kimjou

Hi, I am halfway through my prereqs, and I'm starting to make a list of second-degree and accelerated BSN programs to consider (For MANY reasons, I'm only considering BSN programs) I have a 4.0 for all of my Science and psychology prereqs and all of my recent courses(14 credit hours so far) but only a 3.08 overall. I frankly didn't care the way I should have for my first degree. I also need affordability. I will be paying for this with student loans, I know I will have to take a private loan out but as I'm 34 already, I don't want to be paying them off forever. However, I'm super willing to relocate, and well, I'm a pretty adventurous person. I'm wondering if anyone has unique programs I should consider. I've been taking my prereqs at college with a top ten nursing program, and I've been encouraged by my advisor that I stand a good chance of getting into their second degree BSN program. Still, the class sizes are HUGE, and I don't think this will facilitate my learning in the best way.

oops sorry about that, all i know about Physician Assistants is what I've read this morning, thank you so much for all your advice

thanks so much for the physicians assistant suggestion, I have never really thought about that before, but I'm realizing it's a definite possibility. I know this is a nursing board but could anyone tell me about opportunities for physicians assistants in emergency medicine and in wilderness medicine?

Hi so I'm about to graduate college with a 2.8 GPA, and a degree in international relations. My dream is to help people medically overseas. With my GPA would it be best to get an associates degree or is there an accelerated program that I could get into. I took a college level anatomy in high school and did quite well, but besides that I have no college level science background. Also any other ideas of how I could get into the medical field? right now the most I'm willing to go to school is four years. Finally, I'm willing to look at schools pretty much anywhere I can afford, but my budget is limited, so I'll need either loans, or scholarships, or the ability to work a full time job while in school.