Nursing school decision

I am 10 years older than you, with 3 kids ages 8-14. I am starting a full-time BSN program (2nd Bachelor's for me) and I will continue to work part-time. Ask me in 3 months if it's working out! I know it will be difficult, but it should be worth it in the end. Why don't you just try it out by taking a couple of prerequisites first?

Thanks for the reply. I have all of the previous requisites but 2 classes. I'm thinking of taking those in the spring and apply for Nursing School in the fall of 2017. May I ask what type of part time work you are doing while attending school? I wish you the best of luck and yes I would like to hear the progress a few months in. Lol

I'm a single mom currently in nursing school. I quit my job for it after saving up for a year or so and will be taking out private loans to cover my living expenses once my savings dry up. Additionally, I plan to work as a student nurse in the hospital once I pass this semester, so that will bring in some money and reduce the amount I'll need to take out in loans.

These are only my experiences & opinions, but -

* Some people I went to nursing school with worked the whole time. Some only worked the first 1-2 semesters (of nursing school, not pre-reqs). I was financially able to not work at all (due to my 'previous life'), but I was busy all the time w/school.

* I'm not much on online classes for nursing except for maybe a few subjects. I took sociology online, which was fine, but I also took pathophysiology online, which was not good enough, in my opinion, because it's the basis for (what my school called) Adult Health I (and then II), and I think in a real class I would've learned more.

* Don't worry about not getting it 'til you're 46. I was 54. Should've been maybe 52, but there were a few bumps along the road.

And finally, you can do it. Good luck.

Something to think about: if you produce no income and are yourself in school for a few years before your kids apply to college, you will drastically improve your kids' FA packages at most universities (depending, obviously, on how much your spouse makes).

Have you considered getting a CNA, EMT-B/AEMT or other non-degree certificate/license? That can be done in as little as a month. This would allow you to switch fields soon, and is a great way to get experience. Then you could potentially go into an RN/MSN or RN/ABSN program once you're in a position with your kids to go full time.

Don't be discouraged about starting at your age... I'm hoping to start an RN/MSN program in January, and I'll be 43 by then!

You do make a good point about my kids and getting aid for them in school. I'm going to try and do the previous requisite and an anthropology class this spring. There two other classes I need that don't have to be taken as part of the nursing program. I am going to sign up for those in the fall. I can then enroll into the nursing school. It's apparently a tough program to get into. The head of the program felt I was a strong candidate though obtaining my bachelors already. I can get all nursing courses and clinicals completed in 3 semesters and they don't attend during the summer. Hopefully I can work over summer to help compensate.

That's my hopes, but if I do that I will have my degree completed at 40. í ½í¸Š