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jamal
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After becoming a LPN is it best to find work right after or maybe get a associate degree ?
Should I get experience in the work field right after. I get my certification for a while or right after go to college to get my degree
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Helen Asoh Ngwa
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Depending on your financial situation. You might want to practice while continuing with your education because it will help you more in the classroom and on the field. But my advice is that after having your certification you might want to continue and finish because practicing and schooling at the same time can be very exhausting which will impact your performance at both levels. Thank you
Thanks for the advice.
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Sylvia Mum
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Hello Jamal
My vote is for finding a nondemanding job and registering for RN school immediately. Otherwise, you get comfortable. and never do the RN program. LPN is a good career end goal. Becoming an LPN was the best career decision I ever made. But it seems like you probably are interested in being an RN. This all depends on where you want to end up.
If you plan to go further, take a job that gives you experience without stressing you out. You probably won't get a PRN position straight from college, so you might need to be creative. Maybe look at home health.
Chances are that your career after getting the RN will be very different from the LPN trajectory. You may find that your LPN experience is great if you are going into ambulatory care. But if planning on doing hospital bedside they don't consider the LPN experience relevant. So, my question is, what do you eventually want to do? Feel free to reply to this post and I will try to answer you based on your specific circumstances.
My vote is for finding a nondemanding job and registering for RN school immediately. Otherwise, you get comfortable. and never do the RN program. LPN is a good career end goal. Becoming an LPN was the best career decision I ever made. But it seems like you probably are interested in being an RN. This all depends on where you want to end up.
If you plan to go further, take a job that gives you experience without stressing you out. You probably won't get a PRN position straight from college, so you might need to be creative. Maybe look at home health.
Chances are that your career after getting the RN will be very different from the LPN trajectory. You may find that your LPN experience is great if you are going into ambulatory care. But if planning on doing hospital bedside they don't consider the LPN experience relevant. So, my question is, what do you eventually want to do? Feel free to reply to this post and I will try to answer you based on your specific circumstances.
I'm sure I want to be an LPN, but I would like to be an RN in the end, but my main goals are to get better opportunities to do more than just basics I feel that if I don't go to college after I won't get that chance to help other in need and do the most possible. if choosing to go to college i would be attending Skagit valley college
Nursing, associate in nursing, DTA/MRP or Registered Nursing AAS Degree options (full-time)
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