Can't Make A Decision...

[doyouknowmyname]

Hello Everyone!

I've been debating this in my head and i'm starting to smoke coming out of my ears.

I am 27 years old, I've attended college quite a few times because I could not decide on a major. I took a few years off and decided I wanted to be a nurse. But now that i'm 27 I feel like I have only a short amount of time to accomplish this, so I decided I would start as a LVN and move my way up to MSN etc etc.. I WANT TO BE A NURSE!

LVN is not my first choice but its so hard to get into some of these community colleges in Los Angeles due to overcrowding.

I was in a FT LVN program for 6 weeks before I had to quit, my job was threatening to let me go because I was leaving early everyday 2 hours before the office closed (They really didn't need me there, but they are extremely anal and if I told them I was leaving to go to school I would have automatically been dismissed... I work for the devil!). My bills were piling up already from missing those two hours everyday and there was no way I could find a part-time job to cover my expenses for a whole year. My boss usually doesn't care about what time I left so it was really shocking that they started freaking out.

Turns out I made the right decision anyways because there was a bit of fraud being done at the school and i'm glad I got out when I did.

Anyways, I'm moving across the street from a CC, the new apartment will save myself and my boyfriend enough money that if I have to I can quit work and concentrate on school.

BUT i'm scared.

I had great grades during the six weeks I was in LVN school but i'm afraid that even if I finish all my pre-reqs there is a possibility that I might not even get accepted into a RN program, I feel like i'll have better chances starting as an LVN and doing a bridge program but that also will take a considerable amount of time, which I don't have, but at least i'll be a nurse!

There are also mini-variables to this situation, at any time in the next few months my boyfriend can be transferred back to the East Coast, leaving me with the question of if i'm enrolled in a LVN course do I stay and complete it or try to find another I can transfer to.

Basically i'm seeking advice.

Should I start my pre-reqs and cross my fingers and pray I get into a RN program?

or

Go back to LVN school and cross my fingers and pray that my boyfriend's job doesn't transfer him to the East Coast leaving me behind as a struggling student with no job?

[RN2BKS]

I totally understand where you are coming from! :) If I were you I would stick with doing my pre-reqs. I say this because you may have to move and if that were to happen at least you can transfer to another school. Since you do not have a job, the pre-reqs should go fast because you can take several classes at a time.

[sleepsound89]

stick with what you really want! and that is becoming a nurse! stay positive throughout the whole thing no matter how hard it gets. if you keep picturing/thinking of yourself as a nurse then it will come true! the Law of Attraction at it's core!

[doyouknowmyname]

Thanks! I figured that was the best route : )

[SarahNV82]

Thats a tough one but i dont imagine its going to get any easier in the future. Id go for the Nursing school and see if you can fing another part time job or get some financial aid etc. You dont wanna be in the same boat a couple years from now.