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Yes, definitely try your local community college. I'm taking this class online at my CC right now and its only costing me around $350.

I think Med Term would work out fine as an online class. The only thing I can think of that might be an advantage to the classroom setting is the ability to work on pronunciation with your classmates and the professor. But many textbooks come with CDs that you can use on your computer to practice pronunciation with anyway.

Hi EsqtoRN! Its great that we both realized how soul-crushing and unfulfilling (in my opinion) the legal industry can be before we got too far along in the process. Like you, I had a "lightbulb moment" when I realized nursing would be the perfect fit for me. My aunt and two cousins are nurses and I've always been the type to want to do my "own thing" and break the mold, so the image of me being a successful lawyer was more appealing than becoming yet another nurse in the family. I am so glad my cousin brought up nursing again when I was talking about how unhappy I've been at my current position! As far as prerequisites, I first did some research into what nursing schools I might be interested in applying to. I want to stay local so that wasn't too difficult. Then I submitted transcripts to find out what courses from my B.A. would transfer, and I asked the nursing department in each school what further courses I would need to fill their prerequisites. They were very helpful and provided the course names and numbers I would need, along with equivalent courses at the community college should I want to take my prerequisites there to save money. I chose that route, and now I am actually considering getting my associates in nursing from the community college rather than the Accelerated BSN program I had been looking at, as I don't really feel like adding too much more to the student loan debt I already have! Getting back into taking science courses is intimidating but it really is fascinating! I find myself so much more interested in learning about the body and biology than I was in high school or college, because I know now that this is truly what I want to do. Good luck with your initial research into nursing schools! :)

Graduated high school in 2005 with no idea what I wanted to do with my life, and was pressured to pick a major early on in my college career. I thought back to what my favorite classes were in high school and chose Sociology as a major, with no plans on what to do with a B.A. in Sociology when all was said and done. Senior year of college came around and I decided that I'd try applying to law schools. I took the LSAT and began gathering letters of recommendation to submit with my applications when I landed an entry-level legal office clerk position a month after graduating college. Within a few short months of working in the legal field I knew it was not for me. However, I am working as a paralegal for the time being and I have started taking my first few pre-requisites for nursing school, and I plan on applying in about a year and a half or so. I never even considered nursing as a career before because science courses never came easy to me in school, but after some soul-searching I realized it will be the perfect career for me. I need to be doing something meaningful rather than staring at a computer screen and legal documents all day. That's my story!