Anyone start their career late in Life? - Page 92

like you and mbarn, i have both a ba and mba. unlike both of you, i was signifcantly older when i completed nursing school. so it definately is doable for the older adult though it is a bit difficult, especially if you are working full-time. for 2 full years, i was in the office 50 - 60 hours a week from mon- fri, had nursing classes one or 2 nights each week and clinicals every sat and sun for most of each day. summers were a lot easier: though i still needed to take a class, it was a nursing elective with no clinical component. like i said, doable but difficult (not to mention tough on the family).

as far as classes, most of your grad b-school courses won't really be applicable toward an adn or bsn, except possibly statistics. your undergrad courses will fulfill many/most of the non-nursing, non-science degree requirements (english, math, history, etc). most nursing programs require some social sciences (at least soc and psych) and you will almost certainly need developmental and maybe abnormal psych as well. you will need 1 or 2 semesters of bio, maybe also micro and nutrition and probably at least one semester of chem. you will of course also need anatomy & phisiology. some schools are particular about the timing for science courses - in my case, i had to repeat anatomy (my school had separate a&p courses) because i was outside of their 5-year window. i was in an adn program so in addition to the pre-reqs, there were the nursing classes (4), all with a clincical component (38 semester-hours total). for a bsn you will have another ~30 sh of nursing classes (5 - 6 classes) on top of what i've mentioned so far, though most of these thankfully do not have a siginficant clinical element. i'm planning to start an rn-bsn program in the fall and it looks like i will need "only" 5 additional classes for that degree. a can of corn compared to the adn.

now as far as finding a nursing job after all of this . . .

interesting, very! a mba goes back to nursing school, i guess it isn't because of the money issues, isn't it? ! what is adn? and did you go to career school or community college for the nursing degree?

i'm also glad to know that i'm not alone. i have always wanted to be a nurse. i am 32. i am taking my pre-reqs now. i plan to start an ABSN program in Spring 2011. i am so excited! best wishes to everyone in their new careers!!!