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I'm looking at getting into nursing as a second career and right now it is not feasible for me to quit my full-time job to go back to school full time. I'm 35 and single and carrying a mortgage on my own, so I NEED to keep my job and all the health ...

Hi everyone, I'm looking at going back to school for my nursing degree. I have a BA from Hofstra University, so I've been told that a lot of my general credits will transfer. I'm 35 with a mortgage and other responsibilities, so it's not feasible fo...

Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind me picking your brains. I'll give you all a very brief background. I'm thinking of going back to school to get my nursing degree as a second degree. I've pretty much decided that I want to specialize in hospice ...

Do you need to take your pre-reqs at one school or can you take them at different ones? With a f/t job, I can only take classes on nights and weekends and it would make my life a heck of a lot easier if I could take whatever pre-reqs I could get done...

I live in NYC and I make over $60k now and it was my experience that between Manhattan rent, $20k in student loans, credit card bills, and basic necessities, it was sometimes hard to make it stretch especially when something unexpected comes up. (Li...

Thanks for the encouragement! I know the community college by my parents house is affordable and no one I know who goes there has ever had a problem having their grades transfer. And catzy, you make me laugh!!! I figure that I'm going to be 40 no m...

Hi everyone! First of all, a great big thanks to everyone on this board. At times the information has been overwhelming, but it has definitely been informative to hear the good things and bad things. Quickly, after spending the past few months volun...

Lakeside...I just have to say that you have TOTALLY inspired me!!! You go girl!!!!!

One of the things that really keeps me from jumping into nursing school full throttle ahead is the thought of incurring all this additional debt. I'm 35 and just finished paying off my two undergraduate student loans, all my credit card bills and 3 ...

I couldn't stop laughing at this because I feel very much the same way! One month of undergrad is NOTHING!!! And it's better to find out NOW then after you've spent 4 years studying your major and then 10 years in a field you don't like! The best ad...

Definitely Hospice care for me. I volunteer at an AIDS hospice right now and a few weeks after I started my priest asked me how it was going and I said, "If anyone would have told me that I could work in a place that focused on death and dying and th...

I'm LOVING this topic! I'm 35 and work full-time as a legal secretary (been doing this for a little over 10 years). Before that, I worked as a production manager in an advertising research firm. I got into law school 2 years ago and dropped out aft...

I'm afraid I don't have much advice to offer you, but I certainly sympathize with your plight. I'm looking to apply to nursing school, but have to get my pre-reqs out of the way. Although I'm not married, I'm involved in a long-term relationship (11 ...

Actually this was a great piece of advice. I have a BA, so I need to take quite a few pre-reqs before I can even apply to nursing schools. So maybe QCC might be an option. Thanks!

I just want to say this was a great post for me to read. I really have a burning desire to eventually work as a hospice nurse. I volunteer at an AIDS hospice right now on the weekends and I truly feel that I have finally found my calling in life bec...

Hi Everybody! I just found this site and hope someone out there can help me. I received a BA in English in 1994. I've since worked in advertising and as a legal assistant and legal secretary. I started law school two years ago, but dropped out afte...

Hi! I'm so glad to have found this website. I mentioned in another forum (I think it was the pre-nursing school forum ???) how I'm looking into getting an RN (second degree/career) and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed right now. My big concern is that...