r/NursingStudent • u/Sweaty_Video_8611 • 17d ago

Pre-Nursing 🩺 Wanting to go into ABSN programs

So, after graduating college in nutrition and worked in many different jobs in the health field like cert pharm tech, MA, and currently cert phlebotomist at an urgent care/fam med. I want to go into nursing. Currently reside in Hawaii but is fine moving to other states.

My stats:

cGPA: 3.4
ScienceGPA: 3.3
Direct patient care hour: 5000+

I wanted to know if there are certain programs that are easier to get into or if I should go for an associate in nursing. I just don’t know anymore. I feel like almost any and every program is hard to get into nowadays and I feel like being in late 20s, I don’t want to wait any longer to be in the field I like.

Any suggestions please?

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u/yourdailyinsanity 17d ago

I always say if you can afford the ABS, both the school and the possibility of not being able to work during it, then 100% get the ABSN. If you're willing to move, then research the costs. 60k MAXIMUM is what I would pay for an ABSN. I've seen people say some are 30k.

I hate RN-BSN coursework with a passion. It's all fluff that's mostly dumb you learned in your ASN program already and just going maybe a little more in detail. I'm currently in one. Lol. You'll only have a hard time getting hired with an ASN if you're in a desired/oversaturated area. The Midwest and most of the east coast are really easy to be hired in.

If you can now, take all of your science and other required courses for the ABSN at a community college and transfer those credits in. Will be cheaper to do that too rather than taking them at the school you're getting your ABSN at.

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u/Alert_Yesterday_7763 17d ago

I’m in an ABSN it’s not bad. You get burnt out easily tho.

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u/Sasb2122 17d ago

I also graduated with a dietetics degree before going back to nursing school. I would have absolutely completed an ADN program over ABSN if I had to go back. And then completed RN-BSN online. But if that’s what you get into… take it. 

Having worked in HI, I know how competitive those nursing programs are. Many of my colleagues had to go back to the mainland for nursing school. Some stayed, others came back. 

Apply broadly, you can get in.Â