I have received a Bachelors of Art in Health and Human Services with a Minor in Social and Criminal Justice. It is hard trying to get a job in that field so I wanted to take a LPN/LVN course since my background consists of Medical before I received my BA. Can anyone help me out with any sources?
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Student loans?
You can only take federally funded student loans if you haven’t reached the aggregate limit for undergrad. Did you borrow for your bachelors, and have you paid anything back?
How about getting some other job…and saving to get that nursing degree.
OR…check your state to,see if they have a bachelors to nursing program. If you have met the science course requirements within the last five years, you might be able to get a RN by doing bachelors to nursing. Some bachelors to nursing programs are fully funded…and more so if you agree to work on an underserved area.
Yes, and they are in deferment.
Depending on where you live, many hospitals and nursing homes will sponsor the CNA and LPN certifications. It doesn’t take long to get the CNA certification (75 contact hours and a test) and the LPN could then be attained while working. As I understand, certifications are not covered by financial aid, but the CNA is not that expensive; $1,000 at the most. Good luck!
Why don’t you go for a graduate degree in your initial field? You’d have to research yourself whether that would make you more employable. In the city I used to work for most social workers had Masters.
If you have the pre-reqs already completed, it would be more advisable for you to find an accelerated BSN program. Have you looked into that?
@singlemom82: Did you obtain your BA degree from one of the On-line “For-Profit” Institutions? University of Phoenix, maybe? If so, that might be the primary reason why you were unsuccessful in getting a suitable position. In addition to exhausting your Pell Grant, my guess is you have a sizeable student loan debt. How much student loan debt have you accumulated to date? How did you get your loan deferment?
Going forward, your least expensive option might be a Vocational High School LPN program. In my state, the cost is about $4.5K for the entire 12-month, full time LPN program (including books/supplies). I would avoid the “For-Profit” LPN schools.
No I received my degree from a university in Texas.(UT) and I am not working at the moment so I dont have to start repaying loans. Every LPN programs I found in Dallas is over $15,000.
In that case, an accelerated BSN program might be more cost effective if you can get the nursing prerequisites (A&P1, A&PII, Micro, & Stats) done at a local community college. An ASN might be an option also.
The link below could be a good source for Texas LPN/BSN information.
http://allnurses.com/texas-nursing/anyone-in-dallas-138749.html
http://allnurses.com/texas-nursing/
http://allnurses.com/lpn-lvn-nursing/
What about El Centro College’s Vocational Nursing program? Shows a cost of $3009 (in-county tuition)…
https://www.dcccd.edu/CD/DCC/Health/Nursing/Pages/default.aspx
You haven’t started paying your loans yet? How long have you been out of school?
You have to apply for a different loan repayment option if you are not employed. Did you do that?
The accelerated nursing programs others are referencing are what I was talking in about when I mentioned “bachelors to nursing” programs.