Hey Julie,
Just wanted to quickly say that if you are in the military local college's usually give out a very good, if not total scholarship...
If you were to go to ..a local college for nursing school it would take about 3 years if you wanted your RN... Unless you already have Microbiology, Chemistry and A&P one and two done already......
If I were you I would look into the local colleges, see what scholarships are available through the school you want to go to... Then apply... It can take a year or two before you get accepted into the program, depending on the demand of your school.
Where I went to school, there was only 120 seats available in Nursing 1 and they had over 500 applications, so they go by how many prereqs you have done and your GPA....
Good luck...
Jennifer