Best Option for Older Transfer Student

[garzparz]

I have a common situation I would think. I live in the SF Bay/Sac area. I left college as a Jr. in early 90's to pursue computer science IT jobs and decided to go back and finish my computer science degree 18 years later recetly. After 3 courses I have decided to get into nursing. I want to work with people and eventually get my BSN. A few questions for others in a similar.

1) I want to get pre-reqs done in 2 years or 1.5 with summer session for Chem/A+P1/2/Micro as fast as I can. Possible? I'm good with sciences.

2) I was then going to get my BSN online later.

3) Are there night programs out there for people working full-time trying to transition into nursing? I know labs have to be proctored and likely not done online.

The good thing here is I can moonlight as a software developer while I work through school. I'm trying to figure out best plan of attack here. Any ideas? I have made sure some potential schools reqs would be met in next 1.5 years local to me. Thanks for any help.

Eric G

[nt2002]

Not sure about your area, but here (in pacific NW), you can do your prerequisites at community colleges which offer evening and online classes. None of the ADN or BSN programs here offer evening classes that I know of.

[RunBabyRN]

First, remove your name from your post. With this being a very public forum, it's important to protect yourself.

Next, to answer your questions,

1. I think it's possible. For prereqs, you can often find night classes, but I would take one of those classes at a time. I did some of that over the summer, but summer classes are very full time, which might not work with your work schedule.

2. Why do you want to wait on your BSN? Why not apply to the CSUs and see what happens? The prospects for ADN-prepared nurses are extremely limited, especially in the SF/Sac area (I'm in the North Bay, so applying to the same market). Set yourself up for success and save yourself the time later. Plus, some BSN programs are now 2 years (like Sonoma State).

3. I haven't heard of a single program like this in the Bay Area or Sac. Most people have to cut back their hours at work. Clinicals will have set hours, as will lectures (and skills lab, if you have it). You'll need a job that's flexible with the fact that your schedule will be different every semester, and you'll need a lot of time to study (way more than you'll need for your prereqs).