My name is Ramond, and I live in the MS Delta area. I'm looking into getting into the nursing program at DSU to get a BSN-RN at the age of 39. I have a BS in Biology from 1993 and a BA in Psychology from 2006, and will probably go into psychiatric nursing at some point. Currently, my degrees are going to waist while I do the night shift at a jail. My only problem is that I can't work while I go to school.

Hi Raymond,

I am 45 and in my first semester of nursing school. I can't work and go to school either. My best advice on that is to take out some student loans for living expenses and maybe work part-time. It sounds like with the degrees you currently have that you'll do really well in nursing school. My advice would be to go ahead and get your LPN and then get your RN and BSN online.

Raymond7 said:

I've been looking into possibly going to a community college and getting an ADN - RN there, then later upgrading to a BSN if I feel it's necessary. It would only take me 7 classes to do it, but it would still be time consuming. You have to take them in a certain order which will still require 4 semesters, but it would be more time during the day that I could do part time work. I think it might be a wise move to do it that way.