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not sure where you are but emory has a program bsn/msn that the first 2 years are the bsn nursing and the last year and 1/2 are the masters specialty. It's a seamless course of study. That is in Atlanta

I am really nervous about the same thing. I have a 3 month old and 20 months (YIKES) I have put off going to school for a year so they will be a little older. I REALLY want to be a nurse and have done all but three pre reqs now, but it makes me incredibly sad to not see my babies as much. I have a friend who is in full time nursing program now and she has said it is incredibly difficult, but most of her classmates have kids too. I just don't want to miss out on two years of their lives b/c I am pursuing this, but at the same time I feel this is what I was created to do. I LOVED the A & P classes and can't wait to have a career in this. Sorry, no real help but I'm feeling your pain.

I am almost in the EXACT same position. I used GPC to do many of my pre reqs and started a year ago doing that (one by one the long way) My degree is in a non science field too. You can only do those faster by taking advantage of mini terms doing ap I first half and apII second of the same semester. I would ONLY do that if that is all you are taking and that will increase your time committment for those classes too but, can help you get it done a little quicker. I live an hour away from the nearest gpc campus (lawrenceville) and they are closing that branch and no long offer pre reqs only the nursing classes so I have to find a plan B. I have literally looked in to SO MANY different programs and options. The thing I want to avoid is taking history classes and different specific courses that the different BSN programs require in the core classes. For example one schools wants economics and a US History class, another wants a specific World Lit as opposed to my American LIt. I don't want to spend a whole sememster doing those unrelated classes. If you don't mind that than Georgia State has Spring and Fall enrollment for nursing and an accelerated program. They do require that 2 classes be taken with them (human growth and dev and one other) which stinks for me b/c it is 1 and 1/2 hours away. Emory, although it is private and super expensive, has a 2nd deg BSN program. In most of these 2nd deg. programs they accept all "core" course work b/c you have a degree and only require specific sciences. They also have a BSN/MSN program where you enter do the 2 year bsn and go right into the year and half for the specialist. NP, midwife etc. Medical college of Georgia has the CNL for second degree students and from what I have read (just requested info and haven't heard back yet) they accecpt the bachelors and have specific sciences and it takes fall, spring, summer fall and you have a Masters in Nursing. This is from what i have seen so far the quickest way for me to be a nurse and a little shorter in time than getting a BSN first. I really want to be a mid-wife so I'm not sure how that will play out in getting a CNL and maybe later doing the other but I have been looking at all the different options for the past year. I intended to get all the pre reqs done this past year and begin a full time nursing deal this fall but was surprised with a pregnancy this past fall and didn't think I could do it with a 4 month old and 20 month old... so I will do the rest of the pre reqs slower and start fall 09.