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RN Bridge or straight Associates in 13 months?

How much is your tuitition for RN?

Still I am looking at ridiculously high tuition vs what the cash option is for LPN

I can do it only while I am earning a good pay somewhere as an LPN to keep my family going. I am the bread winner and do not have the luxury of going to school for 2+ years while earning peanuts. Hence cash option of less than $10000 for the LPN was and is very attractive. The return on the investment are very attractive for me at this time

Good information. I did not know. Thank you so very much!

Others have told me that LPNs are on their way out. Is that true though? That current LPNs are going to be mandated to become RNs or be relegated to working in long term care and doctor's offices etc and not hospitals or other higher level care institutions?

Tampa Florida

Long, very long waiting period and still then, they will cherry pick and I may never get in even after waiting that long. My local tech is >3 yrs waiting period and community college for ASN is 3+ Thanks

Thanks amoLucia Caution is the word. They are accredited by the board of nursing and department of education. They are not accredited by the bigger bodies like NLAC and CCNE that require so much money to accredit these institutions that are not nearly big as the big boys. They are still under to the board of nursing and department of education oversight and are closed if they do not meet minimal standards of operation. They have to teach out students or are susceptible to heavy heavy fines if they do not do so. I have done my research in these areas and have called the board of nursing to learn some of this. They have to be accreditated in 2 years or something like that or face closure by the board of nursing at which time they will have to teach out. Ugghhh. I am less confident I can start my LPN this year now. Thanks though. Good looking out

Thanks for the responses Accreditation is not my main worry. There were and are many great schools like Galen that was not accredited for many years till now but is one heck of a school. There are those who are accredited that worth squat too. LPN...I do not worry about it, ASN and BSN I will because it is like starting over though when you go for the higher degrees ...No? I would like a chance to earn a decent living in less than a year without a loan of $24000 or more. Then when I go for my ASN That will be another $54000 then my BSN will be roughly $2400-28000 (using cheap estimates here). Not counting MSN which is another $54000 or so. At the end of the day I am almost spending as much money as to become a doctor! The local tech schools take 2 or more years to get into. The waiting period is ridiculous. I know 2 nurses that went to both schools, Med Prep Institute and suncoast for their RN and they say that they suffered paying for their RNs but are happy now being RNs. They just wanted anyone to give the an opportunity to get to the board of nursing for NCLEX and these 2 institutions did. I think if I get to the NCLEX i can do it. NCLEX is an equal playing field though. These schools ofcourse do not have FAFSA, Salimae etc etc hence cash option for those that are asking. Is there anyone who has gone to these cash paying schools and how did they do it. Was it worth it? Is it doable?

There is Medical Prep institute in Tampa (very established), and Suncoast College of Health in Bradenton fl (fairly established), there is another one I forgot in Orlando, there is also Untitled FLORIDA COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE TAMPA (newish?) Thanks a bunch

There are several programs in my area offering LPN programs for cash. They are the same as other LPN schools only that they are cheaper. This one is offeriing LPN for $10.000 another for $12.000 and another for $8.000. They are fast to get into as well as way cheaper than other institutions that ask for $18.000-24.000. Their associates are also cheaper than the harder to get into schools that have FAFSA etc. I do not want debt after school or if I fail to complete (which happens with a lot of nursing students) at least I will be owing less than $10.000! I would like any advice from anyone who knows of such schools or who graduated from such a school. They ask for about $2000 dollars down and the rest is on a monthly basis. Student cannot sit for final exams for each subject till the monthly money is paid. Your name will be submitted to the board of nursing for NCLEX When you are paid in full. Advise me pleeeaaassse!

manipulative training is one of the jail/prison courses nurses have to complete upon hire. It makes sense. Remember the case about that prison seamstress who helped those 2 NY convicts escape prison. They manipulated her so bad to the point where she negotiated the killing of her own husband while spending months smuggling hacksaws, screw drivers etc in the ground beef she brought to them. That is manipulation at its best! How they easily put her behind the walls of prison while they escaped, albeit, they got caught but Gads!! some gullible even very strong nurses will have an affair with an inmate and believe it to be genuine though we all know that it will fall apart in the worst way ever without fail.

with the one of the guys from co-operate who was visiting the site, who visits the site for audits and meetings etc etc

what is the security like that lets lawyers get like that with inmates? I would think there are cameras everywhere?