Laly's advice to future students:

Find your own person (study partner) and find a way to study. Find someone you can work with throughout the year and work with that person. Everyone has a different way of studying and retaining information. At the end of the day, it's worth it.

Laly Etafe | Accelerated Nursing BSN '23

Laly was drawn to a career in nursing while working as a caregiver alongside her parents and wanted to do more for their clients. After the program, she is excited to work in an ICU job. She is currently applying for positions in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Laly chose Concordia's program because it was an affordable, one-year program (rather than 16-18 months) and housing / living expenses in the Fargo-Moorhead area were also affordable. Additionally, the faculty, small cohort size, and the one-on-one interactions helped form her decision. Faculty spend time helping students with everything. "They carried us through the program."

She believes having a bachelor's degree made the program easier, since she knew how to study. "All the students were on the same level, maybe because they already had experiences in school. This program needs someone like that - someone who has goals and ambitions - this is what I want to do and this is what I need to do to get there."