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Homeschooling should not stop you at all. Many colleges actively seek out homeschoolers. If you do well on your entrance exams and your parents keep reasonable records of your studies you will be on equal footing or better with every public schooled applicant to the college. Please check out http://www.hslda.com for stats on homeschooling achievements, you will find that homeschooling INCREASES the odds that you will successfully complete college, not decreases them.
First, and foremost, think of LPN as merely a step to facilitate your RN - preferably BSN - it will open up a lot more career options for you, as well as give you the critical thinking skills you need to be a great nurse.
Contact the schools that you are interested in and see what documentation you need to keep. Don't forget to take your ACT and/or SAT exams.
Do you have access to homeschooling books? There are a lot of resources you can find that will help you with this step. You may even find that you can and should take some of your college courses early at a community college.
I don't know what state you are in, but the homeschooling laws in each state will effect how you should go about planning your transition. I have read (and I wish that I could remember the resources, but I just went to the local library and checked books on homeschooling out by randomly selecting them from the education section) that there are even scholarships available for homeschoolers.
The problem is not finding resources on this - the problem is narrowing down the number of resources to find the most helpful in a succinct fashion.
Like everyone else; finish your high school program, and graduate.
Pass the SAT/ACTs, and enroll in a college that offers courses that have a follow up program to become licensed, or certified as an LPN.
Major in nursing in college.
You technically can not enroll post-secondary in nursing classes, but you can enroll at the high school to take online generals and get them out of the way. Many colleges for LPN are not very dependant on good grades, but if you want to go on and get an RN or BSN or MSN or CNP etc, you will need good grades. As for preparing, I would still work hard to get good grades, because nursing classes are harder than regular classes. They have some of the highest fail rates at most colleges. They also require more hours of studying. So working hard helps. Also, as your parents if you can work as a CNA in a nursing home when you turn 16. This is a good experience for knowing what to do later in college, even if you never intend on working in one after you graduate.
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