections specialist. I am applying to a front counter position although I really don't want to work in that atmosphere. I've been wanting to go back to school to pursue nursing, but I'm not sure how to go about it. My mind says go with the "great start" which would be to get my BSN so I can start as an RN, but that would require me to do clinicals for a year to 1.5 years. I'm not sure how well I can manage that time period based on my current lifestyle (averaging about 1985 in expenses each month). How would I work? Spend time with my kids? Have free time? The other option that I recently started to consider was to go for my LPN, but I don't know much about it. How long does the program take? Are there clinicals? How to transition from LPN to RN? How much is the starting pay? What are the hours like? I joined this site so I can get some direction and advice from women who have done both. I need to support my family while making this transition to nursing and I need to make the best decision for us as well concerning my time. Can you all help please?