Pre-Nursing Student

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Hello everyone!

I have been visiting this website for about a year a now and finally decided to make an account :) I am currently taking pre-reqs to apply to nursing school and was curious how some of you are putting yourselves through nursing school? I am currently working full-time, I am taking 1 class per semester for my prereqs, I know I should take more so I can apply to nursing school sooner. I am returning to college after earns 2 BAs a few years ago. I was hoping to find a hospital that will pay for my schooling that I can work at part time, not sure if that is realistic or not. I of course would want to stay at the hospital if and when I become a nurse. I feel it is harder now, graduating college in 2010 I didn't have many bills but my school loan that was on hold at the time. Now that it has been a few years I have more bills, car payment, school, rent and etc. How did some of you find going back to school challenging? How did you accomplish going to nursing school and still having bills? I want to make sure I get the best grades possible and I don't have the option of not working. Not sure what other resources are out there. I did see the Nurse Corps program through my online research but not sure if I would even get in.

Thank you for your time!

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Glad you decided to make an account! Have you checked out the Pre-Nursing Student Forum?

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Hello, I thought I was in that forum. Thank you for letting me know. So much stuff on this website. Thank you!

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Hello, I thought I was in that forum. Thank you for letting me know. So much stuff on this website. Thank you!

This was posted in the "General Student Discussions" forum. This site is quite extensive and extremely useful for nurses and students alike. Explore! You'll likely find a lot of useful threads to read through. I used AN throughout nursing school and never even had to start a thread of my own because I was always able to find the information I was looking for by reading through threads or using the Search function. Once you get into a program, this site can prove an invaluable resource for the ever-dreaded nursing care plans. Good luck!

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I too have been researching hospitals that offer tuition for work contacts. Sadly I have not found any I my area. Sometimes I think if the nursing shortage were true and not an advertisement tactic by colleges, then more hospitals would offer such programs?

I think the HRSA nurse corps program is going to be something I apply for next year! It seems like a wonderful opportunity but very competitive. I am also looking into the Navy Nurse Candidate Program, but am under the impression that it does not cover all tuition and a five year contract seems like a long time.

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What city do you live in? I live in San Francisco, CA. There are a lot of hospitals that assist with paying for school here. I was always under the impression they would pay for RNs to get an even higher education. Not sure if they would pay for me to get my Associates in RN. The Navy Nurse Candidate Programs sounds interesting, thank you for that advice. You should look up Nurse Corps. It kind of reminds me of Teach for America except all nursing.

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