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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 221810" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Oh Lisa, I am so sorry! I know how disappointed you must be!</p><p> </p><p>There's a lot to be said for an LPN program though! My daughter went through the State vocational school to get her LPN several years ago. It's <em>through</em> the vocational school but all the classes and clinicals were conducted at a large hospital. It took a little over a year for her to go through the program and take her State boards. It may be different in other areas, but the community college here had a very good 2-year RN program. If you were to start out there, you have to take all the 'required' classes like English, Basket Weaving and Folk Dancing and the basic nursing classes the first year, then the second year concentrates on the more advanced nursing subjects. <u>BUT</u> if you are <em>already</em> an LPN, you can go through just that last year and take only the nursing-related classes and have your RN in just one more year! When my daughter was in school she had a friend who was going through the RN program at the same time. She said that the main difference was that the RN students spent more time in each area.</p><p> </p><p>After my daughter passed her State boards, she was hired by the same hospital where she had gone to school and worked there a year and a half. Had she stayed here in Tennessee, she could have gone through that second year of the RN program at the community college while still working as an LPN at the hospital part time and they would have assisted with her tuition in exchange for her agreeing to work at the hospital for a period of time after she got her RN. But she moved out of state, first to Florida, then to S. Carolina when she married, and unfortunately it doesnt't carry over to another state. Even with just her LPN, she's always been able to find a good job. She just started a new job at the outpatient clinic that is part of the hospital and she really likes it. She works regular business hours, Mon-Fri., and has every weekend and holiday off! She makes pretty good money too! It's certainly worth looking in to!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 221810, member: 1883"] Oh Lisa, I am so sorry! I know how disappointed you must be! There's a lot to be said for an LPN program though! My daughter went through the State vocational school to get her LPN several years ago. It's [I]through[/I] the vocational school but all the classes and clinicals were conducted at a large hospital. It took a little over a year for her to go through the program and take her State boards. It may be different in other areas, but the community college here had a very good 2-year RN program. If you were to start out there, you have to take all the 'required' classes like English, Basket Weaving and Folk Dancing and the basic nursing classes the first year, then the second year concentrates on the more advanced nursing subjects. [U]BUT[/U] if you are [I]already[/I] an LPN, you can go through just that last year and take only the nursing-related classes and have your RN in just one more year! When my daughter was in school she had a friend who was going through the RN program at the same time. She said that the main difference was that the RN students spent more time in each area. After my daughter passed her State boards, she was hired by the same hospital where she had gone to school and worked there a year and a half. Had she stayed here in Tennessee, she could have gone through that second year of the RN program at the community college while still working as an LPN at the hospital part time and they would have assisted with her tuition in exchange for her agreeing to work at the hospital for a period of time after she got her RN. But she moved out of state, first to Florida, then to S. Carolina when she married, and unfortunately it doesnt't carry over to another state. Even with just her LPN, she's always been able to find a good job. She just started a new job at the outpatient clinic that is part of the hospital and she really likes it. She works regular business hours, Mon-Fri., and has every weekend and holiday off! She makes pretty good money too! It's certainly worth looking in to! [/QUOTE]
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