2 Year RN Programs--advice?

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I live in Oklahoma and am considering becoming an RN. There is a college here (Platt) that offers a 1 year LPN and a 1 year LPN to RN course. How many hospitals are likely to hire an RN without a BSN? I am SO CONFUSED! Thanks for your help!

ALSO, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE COST OF AN RN EDUCATION??? I read about a federal program that pays the cost of college if I work in an area that is short of nurses for 2 years. Have any of you had any luck with this? Why is there such a huge difference in cost at different colleges? Do I get what I pay for?

Renee

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Your local hospitals would be very likely. I don't know about university hospitals, since they graduate BSNs. Most of the nurses I know in my area are ADNs because we have two 2-year programs in this county.

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Specializes in tele, stepdown/PCU, med/surg.

Whether you have an associate degree, bachelors, or diploma, you still sit for the same licensure exam, NCLEX. Almost all hospitals will hire an RN without a BSN including university hospitals.

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I know Johns Hopkins will hire you as will Penn State Hershey Med, as will U of MD. In your area, I bet it is just the same. Once you have that RN, you are good to go in most areas for a job. Many employers will pay for you to get your BSN through tuition re-imbursement. Good luck to you!

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Any hospital in the world will.

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I live in Oklahoma and am considering becoming an RN. There is a college here (Platt) that offers a 1 year LPN and a 1 year LPN to RN course. How many hospitals are likely to hire an RN without a BSN? I am SO CONFUSED! Thanks for your help! Renee

I would venture to say nearly all would hire you without a BSN unless the facility is working on Magnet status then they may want some type of agreement from you indicating you will get your BSN.

You could get your RN, secure a job and continue for your BSN. There are sooooo many options.

Good luck with your decision

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Thank you so much for the encouragement. I know that I want to help people and I have always wanted to be a nurse since I was 5. I didn't even know what an RN was, but I told everyone who asked that I was going to be an "RN" when I grew up. Now that I am 32, I have serious concerns as to whether I am going to be able to be up to date enough to go back to college. I honestly feel dumb when my daughter asks me for help with her English and Algebra and I can't figure it out. I am a little worried. This is more than just believing in myself, how much math and english is there in most RN programs?

thanks!

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For a two year program only 1 math and 1 english at most schools. For a bachelors they might require 2 english classes or 1 english 1 literature. It depends on the school you want to go to. If you know the college you want to go to find it's website online and do a search on their rn program and it should layout all the prerequisites you will need. This is an example of a two year program pre and co requisites. (classes you need to take before you apply for the nursing program)

biology 4 credits

microbiology (sometimes this requires 4 credits of chemistry before this class) 4 credits

anatomy and physiology 1 and 2 8 credits

english 101 3 credits

math elective 3 credits

psychology 3 credits

speech (at some colleges) 3 credits

sociology 3 credits

arts elective 3 credits

human growth and development 3 credits

humanities elective 3 credits (you should take a second english or literature to prepare for your bachelors)

thats for an rn then you apply to the nursing program

for a bachelors you need all of the above classes plus

nutrition

statistics

chemistry

english/literature

There might be some minor differences at your college but they shouldn't be too different. Good luck.

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I just noticed that platt is a vocational school. I don't know the difference between a vocational school and a community college program. If you are interested in getting your bachelors one day you should contact a college and see if they accept students from platt. This site lists accredited nursing schools in oklahoma.

http://www.allnursingschools.com/find/results.php?prog=associate-nursing&st=OK&submit=Find+a+School

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Haha I'm not trying to spam your thread but I found some stuff you may find interesting. Here are the nclex pass rates for the colleges in oklahoma. When you finish school you have to take the nclex and if you pass or fail depends on how well the college prepared you. http://www.ok.gov/nursing/nclexpass1.pdf

As far as money goes. Apply for financial aid early. If there is a shortage in your area usually the government will give the first people to apply for financial aid a grant. Keep your GPA high and apply for scholorships. If you must get a loan, get an interest free loan. You won't have to pay on it until you finish college and by then you can apply for a loan reimbursment at a hospital. (ie. you work for them for a year they pay off 5k of your loan.) Make sure you talk to your nursing councelor to find out all the scholorships and financial aids available. Also talk with the people in financial aid.

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Nutmeg, I thank you so much for this, spam away!

They pulled my other thread because I guess I asked the same question twice about the private parts thing...I really wanted that question addressed :(

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I answered your private parts thread but it might have gotten deleted before you read it. You can also work as a pediatrician, neonatal, perinatal, dermatology, or even a school nurse etc. These websites list the various specialties. You might need more education in some than you would need in others.

http://discovernursing.com/inside.aspx

http://discovernursing.com/outside.aspx

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