Can I ask how old you are? I only ask because you say you got your BS and don't have job prospects and are now looking at returning to school, but that the time commitment is daunting if you didn't decide this path "from birth". Are you like 22-25ish? When I did my ADN the mean age of students was something like 27. A friend I graduated with was 57 with several in their 40's and many in their 30's and late 20's. Anything worth doing takes time.

I didn't decide to be a nurse until I got fired as a warehouse manager at 28, so needing to know since childhood isn't true in the slightest. In fact I dare say that nursing is a career with among the most amount of "career change" individuals.