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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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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)
jamal
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TRAVIS UPCHURCH
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Hello Jamal,
I am assuming you are currently attending Job Corps. Congrats on your scholarship. If you are taking medical training while at the Job Corps consider staying and completing all the way through your LPN training. You need to maintain good conduct and attendance while you are there. But once you complete the basics look to advanced or college training. If your campus does not offer those, transfer to another campus that does. Speak to your career counselor and instructors about your options. You have a total of 3 yrs available to you to complete your basics (2yrs) and an extra year for advanced training. Ask a lot of questions. I do know that the Cassadega Job Corps offered advanced training for LPN. It may still. Good luck and work hard. You will do well.
I am assuming you are currently attending Job Corps. Congrats on your scholarship. If you are taking medical training while at the Job Corps consider staying and completing all the way through your LPN training. You need to maintain good conduct and attendance while you are there. But once you complete the basics look to advanced or college training. If your campus does not offer those, transfer to another campus that does. Speak to your career counselor and instructors about your options. You have a total of 3 yrs available to you to complete your basics (2yrs) and an extra year for advanced training. Ask a lot of questions. I do know that the Cassadega Job Corps offered advanced training for LPN. It may still. Good luck and work hard. You will do well.
Thank you i really appreciate it
jamal
Hana Kim
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Hello Jamal,
My advice is to gain a job after receiving your LPN to gain experience in the field. You could learn which field you want to specialize in, such as Med Surg, Labor & Delivery, or Oncology. Or as someone has mentioned, you could work in a job while getting a RN degree. Nursing students can learn about concepts that they have learned from class, and then get a job right after graduating.
Best of luck to you with your career decision!
My advice is to gain a job after receiving your LPN to gain experience in the field. You could learn which field you want to specialize in, such as Med Surg, Labor & Delivery, or Oncology. Or as someone has mentioned, you could work in a job while getting a RN degree. Nursing students can learn about concepts that they have learned from class, and then get a job right after graduating.
Best of luck to you with your career decision!
Thank you, this is really helpful.
jamal
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.
jamal
Sylvia Mum
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Ashburn, Virginia
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Hello Jamal
The reply section was too small so I went back to the original question.
This is a lot of information and it may be confusing. You may need to do it in bits. Talk to the LPN people first. then talk to the RN people.
I was looking at the W. board of nursing webste. Your college has a good pass rate for NCLEX https://nursing.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/NCLEX-pass-rates-2024-02.pdf
Please consider all your options when looking for an LPN school. Don't limit yourself to S. I see S. has the LPN program at only one campus. They have the option for you to ask what is needed for admission. Ask them specifically 1. what prerequites you need for the LPN program, and 2. Are these transferable to the Associates program, and 3. Are they transferable to other BSN programs.
Then, look at the NCLEX pass rates list that I posted above. Look for the websites of the BSN programs, and check which prerequisites you will need to join different BSN programs. Some of those prerequisites can be done online separately. The biggest problem will be Anatomy and physiology, Microbiology (maybe chemistry). Definitely consider calling 360.679.5389 to find out exactly what you need to join the LPN class unless you are doing it in high school. Consider doing Anatomy and microbiology classes that give you the full 4 credits rather than 2 credits per class. Try different combinations until you find something that works for you. This will help when it is time to apply for the BSN program.
The hardest class to get into is the associates RN class. You can do BSN online. You may find yourself on an RN wait list for years. Get into the easiest class you can get into, be it LPN or RN. Look at the LPN to RN options if you are an LPN. Remember the RN is at least 2 years, and the LPN is shorter.
If you have prerequisites, consider how best you can accomplish getting 4 credits for A&P, and microbiology. Try not to redo classes.
I think if you are starting this journey,you need to be open to going as far as you can go. Just keep it in the back of your mind that a DNP is a possibility in the future. You may stop at an NP or midwidfe or Nurse leader or Nursing informatics. But keep an open mind. Searching for the information early will save you a lot of headaches. You could really get this all done within 6-8 years if you focus and do your research well. Dont limit yourself.
At any point during your nursing journey, you will be cntributing in a major way and it is satistying. Whether working as a CNA, LPN, RN, NP Nurse Educator, Nurse Leader or any othr position, you will always have that satisfaction that you make a difference.
The reply section was too small so I went back to the original question.
This is a lot of information and it may be confusing. You may need to do it in bits. Talk to the LPN people first. then talk to the RN people.
I was looking at the W. board of nursing webste. Your college has a good pass rate for NCLEX https://nursing.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/NCLEX-pass-rates-2024-02.pdf
Please consider all your options when looking for an LPN school. Don't limit yourself to S. I see S. has the LPN program at only one campus. They have the option for you to ask what is needed for admission. Ask them specifically 1. what prerequites you need for the LPN program, and 2. Are these transferable to the Associates program, and 3. Are they transferable to other BSN programs.
Then, look at the NCLEX pass rates list that I posted above. Look for the websites of the BSN programs, and check which prerequisites you will need to join different BSN programs. Some of those prerequisites can be done online separately. The biggest problem will be Anatomy and physiology, Microbiology (maybe chemistry). Definitely consider calling 360.679.5389 to find out exactly what you need to join the LPN class unless you are doing it in high school. Consider doing Anatomy and microbiology classes that give you the full 4 credits rather than 2 credits per class. Try different combinations until you find something that works for you. This will help when it is time to apply for the BSN program.
The hardest class to get into is the associates RN class. You can do BSN online. You may find yourself on an RN wait list for years. Get into the easiest class you can get into, be it LPN or RN. Look at the LPN to RN options if you are an LPN. Remember the RN is at least 2 years, and the LPN is shorter.
If you have prerequisites, consider how best you can accomplish getting 4 credits for A&P, and microbiology. Try not to redo classes.
I think if you are starting this journey,you need to be open to going as far as you can go. Just keep it in the back of your mind that a DNP is a possibility in the future. You may stop at an NP or midwidfe or Nurse leader or Nursing informatics. But keep an open mind. Searching for the information early will save you a lot of headaches. You could really get this all done within 6-8 years if you focus and do your research well. Dont limit yourself.
At any point during your nursing journey, you will be cntributing in a major way and it is satistying. Whether working as a CNA, LPN, RN, NP Nurse Educator, Nurse Leader or any othr position, you will always have that satisfaction that you make a difference.