Need some advice?

[Sydmdean]

Sorry this might be kind of long. I am currently a student at SF State, and I will be going into my junior year in the fall. I am still undeclared, and will have 52 units in May at the end of this semester.

I have recently discovered my interest in nursing. I also however, have an interest in business.

At my school, you cannot apply to the nursing program once you have 96 units. By the time I do all the nursing prerequisites (I have about 5 classes I still have to take before I can apply) I will be really really close to that 96. I am also worried that after I rush to get the prerequisites done in the next year, there's always that "What if I don't get in?" chance, which is high considering over 1,000 people apply for only 80 seats.

So, I came up with an idea to spend the next 2-3 years completing a business administration degree. At the same time, I was thinking I could do the prerequisite nursing classes. Once I graduate with my business degree, I was thinking I could then apply to the community college nursing program in my city.

I worry though that I am wasting my time and money. If I do business and do nursing right after, then was the business degree a total waste of time if I'm never going to use it as a nurse? Or, if I try to rush into nursing now, what if I don't get in? Then I'll be back trying to do business, and it's going to take me like 10 years to graduate!

Sorry this is so long, I am just feeling extremely lost and upset recently, wishing I could go back in time and do nursing from the beginning 2 years ago when I started college. I honestly don't know what to do. Hoping someone else has had a similar experience and can give me some advice.

[rcfiggs09]

So i am not sure if I will be giving you the right advice, but I totally understand your frustration and feelings of being lost. The Bachelors of Nursing programs are super competitive and hard to get in to but so is every other program! If you want to pursue nursing and have a passion for it just make sure you apply to a bunch of programs so you have options, and try to build up your work experiance. I actually have a B.S. in psychology and was accepted into about 5 master of social work programs. I actually decided that getting a Masters in social work would be a waste of money and that a career in nursing would better suite my personality. As of now I am taking all my pre reqs so I can apply to an accelerated nursing program. I don't know if you have looked in to that or not, but its a nursing program that is 12-16 months depending on which one you go to. You get the same training as a Bachelors in nursing program except it is in a shorter amount of time, so its very intense. You are also eligible to take the NCLEX when you are finished.

There is a lot of things you can do with a degree in business but there is also a lot of things you can do with a degree in nursing. They are both really good options I think it just depends what type of work you think will fit your personality better. I could be wrong, but unless you wanted to be a nurse practitioner and have your own practice I don't see why it would help to have a business degree.