gardiner59

It was nice to read your post RoseofKY! I will be 51 this October and will be starting the LPN program then. I stressed over the age thing for about a year. I think that I'm over it though!

You've been really helpful. My gen ed credits are from UofL, but my a/p I and II are from JCC. I wouldn't want to have to retake those however!

Thanks so much for that information. I think that I'll make an appointment to talk with someone at Galen. I would have to be absolutely certain that they would transfer my credits (I have a BA in ENGLISH, of all things:chuckle). I'm also wondering if Galen's credits transfer back to say UofL for further work on BSN. Do you know that? I'm not a young student (49 this coming month), so I need to get it right. I keep reading posts by students in their 30's thinking they are too old to go back to school. Imagine that? Thanks again.

Yes Gabriella86, I'm sorry I wasn't even paying attention to the new post's creator. And thanks for giving me your input and if you don't mind answering my question about which courses you had already taken.

xtine618, do you mind saying what courses you had already taken when you applied to JCC's nursing program? I assume you applied directly to the RN program. I too was given the impression that I would be accepted, though I was not guaranteed. They have a new method of accepting students at JCC now. It depends upon one's score on a standardized test rather than a point system as had previously been the case.

Thanks xtine618 for the good information! I've heard positive information about Galen, but it is very expensive, no? The full time issue is not a concern, but I'm wondering if you worked while doing your LPN/RN? I'm looking at about $7,000 for the associates degree (RN) from JCC versus about $30,000 for the LPN/RN from Galen, with UofL somewhere in between. What can justify this large difference in cost. Is it easier to get into Galen? I know they start classes more frequently. Is JCC's program just crummy?

I am currently taking prerequisites for ADN. I have a BA English from the University of Louisville and only need A&PII and Micro/lab. I was planning on applying to JCC in Louisville (I actually live 45 miles north), with tentative plans to finish a BSN at UofL later, but I've read some rather unpleasant posts regarding JCC. I certainly prefer the tuition rates at JCC, but would be willing to pay a bit more at another school as long as the benefits are tangible. I'd like to hear from graduates of different programs (UofL, Bellarmine, Spalding, Galen) and also those who supervise new graduates. Thanks in advance for any input you can offer. :wink2:

I'm really enjoying reading the posts on career change. I am a 48 year old mother of six. My youngest is four years olds and I've been home pretty much all of my six children's lives (my oldest is 26). During that time I've gotten a BA in English and nearly a MEd in Early childhood Education. I've taught a few of those years and realized that although I enjoy teaching, public education is just way too frustrating (bad discipline issues and high student/pupil ratios). I've decided to return to nursing, my first career choice, the one I graduated from high school with. I'm currently enrolled in a community college and taking A&P I. This is so different from the conceptual learning of the social sciences and humanities. There are no papers, no idealistic discussions, just a lot of memorizing. I researched the nursing profession to determine how well an older (I'll be 52 when I graduate) person would be accepted. It seems to be an age forgiving profession. Maybe that is due to the shortage of RNs. I have to admit that the A&P class is challenging, but only in so far as it takes dedicating a large amount of my time to studying. I work full-time running a small child development center, so I have little time for anything else but work and studying for my two college courses (the other is an intro computer class which is a required pre-req at my community college), and of course attempting to maintain some family balance. I'm going to finish A&P II and micro one class at a time while my youngest is still preschool age and begin nursing school when she enters Kindergarten. I'm wondering how nursing school will be. At my college, nursing courses are four semesters at 12 hours a semester. I'm a little scared of that.