Advice on where to move for degree

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Hi all, I'm new to this site, but I have recently done a lot of research on this profession and still have a lot of questions.

I am a 23 year old who has moved to nyc 7 months ago. Plans didn't exactly fall through. What made me consider nursing is that I'm a self-supporting person and I need a stable job field. I was a college student at one point but I quit for numerous reasons, but now that I've gotten some obstacles out of the way, I would like to consider going back to school for nursing.

I didn't move out to nyc to pursue nursing, but after a lot of events that happened, I've realized that it would be best for me to study something with good employability.

At the moment I will shortly register for an hha program to get my feet wet. Then I might go to cna. But I've also considered doing an Lpn program. The issue I'm having though is that through reading some posts here, I've learned that a lot of affordable schools in this area have waitlists (i.e. Cuny) The ones that don't are too pricey for my tastes, and while I'm aware that there are programs to pay off debt, I would rather go to a school that doesn't cost over 12/14K for a year.

At the moment I figured I'd stay here for another year, year and a half, work a bit either as hha or cna, save for a car and then leave. I've cast a wide net regarding where I'd end up going, but I'm a little bit overwhelmed on the info I've found on nursing and schools.

So I'm mainly looking at places of cheap cost of living, somewhere that doesn't have a waitlist (I would really like to jump in my education as fast as possible). I've thought about going out west if that helps.

Any other advice would be appreciated though. Some direction would be great. Thanks!

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Specializes in NICU.

A school that meets those criteria may be hard to find.

Finding a school that's $12-14k/yr. will be hard since you are planning to move to the school. Most state universities and community colleges have a 6 mo.-1 yr residency requirement in order to get the in-state tuition rates. Out of state tuition will be more than 12-14K/yr.

A school that doesn't have a waiting list. All schools have a waiting list except for-profit (commercial) schools, but they are very expensive and very low NCLEX pass rates.

You need to first take 1-2 yrs of prerequisite courses before applying to nursing school.

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Fortunately I was contacted by Allen school and I will meet with them today. I also looked into a health aas degree at APU and it seems pretty feasible. I have maybe about 60 la credits that would transfer. The only courses I need are the math and science ones.

Maybe hopefully things will work out so I won't have to move again in such a short time.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.
Fortunately I was contacted by Allen school and I will meet with them today. I also looked into a health aas degree at APU and it seems pretty feasible. I have maybe about 60 la credits that would transfer. The only courses I need are the math and science ones.

Maybe hopefully things will work out so I won't have to move again in such a short time.

A 'HealthAAS' degree will not enable you to become a nurse.

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I'm aware. For the moment I'm going to become an hha and go to school

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Fortunately I was contacted by Allen school and I will meet with them today. I also looked into a health aas degree at APU and it seems pretty feasible. I have maybe about 60 la credits that would transfer. The only courses I need are the math and science ones.

Maybe hopefully things will work out so I won't have to move again in such a short time.

You posted here originally asking about nursing programs that cost $12-14k/yr, and now you're talking about looking into a for-profit school that offers, not nursing, but MA and CNA programs that cost >$16k/yr?? How on earth does that make any sense? In most cities, there are places that will train you to be a CNA for free; you don't have to pay a fortune.

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I wasn't being clear. I want to get my 4 year degree at a university, not a cna license. I'll do either that or hha and THEN get a degree WHILE working as a cna or hha, whichever I decide to do.

I'm not getting anything helpful so I will no longer respond to this thread.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.
I wasn't being clear. I want to get my 4 year degree at a university, not a cna license. I'll do either that or hha and THEN get a degree WHILE working as a cna or hha, whichever I decide to do.

I'm not getting anything helpful so I will no longer respond to this thread.

You're not getting 100% agreement- everything offered thus far HAS been helpful.We actually like helping people avoid massive debt, unaccredited programs and the heartache associated with them.

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I wasn't being clear. I want to get my 4 year degree at a university, not a cna license. I'll do either that or hha and THEN get a degree WHILE working as a cna or hha, whichever I decide to do.

I'm not getting anything helpful so I will no longer respond to this thread.

How is pointing out that you wouldn't have to spend $16k to become a CNA, you could become a CNA for free, after you mentioned that you are interested in becoming a CNA, not "helpful"?

A) Yes, there are plenty of nursing programs that meet the criteria you laid out in your first post, lower cost and no waiting lists, in other parts of the country. But it sounds like you're not interested in moving.

B) If you plan to work as a HHA or CNA for the time being, you don't have to take on a lot of debt to do that.

We are trying to be helpful; not telling you what you were hoping to hear is not the same as not being helpful. Nice flounce, though. Best wishes.

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I wasn't being clear. I want to get my 4 year degree at a university, not a cna license. I'll do either that or hha and THEN get a degree WHILE working as a cna or hha, whichever I decide to do.

I'm not getting anything helpful so I will no longer respond to this thread.

So *you* weren't being clear & it's *our* fault we're not being helpful? What the what?!

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