Hard Work and Determination Made this Student an LPN at 18
In her senior year of high school, Tamara Foster started
an 18-month LPN program through the Prince William County
School of Practical Nursing.
However, the classes were conducted at Osborne High School,
some distance from her home—which meant that Tamara
had to be transported there (along with four other students)
before classes began at 7 a.m.
So by five o’clock in the morning (a time when most
high schoolers would find it difficult to even be awake),
Tamara was already on her way to school every day of her senior
year.
“During that first year,” says Tamara, “my
classes ended at 11, and then I went back to my high school
and did academic classes.” She finished the program
after graduating from high school, and the hard work paid
off: she became a Licensed Practical Nurse at the age of 18.
That achievement was actually the first step of Tamara’s
career plan. “My whole intention in doing the LPN program
was to get a bachelor’s degree in nursing. I just wanted
to start early so I could work while I was in college and
have a decent income.”
She moved on into the LPN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing
“bridge” program at George Mason University—and
true to her plan, she was able to work as an LPN while she
was in college.
Now, from her vantage point as a college graduate, she gives
high marks to her earlier studies in the LPN program: “It
was a good opportunity…it really prepared me well.”
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