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lovedijah · Jul 15, 2012

I am starting LPN school next month. My reason for going LPN first- I only needed to take the TEAS and two other classes to get in. Also, my husband is military so I really can't wait 2 or 3 years to wait to get into a program (or better said, I didn't want to stay behind for school while my husband moved to a new duty station). Had I gone the RN route, I would have had a year of classes in front of me and no gurantee into the program. I just said, "Whatever program I get into, I'll make it work". Another plus for me, is the cost of the LPN program.

Yet, if money and time were no issue and my pre reqs for RN were done- I would have went into an RN program. But overall, I don't regret my decision to go LPN. Yet if your situation allows you to enter an RN program, I would.

luixbeauty · Jul 17, 2012

as i stated in another post....

you need to do what is right for you in your personal life, simple as that. i have been going back and forth between lvn or rn for a few years, i flip flopped every other day. some people have their parents paying all the bills and school and can go straight into a 4 year bsn program and get it out of the way. i have worked full time and have been going to school part time for 3 years. i moved to a rural area and the college does not have a straight rn program, you have to get your lvn first then bridge over but because i moved to a small area i will be done with my nursing sooner then if i had stayed in the city because of the long wait list for the nursing program. for me getting my lvn first was a hard pride pill to swallow but i am okay with it now.. it will allow me to make more money then i was making as a cna. also i can work part time as an lvn while i finish my rn and maybe start a family in between. like i said it depends on what is good for you. i think it would be nice to be an lvn so you don't have to struggle when you are finishing school. best of luck!

garnetgirl29, BSN, RN · Jul 17, 2012

I'll be graduating from my LPN program in a couple weeks. I've never been a CNA, but I chose LPN first because I heard the LPN program has more hands on/clinical experiene. Since I'm brand new to healthcare, I wanted to take the route with the most hands on care. I was going to take a CNA class, but was accepted into the LPN program before I had a chance to. I also thought that it might be easier doing LPN then LPN-RN, but I don't know. This course has been very intense & grads I've talked to from the bridge program said it's harder than the LPN.

luixbeauty · Jul 18, 2012

I don't even want to think about the RN. It will be a miracle getting threw the lvn... good grades don't come easily to me so I will have to study like I've never studied. But then again, anatomy was the most intense class I've taken so far, I didn't think i'd do very well but I did...