What's a good LVN school ?

[Determination08]

Hi, I'm currently a CNA and wish one day to be a RN. I would like to hear what people have to say about LVN's Schools around Reseda, CA. I'm planning to start school for LVN, but would like to go to a nice affordable school and still have some time to work.

I've heard about Casa Loma that it's good, but can be expensive. I've heard Marian College is a good too. Annenberg, College of Nursing and tech., Concorde, Kaplan, Valley School of Allied Health...

I would like to know if Preferred College of Nursing in Van Nuys is good?

Also the schools: tuition fees, what the schedule is like, teachers, what places are the clinicals done at?

Thank YOU!!

[Determination08]

Yea I hear that recent graduates from LVN school have a hard time finding a job, because they have no medical experience. Proff.'s say that there are jobs out there somewhere, but you have to really search. At the place where I currently work they've hired people without experience ( CNA's, LVN's, and RN's), but they say going straight to RN is better, because they can administer IV's and do more.

I Know nursing school and jobs is going to be a competition, but gotta take risk in order to reach our goals

[LunaPaula]

I am also a CNA in Dallas, TX and I have also completed Pre-reqs and got A's and B's but my basic classes i didn't do so well partly because I was so focused on my Prereqs that I didn't do so well so my GPA is not competitive. I hear that even with a perfect GPA and good grades that the waiting lists are long so that is why I decided to go the LVN route and later get my RN. I am attending Concorde this September for my LVN!

[duskyjewel]

Dear Mother of All that is Holy.....I am so glad I don't live in California anymore! Those tuition costs are absolutely insane. Here in Arizona, you could be 3/4 of the way to a BSN for what you're paying for LVN out there. I wish you luck. I'm waiting to hear about my admission to a LPN program here in Phoenix through one of the community colleges that costs $3000. And my employer's nursing scholarship will cover that. I just can't imagine going into debt, never mind tens of thousands of dollars of debt, for a degree that offers such limited prospects. Not to be rude, but if you don't have a family or a lot of ties to where you live....perhaps you might want to consider moving for a lower cost of living and less expensive education?