LPN and RN credentials and info?
What is the difference between the LPN and RN? How much (average) do they each make a year? How long does it take to get the degrees? What classes would I have to take to get the LPN or RN? I heard you need chemistry...if I already took Chen in highschool would that be okay, or would I have to redo it in college? Will I need extra math classes? Just all class info to get the LPN and RN would be amazing. What jobs can I go onto by doing either and I have a community college near me that has an RN program..would that be all I needed or would I have to do even more classes at an university?
Also would I need 4 years of a forign language?
Any other info would be helpful and I'd you are a LPN/RN do you like it?
Thank you!!
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Go to the website of the community college you mentioned and find the information for what their Associate Degree Nursing (ASN) program requires.
If the college requires chemistry as part of their ASN degree, then you need to take it in college and earn college credits for it!!!. Your high school classes do not count for college!!!!! You must take what is required for the degree in college. High school chemistry and college chemistry are two different things. Same with any other requirements for the degree.
As far as needing more classes at a university.......only if you want to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Otherwise, the successful completion of an Associate Degree in Nursing program will make you eligible to take the NCLEX and become an RN (it's the same test for grads of an ASN, BSN, and 3-year Diploma program). An RN is an RN.
You don't need 4 years of a foreign language, (at least for community college). See what the university you are interested in requires for admissions. Again, each school is different.
An LPN program takes about a year, going full time. LPNs are being phased out of the hospitals and even those hospitals that still use them have them in areas like Med/Surg. You won't find them in areas like Emergency, OB, Pediatrics, ICUs, etc). Most LPNs work in nursing homes.
Unless your academic ability necessitates you go through a Practical Nursing program first, I would recommend that you go for the Associate Degree at your local community college or a BSN program at a state university.
Contact an advisor at the community college; each college is different and they will be able to give you the specifics for their program.
Salaries for nurses vary so much it's hard to give an accurate answer without knowing where you live in the US (California, the Midwest, the South, NYC/Boston, etc). Things like that will also vary with what kind of facility you are working in, what shifts, etc.
If it helps: Most new grad RNs start off in the Midwest at around $22-26 an hour base pay, regardless of what degree they have. A BSN will only get you about 50 cents more an hour than if you have an ASN or the 3 year Diploma in Nursing. Obviously if you are on evening or night shift, you will make a few dollars more each hour, and if you are working weekends, that will also get a few more dollars each hour, too.
Juli is right.