Am I Too "old" To Return To Hospital Nursing??help!

[LIZZIE57]

I'VE BEEN A NURSE FOR 34 YEARS, WORKED IN CCU FOR 15 YEARS, HAD CHILDREN, RETURNED TO GET A BSN, NOW A STAFF DEVELOPER IN LTC WITH GERI-CERTIFICATION. LOVE TO TEACH, BUT I'M REALLY WANTING TO RETURN TO A HOSPITAL SETTING, PROBABLY ONCOLOGY. IT IS MY I'ST "LOVE" AND NOW THAT KIDS ARE OLDER I'M READY FOR A CHANGE...BUT DOI NEED TO DO A "REFRESHER" OR JUST TAKE THE CHALLENGE? I HAVE REMAINED CLINICALLY UPDATED, WITH CLINICAL SKILL BEING MY STRONGEST POINT. MY PROBLEM :WILL A HOSPITAL EVEN CONSIDER SOMEONE WHO IS OLDER AND BEEN AWAY FROM ACUTE CARE? ANYONE WHO HAS ANY THOUGHTS I'D APPRECIATE. MY PASSION IS STILL NURSING!

[jnette, ASN, EMT-I]

Yaaaaayyy !!! Couldn't have been stated any better, Golfing RN !

Good for you ! And I agree about the younger up- and- coming nursing generation. They're GREAT, and we can all learn new stuff from one another, and not just about nursing, either! Let's all lift up one another and support each other, and celebrate life itself and who we are ! :balloons:

[KyelvertonRN]

Go for it!

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

Go for it!

This thread is 9 years old, so I highly doubt the OP is still reading it....