Have been reading this forum for the last 3 months.
My situation is currently still in England, hoping to move to Arizona (Arizona City) next April/May 2009. I am married with a toddler of 17 months.
I would like to train to be a RN, but i am 39 now and by the time I start (if I get in) nursing school i will be 43 (got to do CNA, prerequisites etc and meet residency guidelines one year) now be HONEST is this too late, do employers want people of this age?
My education has been in England, do not have degree, so will start at the bottom.
I have worked in doctors offices for 19 years from receptionist to manager. I have qualifications in Reflexology and Holistic Massage. I have always wanted to be a nurse, but got sidetracked years ago with earning money to live!
Any advice you can give would be appreciated, is there anything I can start studying whilst still in England and currently a stay at home mom? i have made general enquires with CAC as this will be my local college but your advice would be greatly appreciated.
My other alternative would be a Certified medical assistant (only because of age). i would like to stay in health.
If you will have a green card, then great. But I would still look into the BSN program, at least you will have a four year degree for four years of work and not just the two year. Especially since you are going to be starting from scratch as you call it.
Please let us know if you have any more questions.
Which part of AZ are you moving to?
Hi Suzanne
Sorry not for replying sooner, had to go to London at the last minute. (london is 220 miles from where I live now).
Thanks for your info, you noted in a later thread that I will be moving to Arizona City, it is 50 miles from phoenix. I looked up BSN, the nearest would be University of Phoenix, but could not get any details. I did note that other states, are asking for pre requesisites, so will try to find out more info.
To do the 2 year Nursing degree, there is a local community college about 20 miles away, which is called Central Arizona College, that has this program, will need to do CNA, Pre requ etc
To get into medical school, you need a bs or Ba with premed studies, you have to get high marks, then there is 4 years of medical school and 3 years of residency,
Medical School is very difficult to get into. My daughter has a 3.9 GPA, Phi Betta Kappa ( an organization which only the top3% of all colleges or University can get nominated), one the only academic excellence award in a class of 10K students. Had a MS degree in clinical research with a high gpa 3.9.Graduated with highest honors in college. Always on the Dean's list. And she had difficulty getting into medical school-----so unless you are an excellent student - forget it.
Definitely medical school, is not the direction for me.
mrsbucket
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Hi Suzanne
Sorry not for replying sooner, had to go to London at the last minute. (london is 220 miles from where I live now).
Thanks for your info, you noted in a later thread that I will be moving to Arizona City, it is 50 miles from phoenix. I looked up BSN, the nearest would be University of Phoenix, but could not get any details. I did note that other states, are asking for pre requesisites, so will try to find out more info.
To do the 2 year Nursing degree, there is a local community college about 20 miles away, which is called Central Arizona College, that has this program, will need to do CNA, Pre requ etc
Thanks for all your help.
Amanda