sav180

Hi, I am currently a high school senior looking to become a nurse. Sorry, but I am going to give you a little background of myself because I am new to this website. I have had many problems figuring out what I wanted to do with my life, as many seniors do this time of year. For the first three years of high school I wanted to join the coast guards. However, I have been dating my boyfriend for almost two years now and we have decided to stay together. I have been looking at various careers and decided that I would like to become a nurse. I have been struggiling with the idea to go to lorain community college or the University of Akron for the nursing programs. My family does not have much money right now, (both parents are self employed and struggling while sending my twin sister and I both to college next year after my two older siblings just finished) and I do not think I will qualify for enough scholarships to at least pay half. My family is qualified for financial aid and hopefully, it will give me enough money to at least choose which option is best for me. I was also considering taking out loans and trying for any scholarships I can get. I recently was just hired at a nursing home as a dietary aide and may get training as a caregiver in a few months. I was just wondering if anyone had an advice on my situtation. I also am wondering what degrees I should go for in my first few years. I was thinking about maybe getting training as a nursing assistant over the summer, work towards my lpn degree and then for an rn degree. My over all goal is to at least get a bsn degree, and maybe a msn degree. I would also like to learn some details about the different areas of nursing there are, so i can decide where I would like to work as a nurse also. Sorry about my rambiling, and if anyone could give any suggestions or information it would be ver appreciated