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What a treat to find this link! I turned 50 in July, will retire from my city parks maintenance job next year and hope to begin my nursing training if I get into the MEPN program at UCSF. I want to go into Oncology/Gerontological nursing and go as far as I can go in integrating research, teaching and promoting science education here in the US and abroad. I feel that with maturity and a clearer focus, I am able to do more with my training at this stage in my life. My wife and three teenagers are in full support. Forward march!!

Hello to aspiring carreer changers contemplating and gearing up for the MEPN program at UCSF. I am starting a thread for those working on prereqs and doing volunteer work at this point while dusting off old transcripts and beginning to package a stellar application for the "main event." I also want to solicit advice from recent RN's from the program who can help me and others who are considering this path. I am an English major on course to become a writer when I decided that onc/ gerontological nursing is what I want to do and that UCSF will allow me to broaden my reach into research, science education, teaching, international outreach and writing. I am working on my prereqs right now and will take the GRE prior to Oct. '09 application deadline for the June'10 batch. If you are doing the same footprint as I am - please reply and share your plan of action. RNs now successfully progressing to fulfill their dreams please share valuable insights - coping skills, study tricks, best preparation path, etc. It will be very much appreciated.