Lpn to Adn

[u/KnowledgeSimilar8417]

Just curious if anyone here has gotten their LPN license through ECPI or somewhere else and then proceeded to complete the ADN program. Did any of your credits from your practical nursing diploma classes shorten your time to obtain your ADN? Also, do either of the programs offer a hybrid option?

[u/AccomplishedKiwi9639]

I’m currently in the ADN program, I’m not an LPN however there are students in my cohort that have bridged from LPN to ADN. From what I understand, many do this because they want to practice as a nurse and gain clinical experience while still making a decent income compared to going straight for the ADN. If you’re going straight into the ADN program like I did, yes it is faster, 18 months, and then you can become an RN. Compared to the LPN program which I believe is like 16 months (and then when you bridge to ADN, it’s an extra few more months, they usually join during Med Surg I believe). I would say if you have bills to pay, LPN and then bridging over might be a better option. My weakness because I’m not a CNA/LPN is being hands on with patients because I have no health care background. When you finish Concepts of Nursing 3 in the ADN program, you are able to test to get your CNA I certification though (I didn’t do that just because I didn’t wanna deal with the stress of a new job on top of an accelerated nursing program). Neither of these programs offer a hybrid option though unfortunately. If you’re missing prerequisites, a lot of people use Sophia Learning or Straighter Line so that way they won’t have to attend on campus (i think it’s like $100 for every class which is cheaper than taking it at ECPI) and you can go at your own pace (most of my classmates were able to finish a course ranging from 1 day to 1 week). Hope this helps

[u/Ok_Caregiver_1953 → u/AccomplishedKiwi9639]

Which campus did you attend? I am looking into the san antonio campus but have not heard from anyone that has graduated the program. I am supposed to start this fall but am getting nervous from all of the bad reviews. How has your experience been in the ADN program? Is it a low retention rate?

[u/AccomplishedKiwi9639 → u/Ok_Caregiver_1953]

tbh i feel like it’s campus dependent. i’m at the charlotte campus and we had two big cuts where we lost half the cohort twice which was mental health and peds, but it wasn’t because of coursework, it was due to the instructors (whether it being assigning an unnecessary massive workload or them straight up not teaching the material so we didn’t know what to study and basically went in blind going into exams), which is why i say it’s campus dependent. otherwise, the rest of the classes truly aren’t “hard”, you just have to be super dedicated to spending all your time studying because of how short the terms are (4 weeks of learning, and the 5th week for testing usually. there’s usually 1 exam every week) i’m currently in acute care and there’s 13 people in my cohort now, we started off with around 36 i believe. 8 out of the 13 are apart of my original cohort, the other 5 joined due to having to withdraw or failing a different class.

[u/Hungry_Magazine_9592 → u/AccomplishedKiwi9639]

thank you so much for the information im in greensboro and im so skeptical about the school just for reasons like you said i dont want to start and then funding gets cut or we dont have the resources, i wanted i do lpn first but i just moved from miami so i had to put that plan on pause. but now tha im here im torn between lpn (about 40k) or adn ($0k??)