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Friday, October 24, 2008
LPN or RN??
This post is really for those of you who are well versed in the medical field. I’m trying to balance the differences between LPN and RN. I’ve been speaking with a number of professionals in the medical field and I’m hearing conflicting things so I want to hear from my friends who are actively serving as nurses. Can I be an RN with just an AA? If so, what’s the timeline that I should be looking at in terms of years of school? I’ve heard that I can be an RN with an AA but I’ve also heard that that’s not the case. If it IS the case, then you should know that I just sent my application to Pikes Peak Community College today but I want to make sure I’m in the right program before I actually start paying tuition and taking classes. The only classes I figure I can transfer depending on which school I go to are English Comp., General Psychology and Sociology, and Statistics. I haven’t looked into my Chemistry class but I’m sure it won’t be a problem considering it was an advanced class for nursing majors.
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To become an RN at a community college it's usually a 2 year program and you get your AA. With your AA you can work practically anywhere. Once you start in a hospital, usually the hospital will help pay for you to get your BSN online. There are several programs that have RN-BSN online only.
Usually for nursing you must take anatomy and physiology, chemistry, pathophysiology and/or microbiology before you start the actual nursing program.
I will give you a call hopefully this weekend so we can talk about it... I'm going to be up at my dads for a day or two and I don't get cell service but I'll try to call when I can so we can talk about it!!
And an Rn is MUCH better than an LPN (from what I've heard!)
Thanks Jenn! It sounds a whole lot more clear coming from you. I only have chemistry as a prereq so I'll probably be taking the others starting in the spring.
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