Which A&P Class should I take for LPN

[mydee]

Hi,

I plan on starting a LPN program in 2010. I know my goal is to become a RN. Here's the thing I just moved in with my mother because my husband died . My question is that I want to try to move out of her house as soon as possible so which A&P should I take I( living here is ok but I would perfer to live on my own). There is basic A&P one quarter class that will be ok for LPN only and I could start nursing program maybe early march of 2010. My other A&P I and AP II class I could take for nursing school but that means that I would start the nursing program like in June or July of 2010. The catch is that when I go back for RN those classes will be all ready finish. What class would you take?

[deemarys]

Take A&PI &II

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

Hi,

I plan on starting a LPN program in 2010. I know my goal is to become a RN. Here's the thing I just moved in with my mother because my husband died . My question is that I want to try to move out of her house as soon as possible so which A&P should I take I( living here is ok but I would perfer to live on my own). There is basic A&P one quarter class that will be ok for LPN only and I could start nursing program maybe early march of 2010. My other A&P I and AP II class I could take for nursing school but that means that I would start the nursing program like in June or July of 2010. The catch is that when I go back for RN those classes will be all ready finish. What class would you take?

I am sorry to hear that your husband passed away. Are you asking if you should take the LPN or RN course? Are both of these offered at the same school? I ask this because while the college level anatomy class is definitely more advanced, you would need to know if those college level credits are transferable to your LPN program.

[yoshiki56]

finish A&P 1 and 2 before the nursing school. you won't have time for that once u are in nursing school. A&P 1 is harder than 2, but A&P 2 is very useful for your nursing class.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

I had to read your post twice. I don't understand how living with your mother decides which A&P class you take? Take the highest level A&P class that is offered or you will be repeating it when you need to get into your RN program. And, unless there is no other way to do it, LPN before RN is not the way to go. It is a great waste of time. There is little correlation between the two jobs other than they do some of the same tasks. RNs are managers and supervisors of patient care that do a lot of problem solving. That is not what LPNs are taught. Much of what is learned in LPN school will be zipped through in the first semester of RN school plus more.

[missjennmb]

As I understand it, living with your mom means there is benefit in taking the "fast route" right? I dont live with your mom so I cant really tell you. I can say that if I lived with my mom I would suck it up and stay the extra three months and take AP 1 and 2. If I lived with my DAD I would bite the extra time later and take the fastest route out of dodge. See what I mean? (every second with my dad is uncomfortable but my mom and I can really avoid eachother in the more tense moments so its doable if not comfortable - unfortunately for me my parents live together so I'd have to take both if I take one)

I am going LPN then RN and I will basically be losing just 1 semester this way (5 semester my way, 4 semester plus waiting list for straight RN so technically in time it would be more like 6 or 7 semesters for the RN program...but no wait in LPN to RN). I think its worthwhile if you, for whatever reason, dont want to commit the 3 yrs (2 yr program plus pre-reqs) to the RN up front and if you have to deal with waiting lists. Maybe I will change my mind later on, but for now, I'm happy with the route I'm going and I know that if I have to/want to, I can stop halfway through and finish up later, or work while going to school if I feel like it and get paid more than $8 an hour.