I have been a stay at home mom and would like to go back to school and further my educationa and also have a career and i have chosen Nursing.   Literally, what programs should i be looking at to take at a community college to  start my way to becoming a nurse? Or maybe what are the prerequisites before any nursing courses?  Please let me know as I am looking to start next semester and also I will be looking at financial aid etc etc.  Your input will be greatly appreciated!THANKS!

 When you go to your local community college you'll need to speak to the counselor. The counselor will give you a lot of the information as far as what the nursing program looks for as far as prereqs and GPA. My school wants a 2.0(C average), English 101, Psychology 101, Biological Chemistry  and one of a variety of college level Maths, and has an extremely long waiting list. So if your CC is like mine you need to aim for as high of a GPA as possible so you don't have to wait so far down on the list. and that is for the RN. I have a friend in the LPN program and she said it's a lot more intense and they have tests almost every day and have to read about 10 chapter a night for homework but you have to take less prereqs and less non nursing classes once you get into the program. Overall there is just a lot to weigh.

Wish you the best!