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Hi Everyone, I'd like to try to get in to an ADN program here in CT, but I have to take chemistry as a pre-req which I DREAD. I'm not that good at Math and I'd do just about anything to avoid chemistry if it were possible. Anyway, does anyone know of a chemistry course in CT that would qualify as a pre-req for ADN programs, but isn't so difficult that you need a chemical engineering degree to understand it? Thanks in advance! Renee

I've been a stay at home Mom for 9 years and I want to go to nursing school. I am considering doing an LPN program, getting a job, and then bridging to RN. After reading all these threads about nursing school and how rigorous and time-consuming it is, I'm concerned how it can be done while still be being an effective parent. My kids will be 10, 8 and 6 when I start school. Does anyone else have young children to care for and also attend nursing school? How do you do it all? Do you have any advice? Renee

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This thread made me feel so much better about going back to school later in life. I also have a non-science bachelor's degree that I got in 1990. I want so much to be a nurse and I'm trying to figure out the best route for me. Ideally, I'd like an ADN program if I can get in soon, but I'm willing to get my LPN first if it means I can start working as a nurse sooner. Then I'll bridge to the RN. Anyway, I'm 39, and I figure that even if it takes me another 5 or 6 years to get my RN, it'll give me 20 or 25 years in a nursing career. That's pretty good. I also have 3 young kids and I want a career in which I could support them alone if anything (God forbid) ever happened to my husband. Renee

I've wanted to be an RN since I was a little girl. Back in 1986 I was accepted into the UMAss nursing program and due to immaturity and poor decision making, I quit the major and went on to something else. Well I'll be 40 next year and I still REALLY want to be a nurse. I have a bachelor's degree and would love to do an accelerated BSN program, but my college grades were embarrassingly low (I barely graduated...did I mention how immature I was?). I know if I did college now, I'd do awesome. I was thinking about doing an LPN program and then bridging to an RN. I have 3 young kids and I figured I could then work while getting my RN. But the more I read, the more I think it would be better to just go for the RN. But I don't know where to apply...will accelerated BSN programs give people a chance to prove they can do the work? Should I just start taking pre-req's and see what happens? Any advice anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. I really want this and I think I'd make a great nurse! Renee

I'm glad I read this thread. I've been in contact with Lincoln Tech about their LPN program but they don't give much info over the phone. I have a bachelor's degree, but I graduated with a low GPA back in 1990. All the acelerated BSN programs want classes taken within the past 5 years or so and a GPA of at least 2.5 or 3.0. My ultimate goal is to get my RN and I figured if I got my LPN first, I could work while bridging to my RN. Now I don't know what to do. Renee

That's a bummer. I'm planning on going for my LPN within the next year and then bridging to RN. But, I wanted to work as an LPN in hospice care while I work on my RN. I also live in CT.