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Hi! You can get the information on asa.maricopa.edu. If you google maricopa CEP it will take you to that website and the exact page for CEP. You can look up all of the prerequisites, co requisites of each program (NAU, ASU, UIU, etc) as well as the price of each program.

You will do great! I have zero medical experience and will start Block 2 in August. I'm 55 and I'm doing the combo nursing and BSN program. If all goes well I'll complete the program next December a week before my 57th birthday.

I've already replied about how I'm 55 and just finished block 1. Some people mentioned the expense but I'm doing a nursing program at a community college and my bachelors in nursing at a university online at the same time. It's very affordable. If you really want to become a nurse and you have a great support system you can do it! This is my second career and the career I really wanted to do when I was young but for different reasons did not pursue it. Now that my kids are grown I get to pursue my dream career.

You're an inspiration to me. If all goes as planned I will graduate with my BSN in Dec 2018 at 57 years young!

You are never too old! I just finished Block 1 and I'm 55 and there were 2 people in my class a little bit older than me. It's never too late to follow your dreams.

I am 54 and have just been accepted into a bachelor nursing program starting in January. I decided to go back to school after having a career and raising my children. I just finished all of my prerequisites and corequisites which were hard because I hadn't been to school in over 30 years. I felt that every class was hard because it had been so long since I had learned them or used them. English, algebra, all of the science classes and don't forget about chemistry. But I just took it one step at a time, one class time, one semester at a time. For me the hardest part was memorizing the information and then remembering it all. I should graduate when I'm 57 with my BSN. I do worry if I will be hired but I try and remind myself that I have worried every semester about every class and I still did well. I am in a blessed situation at this time in my life that I do not have to work but now I want to fulfil my own dreams which is to be a nurse and to help others. I am hoping that my passion will help me get a job after I graduate. I won't accumulate any debt because I am doing this at the community college which is very affordable.