NatHol71

I appreciate all the advice. I must admit that I expected to be told to go for the BSN but I'm still coming to terms with the decision. It certainly increases the money I expected to spend by a huge amount. Here is another question (I'm not trying to get the answer I want, I'm just curious). What are your thoughts on the BSN vs ADN if one doesn't necessarily aspire to work in a hospital? I know that it is certainly good experience to work in a hospital to gain a variety of skills. Again, I'm not sure of the area of nursing I would like to end up in. For instance, if one was interested in home health care, working in a doctor's office or clinic, etc. would anything change? Or do these fields all want hospital experienced nurses? Thanks again for eveyone's thoughts. This is such a valuable resource for a big life decision!

I have recently started taking prerequisite classes for nursing school at a local community college. I have a bachelor's (psych) and a master's (health care administration) but have spent much more time as a stay at home mom and preschool teacher than working in these fields. So, I'm looking at the choices to either pursue the ADN at Austin Community College or to apply to the Texas Tech 2nd degree BSN program. Unfortunately, it looks like I will have a lot of pesky rereqs like history, political science, etc (in addition to the sciences) if I do the TT program. In total, if I REALLY pack in the rereqs, the programs will end up taking about the same length of time. Here is where I will come clean. I don't really want to take additional school classes outside of science/nursing classes. The thought of taking the general education classes horrifies me. I know this may sound lazy and short sighted but I am 40 years old and have two kids and work part time. I was really hoping to just learn a new skill, not revisit my college days!! I don't know yet what type of nursing I want to go into but I do know that I will be staying in the Austin area for at least another 10 years or so. So, be honest, and tell me if I need to suck it up and go for the BSN right now. Or make me happy and tell me to get the ADN and slowly work toward the BSN after I am working. Thanks for any advice.