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NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN · Aug 18, 2009

I don't know of any LPN schools that are just a couple of months. My LPN program was just one year. Some LPN programs are parttime, so thus it lasts longer. Mines was full time so we got done in a year ( excluding all the prereqs).

Rylee2008, ASN, RN · Aug 18, 2009

At the school I attend you receive your LPN after completing the first year of the RN program, but all students in my class elected to complete all courses that were not core nursing classes prior to starting. So if you technically look at it, many students in a 1 year full-time program choose to complete electives and preq. classes first because the core classes are tough. My school only offers a full-time program, so for most of us it took 2-3 yrs to complete all recommended LPN classes.

picurn10 · Aug 18, 2009

I've never heard of an LPN program that was just a few months. I just finished an LPN program with the intent to bridge straight to RN (I start RN on monday!!!!) and it was considered a fast paced on (it was 11mo, 5days per week, 8hr per day). My LPN program also had a part time track that took at least 18mo. All of the LPN programs in my area are right about 12mo long.

NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN · Aug 19, 2009

At the school I attend you receive your LPN after completing the first year of the RN program, but all students in my class elected to complete all courses that were not core nursing classes prior to starting. So if you technically look at it, many students in a 1 year full-time program choose to complete electives and preq. classes first because the core classes are tough. My school only offers a full-time program, so for most of us it took 2-3 yrs to complete all recommended LPN classes.

That is exactly how it is at my school. After one year RN students can take the summer course and sit for boards.

missingunc · Aug 20, 2009

First, thank you everyone for your input!! Always appreciate it.

Im glad to know that the lay out is normal. I just heard a few times people joining programs (im not sure how great they are) that were 8months to 1 year.. and hear i am going for 2 years (of course I do get the summers off) so im sure it all works of to be the same.

Its just at 1st glance i was wondering why the RN - associate program and LPN was the same length. Either way I do plan on do the bridge/ transition into the RN program. I would of had to wait another year (filled with anatomy pre-reqs and they only do AP1 in the fall.. ) and I just wanted to get my foot in the door before my insurance from my mother goes away. In the state of NH - i am covered under my parents insurance until I am 26. Good thing!

kcochrane · Aug 21, 2009

My LPN school was 10 months full time. But it was a clocked program - not a credit program. That is common with technical schools. My LPN education did not give me any credit for my RN degree. I was allowed to test out of fundamentals - that was it. So when I started my RN degree, I started from scratch, minus the 7 credits I tested out of for fundamentals.

picurn10 · Aug 21, 2009

one thing to consider as well is the schedule: I did a 11mo LPN, but we went 8hrs per day, 5 days per week. We only had 10days off for Christmas break, whereas colleges do 30days, and just a few days here and there. So, it may not seem like much, but it adds up.

My RN year (3rd and 4th semesters) is technically 8mo, but with breaks it's more like 6mo. Added to that my days will be MUCH shorter than LPN. 4 day weeks instead of 5, and so on...