Hi I would appreciate in knowledge in this area...
What is the difference between an AAS in nursing and and LPN??
Thank you so much.

AAS means an associates in applied science degree which is typically a 2 year course of study. An LPN is a licensed practical nurse degree which is usually a class taught through a techical school of some sort. If I understand it correctly it usually takes about a year

AAS also refers to a Registered Nursing degree. There are Registered Nurses with Associates degree and also a Bachelors' Degree in Nursing is also a Registered Nurse. The only difference in the hospital setting is that usually a BSN can be a Supervisor over a unit where a AAS cannot. Although that is not always the case. The curriculum is the same. The licensing testing is the same. A registered nurse is allowed to do the same treatments, the only limitation is supervisory limitations and of course the responsibility and pay would be different. There used to be hospital based Nursing Schools and they also produced RNs. Most of those have been phased out now and Junior Colleges serve in that capacity. Interesting isn't it?

Actually the curriculum is not the same for a bachelors degree as opposed to an associates. It can't be really since bacelors degrree is four years and associates is two. Maybe you mean the clinical aspect?

I was in an AAS program and the Dean over the admissions process and the instructors advised us that the curriculum was the same as all state board testings for a Registered Nursing License is the same whether you attend a four year BSN or a two year AAS program. Both classes take the same state boards.

At the time I attended there were 8 quarters of instruction in just the nursing classes, not counting the prerequisite classes, and 10 weeks of clinicals each quarter. We went to class year round where the BSN semester system was 2 semesters a year. I say when I attended as the 2 year AAS program was changed to a semester system rather than a quarter system after I attended. I can say that the quarter system was very fast paced. We covered the same curriculum in a shorter period of time. Believe me it was tough to cover the material plus keep up your labs and clinicals in such a hurried environment.

Our clinicals were 8 hours each week rather than the 4 hours of clinicals at a local University with a BSN program.
It was not uncommon to have clinicals on the same unit with the BSN students so I was aware of their scheduled time in clinicals. I had no desire to be in a Head Nurse or supervisory position which is why I chose the AAS route, plus I was an older student at the time I attended and did not want to take 4 years to get a license.

I am sure that the BSN program gave more time to instructional classroom time and was probably a more relaxed program, but in the end, the license is the same. I was on an Academic scholarship during my first year of Nursing classes and because the success rate at the Junior college was so high, the waiting list was long to get in. I know I had to wait one year to enter the program.

Also to address the LPN question, our AAS program accepted LPN's in the second year who wanted to upgrade their licensure to an AAS degree in Nursing. They had to achieve the same prerequisite classes and were subject to the same admission requirements that the AAS students were required. In times past, the only difference in an LPN and an RN was that they could not perform IVs or administer blood, work in Labor and delivery or be a charge nurse. Some of those restrictions do not apply now.

I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this issue. Regardless of what your instructors told you there is no way that the curriculum is the same for the 4 year degree and the 2 year degree. Yes, the testing is the same...I get that but the degree and curriculum is different.

I just want to thank you ladies so much for all you knowledge. That helps me out so much. I just needed to hear it from a person, not try and understand a description. Thanks again, that helps a lot.