I'm satisfying my pre-requisites right now, so I can apply to nursning school.
I have an unrelated Associates Degree- and I am aiming to get a Bachelors (in Nursing).
I currently have a full time day job-- so I'm accustom to the work/school grind.
QUESTION:
Is it better for me to go get an Associates degree in Nursing, from a reputable community college ... so I can get my foot in the door at a local hospital--- then work as a nurse, while I go back to school to do the ADN to BSN program at Metro State?
This program at Metro State allows you to continue working, while achieving your Bachelors degree in Nursing.
Also-- this might be a somewhat less expensive route because it's all through community and state colleges.
OR...
Is it best to just knock it out all at once and go to Denver School of Nursing for their Bachelors Program and spend the $60,000? My fear with this- is that I will have graduated with a Bachelors degree- but still have no real life work experience. And it's expensive.
I have excluded UCD (University of Colorado at Denver) from my options, because they have strict limitations on how old your pre-requisites can be. That means that I would have to re-take about 8 classes that I took when I got my Associates of Arts & Sciences. (Sociology, Psychology, Statistics, Biology, etc.) ON TOP of the science classes needed to satisfy the pre-reqs. (Anatomy, Physiology, Micro-bio, etc) I would basically have to re-do my Associates degree, and there is still no guarantee that they would even let me into their nursing school.
At DSN, you are guaranteed admission, so long as you fulfill their requirements. (and yes, DSN is a private/trade school)
Something else to think about with the ADN to BSN program is that some hospitals pay for continued education. So if I got an ADN and (assuming I) found work right away, then hopefully they would pay for me to get my BSN...
I guess I don't want to be one of those people who graduates with a Bachelors, and can't find a job.
I also don't want to be the person with TWO Associate degrees- who never goes back for her Bachelors.
Is admission really guaranteed when pre-req's are done? Is the 2.0 minimum all that is required? I am applying now, and very nervous!
Cricket Hippo
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Is admission really guaranteed when pre-req's are done? Is the 2.0 minimum all that is required? I am applying now, and very nervous!
Thanks!