BECOMING A NURSE

[May5]

Hello everyone,

I am currently trying to get into nursing school here in NY and this seems to be the hardest thing that I have ever tried to. I have no idea how to do this.

Ironically, I have a B.S in Public Health and I went to Medical School to become a doctor for 5 years in a foreign country but was not able to actually finish( that was 6 years ago). I thought that all these things would made matters slightly easy for me to actually get into Nursing school, little did I know!

I have looked for so many nurses for help but the ones I know do not want to share info o maybe they just do not know themselves. I honestly need some extreme help. I am currently unemployed and all I want to even do is just get a Nursing degree. My dream is to practice and teach nursing and I am not going to give up on my dream.

Someone please help!!!!!!

[Katalina]

What kind of problems are you having?

[May5]

Well I am trying to retake my pre-requisites and I cannot find a school that is willing to give them. I was wondering if there was a program that offered everything as a whole package? Since i have a bachelors degree I honestly thought that things would be a little easier but it seems I am wrong and I so desperatly want to do this. Any suggestions?????

[RNDreamer]

Where in NY are you? upstate NY? NYC? If you are in NYC, have your tried any of the CUNY colleges?

[May5]

I actually live in Mount Vernon, NY which is a city in Westchester County. I was told for the CUNY schools that they do not have Nursing as a second degree programs.

[RNDreamer]

Right now, you are trying to take pre-requisities. You can do this at CUNY while you research second degree nursing programs. You would just be consider 'pre-nursing'

[May5]

Do I apply as a prenursing student at the CUNY or do I apply as a regular liberal arts student that is taking a few classes?

[sherri12]

When I decided to go to nursing school, I wanted to get my pre-req's out of the way at a community college. I was admitted as a general studies student and spent almost 2 years doing all my pre-req's. When I was finished, I applied to two different nursing programs. One was an ADN program at the community college and another was a BSN program at a 4 year college. I was accepted to both and decided to get my BSN so I transferred. I am being admitted as a Jr. at the 4 year college because I had all my pre-req's done.

Hope this helps.

Sherri

[33762FL]

CUNY is for residents of NYC, if you enroll there you will be charged a much higher rate per credit because you're not a city resident.. If you live in Westchester, you should take your pre-reqs at your local community college because that will be the cheapest rate per credit. Go to the community college, walk into the admissions office, and ask them how to get started.

[May5]

I tried Westchester Community College and all the classes were full. On top of that their financial aid process is the most weirdest thing I have ever encountered. See I am currently unemployed and I feel that this is the right time to do this. I actually thought that there were some Nursing schools that also offered the pre-reqs. This is almost the same as getting into medical school!!!!!

[RNDreamer]

I think Beth Isreal School of Nursing has a track where you can finish pre-reqs, but I'm not sure. Try there. Also, try visiting the NY Nursing Programs forum on this site to read about different programs in NY.

[Coolbean12]

check out http://www.cochranschoolofnursing.us/ I was very surprised to find out that they look like they make their program so accommodating.. at least their website looks it.. I have already went to school and finished but I was surprise after the fact, I would at least look into it, good luck!!!