Options when you already have a B.A.?

NC Girl BSN · Mar 13, 2009

There are a couple of options"

1. ADN through community college if your lucky enough to get in. (Cheaper)

2. Accelerated BSN or regular BSN program at your local university (More expensive and more time)

3. Get your LPN through community college and Bridge to LPN-ADN or go through Excelsior College program online

(Do as a last resort)

Before you do any of the above do some research. Nursing programs are very competative and hard to get into in some areas. If I were you, I would research all the schools in your area. Print out all the classes required and start taking those classes and making A & B's. I'm sure your gonna need science classes and some humanites considering your past degree was in Computer science.

I warn you though. It may take you at least 3-5 years of aggressive full-time study to obtain this degree. I started in June 2004 with pursuing a career in Nursing with a BS in another health related degree. It took me 1.5 years to take most of my prerequisites over to be competative. I am in a saturated area in NC where you have 900-1500 people trying to get into 60-100 slots. I got so frustrated so I drove 1 hr and 15 min to a community college in the country to get in to their ADN program and missed the cutoff score by 5 pt on their Nursing Entrance test. They offered me a spot into their LPN program and I took it. It was the best thing that happened to me because I finished in one year. Got a job and enrolled in the Excelsior online program and got my ADN in less than 1 yr. I passed my boards and now have 3 hospital job offers.

So in total it took me almost 5 years. Good luck to you but I warn you, its not going to be easy. Do research and see how competative it is in your area. You have to be patient and it will happen eventually but don't be discourage if your plugging away at it for 3-5 or 6 years.

bigcanoe · Mar 13, 2009

Wow, thanks for the informative post! I am in central NC, around Sanford. I am guessing by your name, you are from the same state

NC Girl BSN · Mar 13, 2009

Small world! I went to CCCC in Sanford to get my LPN. Good luck to you!

bigcanoe · Mar 13, 2009

Wow, that is lucky for me, having a school that close!

bigcanoe · Mar 13, 2009

NC Girl RN, can you send me a message with your email, I want to ask you some questions please!

NC Girl BSN · Mar 14, 2009

Check your private messages. I sent it.