navycorpsman2012

I do find it hard to believe that no one will hire new grads since the whole country is short of nurses. In fact, we are so short that some hospitals would sponsor a visa so that that person could work here in the US. Many filipino's received their green card this way. I think most new grads dont want to climb the ladder. What i mean is that they expect to work at a hospital right away. The mentality should be finding any kind of work (community health center, doctors office, and nursing home) to gain experience. Once you get the experience, then apply towards a hospital.

No, i do not have kids (thank God). I've exhausted all my GI BILL benefits when i finished my bachelors in business. I am waiting for my service disability rating. I am hoping to get above 30 percent. 30 % and above has overall preference in the VA system.

The only thing is - you dont have to wait. I truly cannot make up my mind. I really want to be a nurse but at what cost.

I was a corpsman for the navy for about 5 years (its like an LPN). So, having said that, i do have some experience with the medical field. Most of my family (dad side and mom side) are nurses. I would say that there are about 15 to 20 nurses in our big family. All of them are highly successful. Many have second homes. My girlfriend is also a nurse and makes bookoo money. She is a infection control nurse at a hospital and works part time at a nursing home. After being in the medical field, i have come to love it. The satisfaction you get from helping someone is irreplaceable. I am only 28, so now, i am leaning towards retaking most of the prereq's (which i have already taken) and applying to several Community Colleges. I am fortunate enough to live within three border states - CT, RI, AND MA. So, i will be applying to those states. Plus i do really feel that the private colleges are just degree mills. You wont learn anything. All they want is the tuition to be paid. Thats all.

I have a bachelors in business management but i cannot find a job that pays well. I was able to find several jobs that would hire me but they paid very little (walmart, security jobs, and etc). Now i want to get into nursing because jobs are more secure. I have a dilemma. There are two private schools in the area that requires no prerequisite. The first one is about 55,000 and the other is about 65,000 for an associate program. The good thing with these programs is that there is no waiting list. If you can afford it, you get in. On the other hand, i applied to nursing school last year at our local community college but was not accepted. The public schools here in CT are really competitive. I have a 3.2 GPA and did pretty well on the TEAS and still did not get in. What should i do? Should i go into the private schools and take out a huge loan. I am disqualified by financial aid by the way because of my previous bachelors. Or should i tough it out and re-take some classes and re-apply for the community colleges? If you were in my shoes, what would you do? I have a huge fear that if i do not like make it through nursing school in a private school, i will have a huge debt without a good job waiting for me.

I am applying to several schools for nursing and i came across a private college that offers an ASN in 21 months. However, this program was only accredited last year and they have a 80 percent drop out rate. Yeah, 80 percent. 5 out of 25 initial students walked off to graduate. Is that unusual for a new program? If you were in my shoes, would you even consider such a college? Im kinda on the edge about this because i dont want to take out loans (i disqualified for financial aid because of a previous bachelors) for a school that is new and still working out the kinks. Any thoughts on this subject matter will be appreciated.