RN to Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree possible ?

I initially started going to college to earn a degree to be a practicing psychologist. .

My choice to become a psychiatric nurse was based on my life’s changing circumstances at the time.

I've been a Psychiatric RN for 2 years.

I've looked into other options in the field of nursing in order to find an area in nursing I’d be able to engage more psychological skills and the closes I’ve come to finding a comparable area to satisfy my desire is a psychiatric NP.

I’m not inclined towards the medical aspects of an NP, particularly the medication treatment, which is a skill an NP must understand well and implement carefully.

Perhaps I should have pursued my inclination towards psychology regardless of my life’s circumstances, but I needed financial security, and a degree in nursing would provide financial security in a shorter period of time than earning a degree as a psychologist.

I forfeited my dreams and desire for security.

I choose “psychiatric” nursing as a way to satisfy my love of psychology.

I still feel my calling was in psychology working one on one with patients. I’m very good at it. In psychiatric nursing my ability is not appreciated by other nurses or so it seems.

They tend to the more technical aspects of the nursing field. They seem not to have a love for the concept the application of active listening and all the good stuff engaging with a patient / counseling offers a patient who desires to get well has.

I feel I’ve made a decision to go into nursing but the real me the person I should have been is not allowed to come alive fully.

I’ve always dreamed of working as a psychologist and now I wonder, is it to late for me to pursue my dream ? .

My question is what is the likelihood of successfully going from a Psychiatric RN to earn a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D) degree starting in my midlife, 48 years old?

I have a diploma in nursing and associates in science.

Any info would be appreciated.

Terri