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I have AA only in liberal arts and BA only in psychology and I went into real estate actually since 1999!! I went back to school in 2006 and took pre reqs to start RN school and they used lottery system and after a year I still wasn't chosen so went into hard money lending and purchasing rentals. I now am enrolling to pursue the RN career again and I am right on the cusp of having to retake the pre reqs (chem, anat, phis, and micro). I am scared but looking forward to it sort of. I keep going back and forth and have had alot of feedback from several RN's. I have met..I have put each given each different nurse a number LOL

1. Says she has been one for 20+ years and loves it

2. Hurt her back 7 years ago and is trying to sell Mary Kay

3. One that still works and has been for 15 years in neonatal but is tired and is trying to sell essential oils to get out of the nursing industry

4. Found one who works part time at Walgreens who said she was in the industry for 30+ years and attained a BSN and worked almost every section she could but when you are striving to always get more degrees and make more money up the ladder she was completely burnt out over the multitude of paperwork that never ended and kept her away from family and friends many a days and nights.

5. A lady who teaches LVN classes at a small nurses institute who only earned her LVN and went on to attaining Masters in Psychology etc who said after LVN she didn't want to be in medical field anymore.

All of this has me really worried and some say all the money is in real estate and rentals etc. Why would you want to change that?? Well I don't make a lot in the lending or rentals but I can always over time make more. As it is I do have ADD and to remember what I have studied is 5x harder than it seems it may be for others. I have always had a distaste for sciences and always tried to avoid them so I went for a degree in Psychology LOL. Anyway sorry for being so long winded I just guess I wanted to use all the classes I have taken so far and not let the education go to waste. I would like to have a title my family can be proud of even though I know it would mean a lot less time with my family. I would just like some feed back on others thoughts on this whole situation. Thanks

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

In ANY industry, you're going to find people who have burnt out and moved on to something else, and people who stick with it for 50 years and still love it. Have you shadowed a nurse? That might be a good place to start.

Don't do it for your family. Do it for you. Everyone has their own reasons, but you need to do what makes YOU happy. Just because someone else isn't happy doing it doesn't mean you'll have the same fate. Some people are happy being plumbers and computer programmers. I'd shoot myself in the face if I had to do those jobs. There are people who will do everything in their power to avoid a placenta, but I'm perfectly happy delivering one. There's something for everyone. Don't let everyone else's input dictate your decisions in life.

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thank you runbabyrun makes a lot of sense

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I read some of your other posts. RN programs are very impacted. My neighbor is in the same situation as you. She has tried for the past 3 years to get into an RN program at COD with no luck. She got tired and applied for the LVN program up here in Joshua this past spring and got in on the first try.

Just something to think about.

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I was thinking about copper mountain college but can you believe that since it has been almost 7 years since I took pre reqs they want me to not only take chem, bio, anatomy, and phis... But also all other classes like math, psy, reading, soc... Etc !! I said you guys are crazy!!! So I went to cod and they said better chance to do transition from Lvn to RN but not sure yet if I am required to work for 1 yr as an lvn before I can apply for RN I have to ask tomorrow. Then went to riverside community college and they said there is no amount of cutoff time for pre reqs... If you took them you have taken them . So I'm applying up there also.

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

Yeah, definitely smart to shop around. Some schools have cut offs on courses (though I haven't heard that about general ed- WOW), some don't, and it definitely pays to do your homework! At least it sounds like you're in an area where you have options. :)

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Yup, up here we have recency requirements on all prereqs (math,English, etc.), not just sciences.

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