i am currently an LVN and would like to continue my nursing career by becoming an RN?? What is the process????
Asked by jaxs

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It would depend on your long term goals. The quickest route is to get an LPN to RN program through the local community or junior college. There are some community college programs that only accept LPNs and have a fast track. If you have the goal of getting into supervision /management or if you have a desire to eventually go into advanced practice (anesthesia, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, midwife, public health), then you might want to skip the associates degree program and apply for a BSN program. (I knew one person who took 3 years to get the associates degree after their LPN, a full time BSN program is 4 years), As healthcare becomes more acuity intensive, many hospitals and hospital systems/corporations are requiring all nurse managers and supervisors be BSNs. Additionally, many jobs outside the hospital, such as research positions and pharmaceutical industry positions are at least BSN preferred if not BSN required. Advanced practice positions all require an MSN. A BSN is the prerequisite degree for an MSN program, otherwise you take an RN to MSN program which is longer and covers the additional material for BSN as well. Start by deciding what you want out of being an RN (besides a larger paycheck) and then look into your local colleges and universities to see what programs are available. Most hospitals will give tuition reimbursement for getting an RN degree if you work for them, see the human resources department where you work, they may have the information you need.

This is very common and desirable. If you have a community college in your area, that would be a good resource to contact. It may take longer to be seen by someone in a BSN program at a university, but many LVN/LPNs earn their RN and BSN on a slightly altered academic track from a student starting with no nursing credentials. If you want to work in a hospital, most are quite in need of RNs and may even have a program for an LVN to get the additional education and training to earn the RN degree. I'd contact any community college or university I'd consider for information on their fast-track program; if none are near you, a hospital would surely be interested (talk to Nursing Education/Continuing Education). There are also apparently some online courses as well. Good luck!
Answered by heyteach

talk to a counselor at the local community college.
Answered by versantly