any advice on west coast university bsn program

[HidiConkle]

I am new to this forum and lost on what should i do. First off I am 31 year old stay at home mother to 4 year old twins who wants to be a nurse. It seems I have started my life off backwards. My first plan was to attend a community college and attended their nursing seminar and was basic all told its competitive and will be very hard to get my prereqs. So I thought to look at the board of registered nursing site I was given by the community college for private schools. http://www.rn.ca.gov/schools/rnprograms.shtml and saw CNI college . I figured start with an my AA and follow up with my Bsn later. But after researching CNI college is not wasc accredited. So I am frustrated I am not about to pay over 60,000 and not be able to transfer credits. So I moved on to the longer route west coast now wow 135 thousand wow is this a safe route. I am concerned with can I do this with two 4 year olds. What are their class schedules like ?I have heard they set your schedule again now I am worried I won't be able to do this because I do have two kids to care for and will not be in kindergarten till next fall? Do I wait ? But I feel if I don't start soon I won't be a nurse till I am 40. I have spoken to a nurse before and she said as she was going to school which she attended saddleback college years ago and she took her certificates and started out working and going to school during the program is this smart since it seems that west coast is rigorous as I have read on reviews. i do have an appointment set up next week for their seminar. Hoping its not a lost cause. I am worried about loans. I am not even sure how they work. Can you pay them off after graduating.. so many questions haha. Thank your for any help

[Birry]

Any classes or programs related to nursing are going to be competitive or expensive, and probably both. $135k is an awful lot to pay, especially if the end product is an ADN.

The community college route is probably the best way to go, in my opinion. Getting classes is still a competitive venture, but if you're just starting out you will have so many to take you should be able to at least get a few of what you need each term. After a few terms of doing well in school, you'd ideally get priority registration for the rest of your classes. I and many of my friends went this route and if you stick to public institutions, you should be able to get it done for less than $30k (that's the high end for a public university BSN).

You might look into BSN programs, too. New grads are having a very tough time finding jobs in CA, and almost all new grad training programs require a BSN to even apply. If you are more interested in sub-acute care, then an ADN or LVN program should be enough.