Hi gang, Nursing Newbie here. After 20 years as an architect, I have decided (I think) to take a career turn and go into nursing. My interest in nursing has been peaking over the past few years, and the latest economic downturn gave me a reason to really do something about it. I just found this forum, what a great resource. I am looking into the University of Michigan's Second Degree program. I did my B of S & Masters at the U, and I live in Ann Arbor, so it would be my first choice. I just signed up at the local community college to take Chem and Bio. Hopefully my classroom brain still works after all these years, although with all the distractions of being a teenager in college years ago (you know what I mean), I'm amazed it worked at all back then LOL.
Anyways, just wanted to say "hi" to you all, and thanks in advance for all the great advice
The oldest student in my term 1 class is 48, male, commercial airline pilot! He is only a couple of months older than me....47, and my degree is EE! Been in a cubicle farm for the past 17 years after I left the service (USAF). You can do this!
BTW, I did very well in my pre-reqs, but NS is overload, so expect to be a bit overwhelmed if you work FT. I was doing pretty good until work had catastrophies I had to handle. For the past 3 weeks, I have averaged 50-60 hrs per week while doing 12 hrs of courses and Saturday clinicals! I have little sleep and the stress is high... But I still got an A in Techniques and will most likely finish up this term with B's in Pharm, Concepts and Assessment.
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The oldest student in my term 1 class is 48, male, commercial airline pilot! He is only a couple of months older than me....47, and my degree is EE! Been in a cubicle farm for the past 17 years after I left the service (USAF). You can do this!
BTW, I did very well in my pre-reqs, but NS is overload, so expect to be a bit overwhelmed if you work FT. I was doing pretty good until work had catastrophies I had to handle. For the past 3 weeks, I have averaged 50-60 hrs per week while doing 12 hrs of courses and Saturday clinicals! I have little sleep and the stress is high... But I still got an A in Techniques and will most likely finish up this term with B's in Pharm, Concepts and Assessment.