Anyone NOT willing to move for nursing school?

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Is there anyone here that doesn't want to apply to nursing schools outside their town/city?

I live in a big city, but there are only two nursing schools here that have a BSN program. One of them is a great nursing school. The other is a nursing school that's part of a private university, which is too expensive for me. I'm hoping I can get into the great nursing school on the first try. But I don't know what I'll do if I get denied. I don't want to move out my parents home in order to go to nursing school. I don't have the money to live on my own. I feel like I'm the only person stuck in this situation.

Specializes in Prior military RN/current ICU RN..

What situation are you "stuck" in? You have no money? Ok that isn't surprising. You could view it in another light...possibly that you are luck you have a free place to live. Being humble and thankful will get you farther than whining about the "feel like I'm the only person stuck in this situation". If you do not like it then CHANGE it. You are probably over 18? So you are free to leave. Go get a job. Join the military. Unless you are being held against your will then you are not "stuck in a situation".

Specializes in 15 years in ICU, 22 years in PACU.

I looked forward to moving out of my parents home. Going to school was an added bonus.

I moved from NY to FL to go to an ADN program with a 9 year old. Look at ALL your options. Instead of seeing what you lack, look at what you HAVE & work from there. Do you have family somewhere else that you can love with in the time being, etc? Does the area you live in/move to accept ADN? Do those ADN programs have a concurrent BSN? Where there's a will there's a way.

Good luck to you

If I get into the school of my choice, I actually will be moving for nursing school. I don't really know if it counts though because I would be moving about two hours away back to my parents' house from where I relocated after graduating from undergrad.

If I had to move somewhere new I'm not sure it would be an option for me.

Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I 'partially' relocated for school...I maintained my house and job in Texas while commuting to Oklahoma City for school.

A friend and I kept a cheap apartment in Oklahoma and we stayed there Tuesday through Thursday for school. We returned to Texas on Thursday nights, worked our weekend double shifts, and drove back to Oklahoma every Tuesday.

That year passed quickly and my efforts were rewarded with an RN license and substantially increased pay.

Specializes in Allergy/ENT, Occ Health, LTC/Skilled.

I wasn't willing but I have 5 community colleges all within a 90 minute drive of me so I didn't have to. BSN programs are more trickier to get into around here because as you said, they aren't as many but I am getting my associates at a community college and they have set up so that after passing NCLEX you only have on year online to obtain BSN. We do all of our bachelor pre-reqs while in the associates program. This is an option to look into if available to you.

Nope! I stuck to the schools around me because I can't afford to live on my own, even with my SO's help. We both live with parents until we can afford a place for ourselves. I thought about going to the big private university too, but I didn't want to live in a dorm anymore and I didn't want to pay an obscene amount of money for school. I've applied to a public school with a campus 15mins from my parents house because it's where I need to be financially. Lucky for me, it's the #2 program in the state, but that means that it's also one of the most competitive programs in the state. If I don't get in this year, I'll try again next year (since they only admit once a year), but I probably won't be applying anywhere else because the cost is too much for me right now.

Another thing is I have a job here (obviously not one that pays enough for me to have a place of my own, cost of living is pretty high here). I bounced around to four different jobs in 2015 and finally landed a CNA position right before the holidays and there is no way I'm giving that up, not after applying to facility after facility for two years.

You are definitely not alone!

3 years ago, married with a decent paying job we sold everything we had and moved almost 3500 miles away from our family to achieve our dreams. We came to a school where there is no waiting list for the nursing program. No we are one year from graduating with our BSN and it is the best decision I have ever made. Sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zone and do things that we wouldn't normally do. It helps us to grow as people and most of the time when we look back, we will never be disappointed. Good luck to you in whatever decision you make.

Specializes in Med Surg/Ortho.

I am not able to move either. My husband has a good job and we can't afford to lose that, especially since I don't plan on working while in nursing school. We also have two kids. We have friends here that can help out, plus my dad. There is just no way nursing school would work without all of those things in place.

Now you are in a different situation. You say you don't have the money, but look into options before you decide for sure you don't. Can your parents help? What about getting a roommate and working part time? Also look into loans, grants and scholarships that can help with cost of living. You probably have more options than you realize.

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