Currently I am a Medical Lab scientist and work in the lab. However, my job is demanding, taxing and I often work 7 days straight, pay is okay, but everything is monotonous. I go into work and do the same thing over and over. With only 6 months into my "career" I've started looking at others. Nursing wasn't the first to come to mind, I thought about becoming a doctor but the time strain (I'am 26 with 3 kiddos!) just seemed two great. If I even made teh cut for med school with a 3.0 gpa. THen came PA school, but honestly its more competitive than med school, with needing 1000 hours of patient contact. That is when I thought of nursing. So my question is this should I try to enroll in an acclerated BSN for 35k at a private school, or do an ADN for 21k at a community college for 2 years... I'm stuck I don't like working in the lab, I want to be working with others, the patient, a "team". I just need help deciding how to obtain a nursing degree, which one I should go for, currently I'm the only one bringing in money so would I be able to work while doing an acclerated nursing? an ADN still also seems pretty intensive, yet most of the nursing postings at the hospital I work for is that they want a BSN. Would having a bachelors in a different degree help with hiring if I just got a ADN? Ultimatly I want to be a CRNA, I've always loved anesthesia, but went a different path to the lab because I loved science, now that I'm working it, It doesn't feel like the same thing I went to school for.