I was in the same predicament about four years ago and I often kick myself in ass for not having chosen nursing first a long time ago. I was a chem major and math minor with 1 1/2 years left. From that point I could have gotten a BSN (three years in lenght), gotten an ADN (2 years in length) and finish my BSN while gaining experience and money, or finish my bachelors and do a second degree nursing completion. I chose ADN, I wish I had chosen second degree. It takes a lot of diminished pride to go from a difficult science curric to an ADN, I'm only saying this because I have experienced it. Yes I am now a nurse sooner and with great experience but I have had to work really hard to complete my BSN, all the time while I could be working overtime, saving up, and adding different experiences to my resume including PICU and ER. I work in a CVSICU. I have just applied to NA school and upon many inquiries I have found all directors impressed with my chem background. I wish I would have finished the degree. Also, I found nursing very easy compared to my chem/math curriculum, it is also graded very subjectively. So, if some MSN feels her answer is better than yours you suffice to recieve a B. I also had pretty good grades for chem/math but no easy 4.0 like primary nursing majors have. Just some stuff to think about but I would strongly recommend finishing your biochem and then doing an accelerated second degree program. In the meantime, offset your work inexperience by getting into an SICU any way possible (tech, aide), NA schools do look at total icu experienc also. Hopefully I didn't sound too dismal, but life would have been much easier if I had done nursing first but one very positive aspect is that I love math and chemistry and have learned a great deal from those classes.
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