MichaelDoherty

Hello everyone. I am currently taking my prereqs at a local community college right now and will be moving to san diego in june of 2015. I have been trying to find colleges with advanced bsn programs since I have my bachelors already I can at least use it to apply to the program. What colleges are out there? What has your experience been with the college(if any)? how many go on and get jobs or does the school help with that process? and most but not least $$$ cost of school? application process? Thank you very much!!

ohh alright thanks cinlou thought the process was more agonizing than that. That doesn't sound too bad then.. @ ThatBigGuy Never thought about New Mexico before, I'll have to look into it hopefully theres stuff to do there because the first image that pops up in my mind is just dessert and a small suburban city. @JoseQuinones And I didn't know I could go to Puerto Rico for american nursing education? Sounds like a cheaper alternative to Hawaii just way different culture but still get to go to beaches and a chance to become bilingual which is a plus nowadays. I think I'll just stay here and take my prereqs that I need at the local community college so I can save up a little since I live with my dad for free, then apply for the accelerated RN program somewhere else so it gives me time to look at different places because now I think about it Hawaii seems a little out of reach and I would maybe get a little bored after a while being out on an island. Plus the accelerated program take only a year and a half or so.

hmm well thanks for that tip, but should I go to school where I plan on living? with the NCLEX certification it doesn't transfer between states unless its the 9 states that participate in it currently.

Yea the accelerated program does seem pretty good just have to get my prerequisites first before applying. That's a bit of a let down though because I thought California specifically los angeles would have a variety of jobs being a city with lots of hospitals. Especially I'm looking to go somewhere with warm weather all year round, but also with no humidity, which is pretty much west coast weather because in the east the summers just get really hot and humid:dead:. But I would like to go to school where i'm going to be living because I could get a job easier being a resident of the state, and to transfer the NCLEX certification from one state to another is something I don't want to go through. So yea I'll pay more for out of state tuition but if it means getting to know the area I plan to live in,settle down, and establish connections which might make it easier to get a job then it's worth it for me.

ohh well that's good news to hear because I thought that with the program I would be looking at another full 4 years worth of schooling:bluecry1: yea that is true paying more with the out of state tuition. But I kept seeing that if you take the NCLEX for New York and later move that New York isn't one of the states that participate in one that is transferrable to other states. So how does it transfer to another state? It seems like there is an application form you have to fill out then it will come back from the state saying that it's approved am I far off? That's why I didn't know if it would be a good idea to go to school where I intend to live. / Yea I have looked into those places but being not to far from New York they get the same weather being in the same jetstream just usually on average 5 degrees warmer lol. I wouldn't mind it if it was cold just a couple months like north carolina weather I could deal with. Just wanted somewhere warm not hot and humid all year round, But in a city by an ocean.

So to get into more detail, I'm in my upper 20's and finally I made the decision to go to school for nursing. I'm paying off student loans from my bachelor's in sociology minor in psych. and still paying off a car loan (not too long this year it will be paid). Basically I don't have alot of money saved up right now to move. But I have been in upstate New York for far to long dealing with the coldness. I didn't know how it works with nursing where I should go to school where I'm going to be working for example like California, or Hawaii I was thinking (been to both to visit). Or go to school here at the community colleges for about 3 years but it would be the faster track but I would hate it here the whole time expect for the 3 months of summer we get. lol. Any help would be great thanks!