Good luck

LPN is a vocational certification that is usually a year long.

2 year RN is an associates degree you get at a community college

4 year RN is a bachelors degree you get at a 4 year school

As a general rule, LPNs earn less than associates degree RNs, associates degree RNs earn less than bachelors degree RNs.

Maybe the question you need to ask yourself is how long do you want to go to school? How competitive are the nursing programs around you? What are the prerequisites to get in? How many do they have to turn away each year because the program is full? The answers to these questions would be best way to determine what to do…

Some people do work up the latter getting an LPN then a 2 year RN to 4-RN, but this is an EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT way to earn your bachelors degree, as most colleges don’t recognize LPN vocational coursework as college credit. Or if they do, its not near what you would have earned if you went straight to the college to begin with.

My advise? If your goal is a bachelors degree, which is what I recommend because you would need this if you ever wanted to teach nursing, go straight to the 4 year RN program, you will save money and time in the long run. Plus, you won’t be 50+ years old and still having to be on your feet 12 hours a day… you could teach all you had learned!

Good Luck.

You can get a AA or a BA, They both pay the same 4,000-7,000 a month.. you do not have to be an LPN in order to be a RN.

Hope This Helps!