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asking all nurses
in 9 to 5
This is my 1st post on this board
I am about to SAH with the kids for a few years and when I am ready to go back to work I want to change career fields. I have a masters in education and I want to go into nursing (I was afraid of Chemistry at age 18 which is why i didnt do nursing then)
There are a few options:
1 year LVN program on weekends and online
2 year RN program at CC
3 year 2nd BSN option at state school
I am interested in the following areas:
family practice office
pediatrics
OB
dialysis
I was thinking of doing the LVN since I could do it online and have weekend clinicals and then get a job and see if they will pay for the lvn-rn bridge program
any and all advice welcome and appreciated!!
Re: asking all nurses
I am against the LVN online/weekend option. Do you have any accelerated BSN programs near you? Have you looked into the schools to see what classes they will and will not take, what you need, if you need any pre-reqs. I had two schools within the same state system take a different amount of credits from my 3 degrees. One took them all and the other only took 15.
May i ask why no to the lvn option (just curious)
There are 2 accelerated bsn options but both will be about 90 credits because i will need texas government classes (went to undergrad in ohio) and i will need all kinds of sciences (i was a lib art major undergrad so i took non science major biology)
i thought about doing the RN program at the CC and finding a job that will pay for me to get the BSN or an RN-MSN bridge program
Is this truly a possibility in your area?
I know some areas of the country are so overrun with RNs that there's no way a health system would shell out money for this.
Before taking that route I would make dang sure it was a possibility. If it is, would the lifestyle (presumably working and going to school at the same time) be attractive to you?
In my area, it's meaningless. Here, you can make more working a retail job. I do understand the aspect of getting job experience, but if you are getting your experiece online, you are in a tough market when there are already so many people trying to enter the nursing field.
Where I live they are phasing them out. Why pay the money for that an invest one year into it when you can put that time and money into a two year program. I do know some people who are working in doctors offices making more money doing blood pressures via their education while in, yet have not completed a two year program.
Look into it, if you really have a desire to do it. I did consider it and the information I found was horrible.
Also, since you are a stay at home mom, it is possible to take some prereqs now?
thanks for all the great advice! I think I will further research the RN and BSN options...since i will be staying home i can take a class here and there online and then when i am ready to do it I might have all the prereqs done
as of right now the hospitals near me in texas are offering tuition reimbursement and it looks like more of them have BSN preferred listed on job openings
who knows what it will look like in 3 years but I am a planner which is why i am goal setting now
No American nurses are being hired in my area -- there are many grads who can find nothing.
Blame this on the imported nurses that are here on a visa. They need to be sent back; we will have an abundance of allied health jobs.
Before committing to any career change, I strongly suggest you pick up your want ads in hard copy and look on line. See exactly how many ads you see for full time nurses.
Consider also that any career change where you'll be attending full time college is EXPENSIVE --- if you are not going to self pay, you'll need tuition assistance. Ask yourself if you can afford to pay off a loan with no job forthcoming, considering you have a growing family.
do not do lvn or lpn program, as a person in hr in healthcare (both at a hospital and now at a large health system) most places are not hiring for that role anymore..just take your time and get the asn or bsn! at my co, when lvn's/lpn's leave we don't recruit for that role anymore
Good luck!