lpn= 10 months after high school.
emt-basic=120 hrs
lpn is more competitive than emt-basic and a good way to get experience. some states use the terminology lvn (licensed vocational nurse).
Back to square one.
10 mo. LPN / LVN then 24 mo. ADN, then 24 mo. BSN...? Seems a crazy path compared to the alternatives, and RT is 24-48 months, same boat.
LPN / LVN at 10-12 months compared to 13 month ABSN / RN program or 30-36 month ELMSN / NP w/RN enroute in 13 months and the remainder of the program can be done part time.
I never quite understood why so many students in my anatomy class were switching from their initial plans to become a PA to RN or NP, but I think I'm beginning to see why.
Five of the guys I studied with had their EMT, but four switched to nursing. Two were ex-military medics. There are just so many more pathways and bridges to BSN or MSN, but more interestingly, one of the most competitive paths to becoming a PA seems to be an RN!
On the list that emedpa organized a EMT-P makes $42k around here, CRT makes $52k median, RRT $62k median, while median for an RN is $65k.
At $65k
for a family of 4 in CA, that's just making ends meet.
LPN / lvn ($43k), ma ($32k), emt ($32k), cna ($30k) (The CA poverty line is ~$22k for two I believe) - all figures based on median income in the CA region where I live.
1. emt-p/rn/rt
2. lpn - poverty line + $21k
3. ma/emt - poverty line + $10k
4. cna - poverty line + $8k
So unlike the nursing profession where a career switcher can attain their BSN in a reasonable time period, through an ABSN program (13-24 mo) or MSN through an ELMSN program (30-36 mo), and a job where they can make a living ($65k), the PA profession seems to require a vow of poverty first
😛 or that they be an EMT-P ($42k) /
RN ($65k) / RT ($52-62k) - (in order to be competitive for admission).
So if a career switcher started today with the objective of becoming a PA, the could do the LPN in 10-12 months (programs around here seem to take 12 months), then 2000 hrs of work (~ 1yr), then 24 months for the PA-C for a total of 4yrs. And they prefer you not work during the 24 months. So comparatively that's 11 months of lost income @$65k (after 13 months I could finish the rest of the MSN part-time).
The irony is that there are many PA programs that barely require any experience and one comes out with a MPA vs. PA-C. Yes, I know they do the same work, but just seems odd to me that one has to sacrifice more time for a certificate than a masters degree.
By the way, is the NCLEX for lpn same as bsn rn and msn np?
