turtlezoup

I have a 3.47 in my undergrad degree in art, an MFA in visual art, but I still have a really spotty transcript with a lot of failed or retaken classes. And I bummed around in community college for x years, and that shows. So I don't know. Maybe nursing schools will like me because I'm male? Or is the rarity advantage of that getting to be over and done with?

I'm also pretty afraid I'll invest all this time and energy into the prereqs and then won't even get into nursing school.

Hello. I want to be a psychiatric nurse. I already have a BA in a humanities field, with no science background at all. I came to believe that the best plan for me is to attend an accelerated bachelors program. So, I researched schools, and found four. They all have different prereqs, and filling all of them will take me about 3 years. Then, another year and a half of nursing school, provided I even get in. My question is: wouldn't it be easier just to enroll in a straight-from-the-beginning BSN program at a 4 year college, just like the 18 year olds do?

I'm a 37 year old man with a BA and an MFA in visual art, and I decided that I want to be a psychiatric nurse. I've just sent my transcripts to a postbac program where I can take prereqs. My question is, though: is it even worth it at this point to go into nursing? I feel like we're in a nursing bubble, and I'm entering it on the downslide. And, by the time I graduate in 4 years with my BSN (if all goes according to plan), there will be far more qualified applicants than there are nursing jobs. What should I do? Thanks in advance.