Second Degree Accelerated BSN

[SheAintYourOrdinary]

Hi Everyone!

My name is MEG, I am a 32 year old about to earn a BA in Transportation and Logistics Management from American Military University online. I also have an associate's degree in accounting. I live in Kentucky and frankly, the opportunities for a woman with my qualifications usually amounts to being an office manager at a trucking company. I actually have worked as a truck driver in the past and would more than likely make more money driving a truck for that same company.

Anyway, I was looking for online or hybrid vocational training programs and I came across the Accelerated Second Degree BSN at Xavier in Cincinnati. I have wanted to become a nurse for years but life circumstances kept derailing every plan that I made. I tried to enroll in nursing school at a community college after I divorced my ex-husband in 2012 but I needed to earn an income fast so I enrolled in trucking school instead. I later married a guy in the Air Force and he gave me his GI Bill. I tried to go to nursing school then but the military decided to send us to Korea on short notice literally a month after he transferred his GI Bill to me. I ended up going to college online for the last four years and earning two college degrees in the business disciplines because I found them to be really easy.

My husband just retired from the Air Force and we are now living in Kentucky.

Has anyone done one of these programs? I have looked at Xavier's admissions requirements and they are a piece of cake. From what I understand all I need is a 3.0 undergrad GPA in a non-nursing bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college and pass four prerequisites. I have a 3.98 right now with six classes left until I complete my degree.

It appeals to me not only because Xavier is only about a 2 hour drive from where I live but because the coursework is done online. I am a whiz at online college and I tend to thrive really well in online coursework.

What are the pros and cons of doing a second degree accelerated BSN in the hybrid environment?

[NICU Guy, BSN, RN]

University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, Northern Kentucky University, Bellarmine University, and Spalding University all have ABSN programs.

Any of the state schools would be a lot cheaper than a private university.