Hello everyone - I am totally new to the forum thing and am looking for some advice. I have just turned 40 and have been successfully self employed for about the past 15 years. Lately, my career has come to the point where I no longer enjoy what I am doing (Real Estate) - combine that with the recent economy and well... I have been thinking about this for quite some time.
My question is this - has anyone out there been where I am career wise and decided that their heart is really somewhere else? My nephew spent 8 months in the NICU last year, I was there almost every day to hold him and I just loved the nurses that saved his life. Every since, my heart has been calling me in that direction but I have been afraid to make the jump. My husband doesn't think financially that this is the right time - he thinks the RE market will come back and I should just hang on - my heart isn't in it tho - and we have always used my income for extra stuff - he thinks we will need to struggle to make ends meet while I go to school. I think there is something to be said for doing something you love and a steady paycheck.
Now, I have checked into the local nursing program - I already have a BS but will need several pre-requisites - which I can complete between January and August - then enroll in an Accelerated program to finish in 12 months. Has anyone completed one of these programs and is it correct to think that there will be no time for working during all of this?
I'm finding reading all these stories wonderfully encouraging! Thanks for sharing, everyone. I'm 27 and haven't yet had a career; I've just dawdled around, lived in a few countries and worked administration jobs. I'm in the process of trying to decide if nursing is the thing for me, and I did wonder if I would feel like the odd one out in any classes, given that I'll be almost ten years older than some other students. Reading your stories helps me really just not care about age! To all career-changers, way to go!
I'm finding reading all these stories wonderfully encouraging! Thanks for sharing, everyone. I'm 27 and haven't yet had a career; I've just dawdled around, lived in a few countries and worked administration jobs. I'm in the process of trying to decide if nursing is the thing for me, and I did wonder if I would feel like the odd one out in any classes, given that I'll be almost ten years older than some other students. Reading your stories helps me really just not care about age! To all career-changers, way to go!
I've actually heard that the average age of nursing students is either mid-thirties or higher. You're not gonna be the old one out at your age.
You're not gonna be the old one out at your age.
Pedestrienne Ellie
7 Posts
I'm finding reading all these stories wonderfully encouraging! Thanks for sharing, everyone. I'm 27 and haven't yet had a career; I've just dawdled around, lived in a few countries and worked administration jobs. I'm in the process of trying to decide if nursing is the thing for me, and I did wonder if I would feel like the odd one out in any classes, given that I'll be almost ten years older than some other students. Reading your stories helps me really just not care about age! To all career-changers, way to go!