UPDATE: RN BSN to PMHNP at age 55?

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I posted this a few minutes ago under the wrong heading, so I'm putting it here where it the OP originated. Thought this topic is a good one to update as many older BSN's are looking into NP school and worrying about age being a factor - hopefully this update helps that specific audience!

The UPDATE is:

I have been accepted to a Family PMHNP program, to start Fall 2016!

I just wanted to thank you all for your encouragement to follow my dreams - this is a great start!

Anyone who has any additional or personal experience with age being a factor in getting a job as a PMHNP after graduation and certification - please feel free to comment. It is the one thing I am still nervous about - hopefully there will still be plenty of PMHNP jobs out there and age will not be a huge issue. (?)

Comments on that subject are very welcome - and again thanks to all of you for encouraging me to go for it!

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Specializes in Critical Care and ED.

Congrats to you! I will be 51 when I graduate my acute NP program. We certainly have the brain and the desire. My main issue is struggling with the onset of menopause which leaves me exhausted and I wish I'd started sooner. But hey ho, what can you do? Enjoy your program!

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Congratulations to you! Follow your dreams despite age! There are many who have done just that before you and many even older. So which school are you going to?

I posted this a few minutes ago under the wrong heading, so I'm putting it here where it the OP originated. Thought this topic is a good one to update as many older BSN's are looking into NP school and worrying about age being a factor - hopefully this update helps that specific audience!

The UPDATE is:

I have been accepted to a Family PMHNP program, to start Fall 2016!

I just wanted to thank you all for your encouragement to follow my dreams - this is a great start!

Anyone who has any additional or personal experience with age being a factor in getting a job as a PMHNP after graduation and certification - please feel free to comment. It is the one thing I am still nervous about - hopefully there will still be plenty of PMHNP jobs out there and age will not be a huge issue. (?)

Comments on that subject are very welcome - and again thanks to all of you for encouraging me to go for it!

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

What school was this? I missed the first thread. I'm applying to PMHNP schools for the fall.

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Congratulations!!! I am in my early 40s and just started AGACNP this year. One thing I've learned, it's never too late for anything!!! Here's to us 'young once'!

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Specializes in Cardiac, Ortho, Med/Surg, ICU, Quality.

I am 48 and am starting FNP school in the Fall. I will be 50 when I graduate.....but I am basically a teenager in a 48 year old body. :)

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