questions for nursing/pre-nursing students!

[lovelylady42]

Ive heard all of the horror stories of nursing school, yet im still considering NURSING as my major!

im a nurse aide and a really want to become an RN.

SO i have some questions :)

Why did you choose the nursing program you are/will be attending? Are there any specific things I should look for when considering nursing programs?

also, what do you believe to be your greatest challenge for completing the program successfully? please be detailed! :)

[Seyma]

I will be starting nursing school this fall. The things I looked into when choosing a nursing school was the location and the point system used for admission.

Every school has a different point system so I looked at my grades and calculated points based on their point system and chose from their. There were definitely schools I ruled out solely on their point system.

I also wanted something close for the purpose of clinicals. I mean they'll pretty much send you anywhere, you don't really have a choice, but I figured the closer I am to school, the closer hopefully my clinicals will be.

I also wanted to do an accelerated BSN (all year around so it's completed in 2 years instead of 3) which not all schools offer.

I wasn't interested in a private school because 70k/year...I don't even like borrowing $5 from a friend so I chose to apply to Cal State Long Beach (2 year-BSN/ first choice) and Cypress College (2 year-ADN/ backup plan). Luckily I got into CSULB.