I'm a newbie needing your advice!

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Hello, everyone!

I'm a traditional math major at a private university with no nursing school affiliated with it.

I've been thinking about a lot of healthcare professions, including nursing. My mother is an LPN who's managed to do fairly well for herself. :)

I feel sort of stuck, honestly. If I was to go the nursing route, how would I do that? I would already have a bachelor's in about two years.

I think I would like the hours; I would like the patient focus and I would enjoy being able to choose my demographic and being able to essentially choose where I'd want to work because there is still a nurse deficit.

I'm a rising junior; what should I do? What would you all suggest?

Thanks for reading!

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

Welcome to AN!

If you're still 2 years away from your bachelor's, and you don't want to pursue math, don't waste any more money and time on private university tuition on a degree you don't want. If you were a semester away, that might be different. Why did you choose math? What is your end goal with that?

Next, there is NOOOOOO NURSING SHORTAGE. Far from it. New grad nurses are having an impossible time finding work, and even experienced nurses aren't finding work the way they used to. New nurses are taking what we can get. DO NOT enter this field thinking it's going to be easy peasy to find work. No no no no no. Research the market in your area. Job postings can be misleading. Remember that for every posting, there are often several HUNDRED applicants.

If you choose to pursue nursing, you'll need to do your research on the schools in your area, what's required, and what the job market requires. You'll need to do your general ed and your prereqs, then apply to nursing programs. Your best bet is to do your prereqs at a community college for the sake of saving money.

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Specializes in NICU.

You have 3 options:

1. Continue on with your BS in math, graduate and go to CC to get your pre-reqs for nursing school and then apply to a Accelerated BSN program (ABSN).

2. Stop your pursuit of your current degree, go to CC and get your pre-reqs done, then apply to a traditional ADN or BSN program

3. Continue your BS in Math, when your course load is low take online pre-reqs for nursing school, graduate, take remainder of pre-reqs, apply to an ABSN program.

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Truthfully, I do enjoy my math degree, but I don't feel like the traditional post-grad jobs will keep me happy.

I was not aware that there was not a nursing shortage anymore, though. Thanks for the heads up!

I do like it, and I think I'd really enjoy doing math and medical research. But I'm not sure yet. I'll have to consider taking nursing classes senior year online, though.

Thanks!

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