Anybody else worried about MSN being right decision?

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I started this journey with the full intent of becoming a FNP. I had NO desire to be a nurse, but since I didn't get accepted in the Direct Entry program at Vandy, (I was wait listed) I decided to become a nurse first. Well I never dreamed the learning curve would be so steep. I have a BSW and an MSW and had worked as a Social Worker many years. I had done it so long I was bored to death with it. The pay was lousey. I got through nursing school with only 2 difficult classes, passed NCLEX with 75 questions and took a job and thought I was in hell! :bluecry1: I hated the first 6 months so bad, but I hung with it, dealt with the crap and the steep learning curve and now I love nursing! :coollook:

I will be starting the FNP program at my old school Jan. 6 and am so afraid I will be making a mistake, but I am 57 years old and must work at least till I am 67 by the new SS rules. I don't know that I will physically be able to do floor nursing and the long shifts because since I have put on some weight I am horribly tired at the end of my shift. I am trying right now to get rid of the excess weight but age is also a factor. What will it be like 10 years down the road? I also want to reach my goal. I will continue to work full time until clinicals my last year. I will be taking 5-9 hours per semester.

I see gals just a few years older than me that look like they are about to pass out by the end of shift. In fact they come in and relieve me in the morning and i give them the chair in report because they are starting out looking worse than I feel. So I am going forward with my plan. I will graduate with my FNP about the time I turn 60. Being a newby as an older RN was really rough because people thought I was just plain slow (not new) due to my age. It is loads better now and I really do love my job, but will I go through the same thing once I become FNP? Well at least I won't be blind sided, LOL! Any insight and support would be appreciated. Any older MSN students out there?

Mahage

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I started this journey with the full intent of becoming a FNP. I had NO desire to be a nurse, but since I didn't get accepted in the Direct Entry program at Vandy, (I was wait listed) I decided to become a nurse first. Well I never dreamed the learning curve would be so steep. I have a BSW and an MSW and had worked as a Social Worker many years. I had done it so long I was bored to death with it. The pay was lousey. I got through nursing school with only 2 difficult classes, passed NCLEX with 75 questions and took a job and thought I was in hell! :bluecry1: I hated the first 6 months so bad, but I hung with it, dealt with the crap and the steep learning curve and now I love nursing! :coollook:

I will be starting the FNP program at my old school Jan. 6 and am so afraid I will be making a mistake, but I am 57 years old and must work at least till I am 67 by the new SS rules. I don't know that I will physically be able to do floor nursing and the long shifts because since I have put on some weight I am horribly tired at the end of my shift. I am trying right now to get rid of the excess weight but age is also a factor. What will it be like 10 years down the road? I also want to reach my goal. I will continue to work full time until clinicals my last year. I will be taking 5-9 hours per semester.

I see gals just a few years older than me that look like they are about to pass out by the end of shift. In fact they come in and relieve me in the morning and i give them the chair in report because they are starting out looking worse than I feel. So I am going forward with my plan. I will graduate with my FNP about the time I turn 60. Being a newby as an older RN was really rough because people thought I was just plain slow (not new) due to my age. It is loads better now and I really do love my job, but will I go through the same thing once I become FNP? Well at least I won't be blind sided, LOL! Any insight and support would be appreciated. Any older MSN students out there?

Mahage

I'm sorry I can't provide any information that would help you but I just wanted to applaud you for doing this! :yeah:

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Specializes in critical care: trauma/oncology/burns.

Hey I answered you on a thread in the graduate nurse forum!

As I said on that forum, Age ain't nothing but a number

I am 53 and soon to be starting {all over again because I had dropped out} a FNP program.

Keep your eyes on that prize

athena

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