Taking RN pre reqs while in LPN program?

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Would it be a smart idea to start taking at least 1 RN pre req at a time while I'm in a full time LPN program? I start school in March for LPN. Will I be in over my head if I do this?

Unless your LPN program is at the same community college where you plan to attend RN school and those same LPN courses are listed as prerequisite, corequisite, or accepted for credit by the RN program, there is no interface. Most people nowadays attend a proprietary LPN school. Those credits almost exclusively transfer nowhere.

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Unless your LPN program is at the same community college where you plan to attend RN school and those same LPN courses are listed as prerequisite, corequisite, or accepted for credit by the RN program, there is no interface. Most people nowadays attend a proprietary LPN school. Those credits almost exclusively transfer nowhere.

I'm going to LPN school and it's not at the community college.

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As above post said, you should not take any class for rn program ..

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

I would most likely defer registering for another class on top of LPN school, unless you're one of those people who thrives on being stressed out all the time. They cram a whole lot of information into the year or so these programs take.

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I knew someone who was a quick-minded, excellent, student who attended a proprietary LVN school. She worked her butt off and complained that it was difficult to maintain her head above academic water, while working full time and mothering two kids by herself. She started RN prerequisite classes at a community college after graduating from LVN school.

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These are the classes, but it said that general education courses taken at LPN school are not transferable.

BIO

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135: Anatomy & Physiology I

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BIO

-

136: Anatomy & Physiology II

*

BIO

-

251: Microbiology

*

ENG

-

101: English Composition I

ENG

-

102: Advanced C

omposition

PSY

-

103: General Psychology

PSY

-

217: Developmental Psychology

*

SOC

-

101

: Principles of Sociology

SPE

-

210: Intro. To Interpersonal Communication (3credits)

NUR

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220: Pharmacology/Pathophysiology

for Health Care Professionals

Health and Physical Education (HPE/EMS) elective

FYE

-

101: First Year Experience

I don't know why they wouldn't accept the credits from the LPN school because most of those classes listed above I will be taking in LPN school. I don't get it.

Wavey! Do you live in PA? I think you are looking at my school. FYI , a lot of those classes you can take online if you take them at LCCC: FYE, English, Psych, sociology. You can work on one at a time online and work it around your schedule.

Also, none of those are actual Pre - reqs to get INTO the program except Math 101, in other words you don't actually need them to apply, they can be taken with the program or while you wait for acceptance.

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Also go speak to a counselor, they are pretty helpful on campus

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I took a few CC classes my first semester of LVN school online. It kicked my butt. I started LVN school with my prereqs completed, I just had two classes to finish out my AS in kinesiology so I wanted to just get them done. It really did suck.

Just focus on the courses at hand, if they don't consume your life, take one or two at the CC. No more though.

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Wavey! Do you live in PA? I think you are looking at my school. FYI , a lot of those classes you can take online if you take them at LCCC: FYE, English, Psych, sociology. You can work on one at a time online and work it around your schedule.

Also, none of those are actual Pre - reqs to get INTO the program except Math 101, in other words you don't actually need them to apply, they can be taken with the program or while you wait for acceptance.

Yup I live in PA and I'm talking about LCCC! Their program is so hard to get into, that's why I decided to start with LPN instead. They deny so many people it's not even funny, idk if I'm going to even apply with them because the chances of getting in are basically slim to none.

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Yea you're right, I have 8 courses to take to start the first level of the program which will last 3 months. I think that's enough! In the meantime do you have any tips for me before I start the program? Anything I can start studying now? Thanks!

If I were you I would relax and enjoy my free time! Your social life will be gone when you start school :)

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These are the classes, but it said that general education courses taken at LPN school are not transferable.

I don't know why they wouldn't accept the credits from the LPN school because most of those classes listed above I will be taking in LPN school. I don't get it.

They won't take them because the LPN courses aren't considered college level.

I had to retake a lot of classes I had taken in my LPN course when I was doing the LPN to RN bridge program. It was explained that the sciences, etc that I took during my LPN schooling were not college level. So I retook them..and from what I found my LPN A&P was just as 'advanced' if not moreso than the college level course I had. The big difference was I didn't have labs with my A&P in LPN school.

My State has certain programs that are for the LPN to RN bridge. They grant credit for the first year of nursing classes in a 2 year Associate degree program. So I was able to being my nursing classes and entered into the 2nd year of the 2 year program. All the other classes (sociology, english, and those gen eds) I had to either have transferred from previous college courses or take them at the new program.

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These are the classes, but it said that general education courses taken at LPN school are not transferable.

BIO

-

135: Anatomy & Physiology I

*

BIO

-

136: Anatomy & Physiology II

*

BIO

-

251: Microbiology

*

ENG

-

101: English Composition I

ENG

-

102: Advanced C

omposition

PSY

-

103: General Psychology

PSY

-

217: Developmental Psychology

*

SOC

-

101

: Principles of Sociology

SPE

-

210: Intro. To Interpersonal Communication (3credits)

NUR

-

220: Pharmacology/Pathophysiology

for Health Care Professionals

Health and Physical Education (HPE/EMS) elective

FYE

-

101: First Year Experience

I don't know why they wouldn't accept the credits from the LPN school because most of those classes listed above I will be taking in LPN school. I don't get it.

The reason the LPN courses will not transfer is because they are at a "technical school" level. I have gone on to complete all the Prerequisites for my RN after finishing my LPN and let me tell you, there was a HUGE difference with the science and math courses. Think "know the bones of the skull", then think, "know every slight indentation/groove in the skull (there are a lot)" plus there's the lab component for the science courses. I graduated at the top of my LPN class. I studied my butt off and worked part time (the bills weren't going to pay themselves). I get that having an LPN can greatly reduce the wait list for some nursing schools but you spend more time getting the LPN, then taking the prerequisites, then applying and getting accepted, then going through the RN program and doing all the theory stuff more in depth and over again....it seems like a good plan but life has a way of happening with that much time. I got my LPN because at the time the RN program required a CNA or an LPN to get in. The wait list for the regular program was 2-3 years (in 2000) and the LPN transition program had no wait list so I got the LPN first. Then I worked full time as an LPN (much harder than retail) and went to school full time. I finally got accepted in for the 2005 spring term but guess what? That online theory they had promised me would be available?...it was no longer guaranteed. I had to expect to be on campus all day M-F....I wouldn't be able to pay my rent so I didn't accept enrollment at that time. Now, 15 years after I originally planned to go for my RN, I'm going for it because I can financially swing it. But, my math and science classes are more than 5 years old so I had to find an accredited private school that would still accept them. I did, but an paying threw the nose. Bottom line, if you plan on getting your RN I would highly advise you to just get it. If you absolutely want to get the LPN first, wait until clinicals are underway and see if you can handle some classes at the community college. Just remember the five year rule most of them have. By the time you start clinicals there's not as much book time (at least where I went). Hope this helps.

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