gorgeousngreen

Thank you all for your advice. It is good to know different opinions, especially from those who have also changed careers. @nurse educate, I am 27 years old

Sand Dollar, thank you so much for the thoughtful response! You have given me some really good points to think about. I really have to do some soul searching for myself! Thanks for including the experience you had with your husband's job, to often these days people are losing their jobs left and right, and without the stability of a field like nursing, there is no real way of knowing if you have job security or not. I will definitely research Dave Ramsey for financial advice and review priorities - there is definitely som room to cut back. Thanks again!!

Thanks for the feedback! I know you are right, its just hard when you are in the middle of the process.

Okay I have similar issue as some of the posts I've read on here. I will be going into my second semester of nursing school in the fall and I am debating whether to continue. When I left my career to become a nursing student, I never dreamed it would take so long to get through the process. With pre-reqs and just starting the program, I have spent 2 yrs and I still have 2 yrs to go. This will be my second degree and I just found out I am not eligible to receive any additional federal funding. I recently became engaged and we are looking to get married next year. My fiance would prefer for me to go back to my career, he feels that nursing school is taking too long and he is ready to move on to the next phase of life. My goal is to become a nurse practitioner, but I am not sure anymore if I want to continue, just because time and money have become an issue. I currently work full time hours but the money is nothing like I made before, but the experience I am getting in the ER helps me apply what I am learning in class to real life situations. What would you do?? Fiance would prefer for you not to continue - upcoming wedding, money is an issue (bills and debt), and student loans are running out vs. a career one day as a nurse practioner. Side note - family and friends have offered to help with tuition and going back to my previous career would be a temporary solution because it involves extensive traveling. Thanks for your comments, this decision has me so stressed!!

I have taken Version 4 and Version 5. I made a 87% on Version 4 (95% percentile rank) and a 84% on version 5 (98th percentile rank). Based on the statistics included with the test results it seems like people are doing about 10% lower on the newer version of the test. I felt like the math was easier in version 5 than in version 4 just because I believe we had more time available to complete the questions. I felt that science in version 5 had more questions overall and definitely was heavier on the basic human anatomy and physiology (I guess I should say cellular biology). I used the old study guide to study for my test, but I feel I would have done even better if I had purchased the updated study guide.