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Hello. I am graduating with a degree in liberal arts next year at a two-year college but I am considering about a career in nursing. What should I do?

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:grpwlcm: You can get an idea of how others approach your question by doing some reading on the site, especially in the student forums.

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Where exactly?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Some people have posted in the General student discussion forum (under the student tab above) and also nursing careers.

Welcome and good luck

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Hello. I am graduating with a degree in liberal arts next year at a two-year college but I am considering about a career in nursing. What should I do?

Why don't you first look at your two-year college to see if they have a nursing program and find out their requirements. If you are looking at 4-year colleges to get a BSN, look at the requirements at colleges/universities about transfer credits into their program.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

First step should be to contact your local nursing programs and analyze their requirements. You will undoubtedly have to take additional pre-requisite classes to qualify for admission. If you're still gung-ho, you should then make appointments with the nursing admission folks to talk about the process and gain a better understanding of the current reality. For instance, the eligibility requirements in school catalogues may list a minimum GPA, but due to the enormous demand for admission these days, the actual GPA of accepted students is waaaay higher.

It will be a long process, so gear yourself up for it. Many schools only admit once or twice a year. Good luck & best wishes for success.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

You should probably change your account name here and don't use your real name in your posts. This is an open internet site and it is unwise to be posting your real name on the internet.

Practice "safe computing."

Just trying to save you trouble later.

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Specializes in ortho.

become a CNA so that you get experience and discover first hand whether or not you want to devote time and money to become a nurse. be advised that many new grads with BSNs are not getting jobs because of the recession.

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I'm with above post all the way. I know several BSN RNs who can't land a job to save their lives.

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Hey! So I graduated in 2007 with a degree in sociology.. worked in social work a couple years and realized it wasn't for me. Now I'm at Villanova in their BSN Express program where you can get your BSN in only 14 months.. after completing some pre-reqs. If you're serious about wanting to be a nurse you should look into a program like this. It's intense but not too bad. If you have any other questions let me know and I'll be happy to answer them!

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i think liberal arts is also a good option for ur further studies....so just think about it....

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hey did check any of the sites that will give u information regarding this.. i know a linkwww.liberalartscolleges.org...that will tell u for liberal arts and nursing option...

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