Decisions

[DarkBluePhoenix]

ok let me get this off my chest:

I have been thinking about this a lot especially since I am getting closer and closer to applying....

I am torn between doing an ADN program or a BSN program

I soonest I can get into an ADN program is Jan 2012 (apply this august)

Soonest for the 3 BSN programs I am applying to get in is August 2012 (apply this august for one and jan 2012 for the other 2)

SO should I wait the extra semester to get my RN and BSN both done and out of the way?

(plus more time for me to work and save $$) problem: 4 years total (1 year from now to get in plus the program is 3 years)

Or should I go in ADN program, get my RN in 2 years and hopefully get a job that will pay for the BSN?

good: be done quicker

problem: no money saved up yet (debt to pay off first THEN SAVE) & rumor is in CA is that no one is hiring and a lot of positions have BSN preferred...

Decisions decisions....

So lets do a VOTE

***btw this is IF i get accepted which, if my calculations are correct, my chances, ironically are better towards the BSN programs then ADN

[NACovey]

Yeah and when I said about being "older" I meant like over 50 older. A woman I used to work with was going back to school for her RN and she was 52. And she would make a GREAT nurse.

I sit and pout on how everyone I graduated high school with have their degrees.. and then I sit back and look at all I have... A wonderful marriage that I would have passed up for the ADN program. I am glad I skipped out on that opportunity to enjoy the first 2 years of my marriage and now I am shooting for the BSN, even better! I am so happy with where I am at. Everything will come naturally for you and I hope that you succeed!

[Kchaffin, ASN, RN]

That was my my number one reason why I always stayed away from doing an ADN. I knew that where I am was not a good market area for ADN's.

My hubby to be, he got his degree in hospitality, he works in hospitality. For him to make use of his degree or any $$ for that matter, he needs to be in a city like area. So that kinda sucks for me because the only places hiring is in the boondocks.

Kinda a catch 22 eh?

I am hoping, since it will take me a year to get in (even though my pre reqs are done this summer, you have to apply in fall for the next fall to enter) and 3 years to do the program; I am hoping the economy will be fixed in the what? 4 years i have until I am an RN, BSN?

I am just TRYING to be optimistic here:cool:

Vegas is a great place for hubby to use hospitality degree and there is the St. Rose Dominican Hospital that has a ton of job openings and we are certainly not in the boondocks LOL. Keep your chin up and you will be a in no time. I am just getting started on my journey after being less than a year away from completing a Business Admin degree I decide to "start over". I just completed my 1st semester of prereqs. Congrats on almost being done!

[DarkBluePhoenix]

Vegas is a great place for hubby to use hospitality degree and there is the St. Rose Dominican Hospital that has a ton of job openings and we are certainly not in the boondocks LOL. Keep your chin up and you will be a in no time. I am just getting started on my journey after being less than a year away from completing a Business Admin degree I decide to "start over". I just completed my 1st semester of prereqs. Congrats on almost being done!

I know right?

GO VEGAS! lol

I like you, was going for for another major,engineering, and then I changed it back to nursing. Man, just thinking about it. I should have just finished it and did an ABSN program. But engineering is a hard major. People think these pre reqs are hard (they aren't their just kind of annoying lol) but try to electrical engineering and all the calculus and physics you have to do. UGH! I probably would have barely passed with a C and that wouldn't be good enough for ELMSN or ABSN programs

Anyway I guess I can't go back and change it so I might as well brace what I have and hopefully get accepted when I apply!