My Nursing Journey

From Puerto Rico to RN in Florida

For single moms, career changers and students weighing nursing school in Puerto Rico: the real steps, costs and timeline to an RN license in Florida, from someone who just did it. Join the list and I’ll send you my free one-page guide, Before You Decide.

Who it’s for

If this sounds like you

Single moms

Planning school around your kids

I did this as a single mom of two boys, working full-time. I’ll tell you what the time away really cost, and how I kept up with bills in two places.

Career changers

Starting over, at any age

My prerequisite credits transferred, and I kept working full-time as a PCT during the online part of school. Today I’m an RN at the same hospital.

Students

Weighing nursing school in Puerto Rico

My program was taught mainly in Spanish and my clinicals were mostly in nursing homes. I’ll also walk you through everything that came after graduation.

What’s inside

Everything I wish I had before I started

Seven chapters of my story, then a workbook you can print or write in: school comparisons, questions for admissions, a cost planner and a document tracker.

01Why I Chose Puerto RicoThe price of a nursing degree and a decision that changed my path
02Finding SagradoApplying, transferring credits and communicating with admissions
03How School Actually WorkedRemote study, short terms and the placements I actually experienced
04The Cost of Being AwayMissing family milestones and making two locations financially work
05The Road After GraduationEvaluations, the Florida Board, the MET and waiting for an ATT
06My NCLEX JourneyMy first attempt, a change in study materials and my second attempt
07What I Wish I Knew EarlierPractical advice I wish I had received before enrolling
IIYour Planning WorkbookComparisons, questions, budgeting, tracking and where to verify

About me

Hi, I’m Evelyn.

I’m an RN on a med-surg unit in Florida. I went to nursing school in Puerto Rico as a single mom of two boys, and during the online part of school I kept working full-time as a patient care technician at the same hospital where I work now.

I failed the NCLEX once and passed the second time. This guide is the honest version of that road: the money, the time away from my kids, the paperwork I wish someone had explained and the questions I wish I had asked.

Single momRaising two boys during school
PCT to RNSame hospital, now on med-surg
Puerto RicoOnline terms, clinicals on the island
NCLEXPassed on my second attempt

“Ask the questions. Get the answers in writing. Plan beyond tuition.”

Evelyn, RN

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