solei1

thanks for the responses! truly appreciate it. I checked out the NPA for my state, but it only defines each role and its responsibilities for that individual once they are licensed or registered, but not exactly answering my question. I will most likely end up calling the board of nursing and seeing what their response it. I am an LPN right now and i want to get my BSN via online. there are very few choices for LPN to BSN online classes. I was hoping to go through excelsior and getting my ADN and then jumping into a BSN program before taking the boards. i guess i shall find out the answer soon enough

i bet this topic has been done before, but i haven't seen it...so lets revisit it!yay! is it me or is going on job interviews a lot like the first stages of dating? in both dating and job hunting, you put yourself out there by letting the world know you are looking for a new love or a new job. when you finally do find an exceptional candidate, you go through a series of questions hoping that this person or this job is the right fit for you. you leave the date/interview and go through anxiety hoping that you said the right things during your brief encounter and watch the clock tick by as you wait for that other persons call. sometimes you go on second or third dates/ interviews, to give you and that other entity reassurance on your decision. each and every time, it doesn't get any easier. when you finally do find the right one, you lay down your expectations to the object of your desire and hope that they agree to the things you say or come to a compromise. i don't know about you, but i feel like they are very similar. The anxiety sure does feel the same. what do you think?

i know there is a much faster and easier route to do this, but i figured i would ask anyways. what is the possibility that an LPN can still work as an LPN at their current place of employment while getting their BSN...but a more winded route i.e LPN gets their ASN, and then continues to get BSN...while still working as an LPN i guess what i want to know is... once i get my ASN, if i deter taking the nclex to get my BSN, would i still be able to keep my current place of employment as an LPN even though i have the education of an ASN- RN but chose not to take the boards until i got my bsn?