Originally Posted by mythreekids Hi all - I've just discovered this site but I've wanted to be a nurse for the last 6 or so years. I'm a 30 yo SAHM to three and it seems like I've spent the last five years having babies and taking care of them while putting nursing school on hold. I've been waiting for the youngest to get old enough that I feel comfortable going back to school (he's just turning one) and I've registered for a prereq class this spring. I'm thinking it will be another year before I start nursing school and I'm debating b/w ADN and BSN. I have a bachelor's in a completely unrelated field (electrical engineering) and I have or can take most of the prereq's for BSN this coming year so either one will take me two years. I would prefer to go to cc because of the cost but I've read on here that there's often a waiting list for cc programs which scares me. I don't want to wait any longer than I have to! Also, will I find any bias against ADN nurses? Will I not "qualify" for certain jobs with an ADN? Sorry this is so long. Thanks for any replies.
If I was you I would go ahead and get my BSN. Sure at first coming out into nursing you may not want to go directly into management or some other area that requires higher education, but what about when your 40 or 50 not just 30 years old? Do you want to have to go back to school at that age? Or do you want to be doing the more physical labor of nursing at 40 or 50 years old. (I am not trying to be disrespectful to any older nurses.
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Get it out of the way now instead of later. If you wait to long you may have to repeat additional courses because they are to old. But in the end you have to do what's right for you. If it will take about the same time why not go for a degree with better long term options?
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