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Hi, I appreciated your post, I am also 47 and relate to that feeling of having "something to prove." I am a second career nurse but worked bedside for about 7 years in a med/surg setting. I was mostly a resource nurse & would help wherever needed, so somehow feel like I need to go back bedside and do/learn more. I moved to urgent care for a change and though the hours/low stress worked well for my family, I still feel the pull that I am getting further away from whatever it is that bedside nursing will provide and wonder if I will regret not going back to a higher level of care. It's super hard when you have a bird in hand and it works well for family/life balance but there is always a restlessness in you. All that said, I don't have an answer, just wanted to let you know I have the same struggle. I do know that now is probably easier than normal to get back in the hospital since they are so short staffed. I guess it's really about benefit risk ratio and what we are willing to risk?? If you try bedside and hate it have you really failed... or just explored an option?