Another GPA-anxiety/chance-me thread?

Hi there! It's been a little while since I've posted on this forum (though I do lurk from time to time...) I am in the process of preparing to apply to schools next cycle and was going to take some classes to boost my GPA and also because I sort of miss school

A little background---

• Undergraduate GPA: 3.5... But do they even care about this if it's a soft science B.A.?
  
• 2nd degree ABSN: 3.2... Unfortunately, I had some family matters that definitely affected my nursing GPA, especially since I did a 14-month nursing program, which (given the length) was not particularly forgiving to life circumstances that popped up, so I'm worried this will weigh my application down a little...
  
• Cardiac IMC (Trauma I, 21-bed): a little >1 year, precepted, active on unit committees
  
• Cardiac ICU (Trauma I, 24-bed): currently 1.5 years and still here, precepting, active on unit committees. We get med-surg ICU overflow a LOT and less commonly CVSICU, TICU and neuro ICU overflow. Typical therapies include therapeutic hypothermia, IABP/Impella, PA cath/other invasive hemodynamic monitoring, CRRT, vasoactive gtts, vents, blah.
  
• Recommendations, which I expect to be pretty good from all parties: unit manager, an attending I worked with, professor of a chemistry class I am finishing up now
  
• CCRN: will take in a month or so, am pretty confident about it/doing well on practice tests
  

I am currently taking organic chemistry with lab (which I like, surprisingly, and am doing quite well in). In the fall, I want to take some more classes since work is challenging in that there are always strange new cases coming in, but it's definitely been more of a steady grind for some time now (i.e. I'm no longer looking stuff up after every shift lol) so that allows for other intellectual exploration.

Sooooo... at this point I have 1.5 years of ICU exp + 1.25 years IMC exp. I'm not a new grad trying to jump straight into grad school, but still I'm unsure if schools will consider the IMC exp much buffer for less than 2 years ICU experience. I will probably apply to a few schools later in the year and if I don't get in, I will reapply next year and to more schools/cast a wider net. Thoughts? Does applying multiple times to a school affect you negatively or positively? I am just nervous that it doesn't look good if I apply once and don't get in.