nurseintraining1

I graduate in Dec with my BSN and I am so excited. I remember the 1st day of class. Many cups of coffee and sleepless nights staying up doing careplans. I am so glad it will all be over soon!

I have a few things to add. I wanted to be a nurse when I was in high school but I didn't know where to start. It is now 10 years later and I am 6 months from my BSN. The best thing for you to do right out of high school is to focus on general education classes that focus on nursing. These classes are Anatomy and Physiology, microbiology, english, speech, Chem, and college math. I did 2 years of general education classes then transfered to a 4 year school to do nursing so I will end up with a bachlors degree. If you want the quicker and cheaper option, I would look up what your community college requires as prerec's for nursing and focus on those first. If you are thinking you might want to go on and get a masters to teach or a specialty like CRNA, a lot of schooling but makes top dollar, then a 4 year school might be for you. Nursing school is no joke though. It takes hard work and lots of studying. I never thought I would read as much or write as many papers as I have. All of my gen ed classes can't compare to the work I put into my nursing classes. The grading scale at my school is 77 and below fails. It is well worth it though. I hope this has helped a little.