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help finding direction from LPN to RN please!!
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Posted 9 months ago I live in Florida, btw..I am currently attending school,this is my last semester I need to get my AA including the prerequisites (my understanding I will have an ADN..?)required to get into 2 yr Nursing school to become RN w/ bachelor's..I was given poor direction from the counselor's so I am very confused on what I'm doing/best way to go.My question is, how can I become an LPN after aquiring this ADN degree?I will continue to go to school but I would like to be an LPN first. Please help give me direction?Am I doing the correct steps? Any information you feel would be helpful to my situation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time:) |
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| Posted 9 months ago Hiya, Well in my opinion. if you are taking prereq's then those will be applied to your RN.. As far as I know you won't need them for your LPN..So here's my opinion.....LPN school will take about 1 1/2 years - 2 years.. After that you can bridge to your RN along w/ your bachelors..Or. you can use those prereq's and the same 2 years and go in for your RN ADN.. After that you can go back and get your Bachelors.. And at the same time you can work as an RN.. ( Don;t take this wrong to anyone reading this . But, LPN's are being phased out..I don't know how long that will take but I am sure it will happen..) So I think that the obvious is the path to take..It will in the end be less time and less money.. There is nothing wrong with getting a 2nd opinion for another counselor.. So Best of luck to you.. Please keep us posted.. Teresa BTW, Where in Fla., are you? I'm in Clearwater... |
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| Posted 9 months ago Thanks for your response. I live in Melbourne. I talked to a nurse yesterday, and she told me not to become an LPN. So I don't think I will. Also, I just learned that I can be an RN with my ADN. I thought I had to have a bachelor's for that. I just don't understand though because I had no classes that trained me to start an IV or prepare me for my job responsibilities in the hospital..? |
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| Posted 9 months ago When you get into RN school, you will have the opportunity to learn.. If you are not happy with the results, You can always take a class on IV/Phlebotomy skills... Best of luck to you..Please keep us posted..Teresa Melborne is not far from Clearwater.. What a small world.. |
