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Angel RN: Thank you for sharing your experience! It is such a huge risk to leave your career and take the chance to go into nursing. Even though you hated your career, you still made good money so that was a huge (and I'm sure frightening!) risk. Sounds like it worked out for you perfectly! It's so good to hear the positive. I doubt I will be able to get an LPN license with the program I am going into, so I will definitely look into other opportunities within hospitals or clinics...You're right, it's the experiences you get while you're in school that help you in landing a GN position, so once I begin school (this spring!) and get a better idea of my schedule, I will begin looking. Good luck to you too and thank you again :) Susankathleen- congrats to you on your new position and finishing school! It's very reassuring to hear the positive. And your right, the market should be a bit better by the time I finish, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! lphilley- Thank you so much for your advice. I didn't really think of being a unit secretary or working in an administrative support position within a hospital...I have the admin skills so this would be ideal. Thank you again, and best wishes in beginning school!!

Thank you SO MUCH!!! You too! Yes - it was the exact same situation with me, I was talking about nursing school for about 5 years before I had the courage to actually do it. There are times I second guess myself too - thinking of all the other choices I could have made...But you're right, I don't think I'll ever forgive myself if I don't try...It's a BIG SCARY leap of faith though, that it all will work out. Thank you again and good luck to you :) PS - that was actually the first time I heard that quote - and wow it means a lot! Gotta love The Office! haha

Thank you so much for responding so quickly :) hearticulture - Great to hear you have a job when you finish! Congrats! You're right we may be in the upswing upon graduation, good point. fingers crossed that's the case. Thank you for sharing about the whole debt thing...I didn't know if I was being reasonable or not to take out so many school loans. dreamer19 - congrats to you for going forward too! I may have to continue in my current job until I finish up and find something. Agreed, by the time I finish the economy may be a bit better. It's so hard to think that way now with the way things are. Best of luck in your program! bikelola - Absolutely right, I really need to start thinking of it like that. Things may be entirely different in 3-4 years. (my program is 3 years). I like your advice to start volunteering and at least build some relationships and experience. Thank you for your honesty and I really like your quote -It's better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb than halfway up one you don't- This is so true, and has a lot of meaning - thank you. Congrats to you too and best of luck. ♪♫ in my ♥ - I appreciate your honesty. I definitely fear the unknown, and I know no one can really give me the answer. This has been something I know that has been placed in my heart, and the fear of not doing it may be worse than the fear of the economical situation when I graduate. Thank you so much

Hi all, So I am 27 years old and have always wanted to go into nursing. I ended up going down another path and received a BA degree and work as an admin assistant/ofc manager now. For years I've had a lot of regrets not going into nursing, so I applied, and have been accepted to a part time BSN 2nd degree program. As excited as I was, I am now starting to become extremely worried... My worry is, I hear all these stories about new grad RNs not being able to find jobs...searching for jobs only to find that they all say 'no new grads', fierce competition, having to taking any RN job that comes their way - even with low pay. I am so fearful of going $30,000 into debt for nursing school (not to mention the $25,000 in debt I am in from my first Bachelor's) to come out and not be able to find a job. Or be in the same situation I am now, making a horrible living and unable to support myself. Community college is not an option in this area, too competitive, waitlisted (even with having excellent grades in receiving my first bachelors.) I am not getting any younger and do not want to apply once a year, every year until I finally get a seat. Does anyone have any experience/advice they can share with me? Is it worth the financial risk to go back? I want to go into nursing so desperately....But this is a big life change, and financially I am scared. Please help!