Around here, hospitals pay more than physicians' offices. They also have more in the way of benefits (health insurance, etc.) than most physicians' offices, unless you work for a large group of...
LIke someone else somewhere else on this forum said, you can be a couple of years old or a couple of years older AND a nurse. It's never too late to learn, so encourage your mom to go for her
I am going to be 50 in December and will start my prereqs in January 2010. I debated many months about making this kind of change this late in life, but after realizing that in 3 years I would be...
tigerlily1234 replied to tigerlily1234's topic in Texas Nursing
Thanks, Williams! I've been studying math like a fiend for the past month. I hope to start NP in fall 2010. Where are you going to school? Good luck with your studies as well.
I am planning on attending Angelina Jr. College beginning in January. I am looking to connect with any future, current or recent grads of this school. I am about to take the Accuplacer test and am...
tigerlily1234 replied to tigerlily1234's topic in General Students
thanks everyone! you are all so encouraging! this is a kind of change of career for me as well. i am and have been a medical transcriptionist for the past almost 20 years now. this field is...
tigerlily1234 replied to tigerlily1234's topic in General Students
thanks for the quick reply! i guess i'm just a little nervous about the prospect of going back to school at my age. i have only been hospitalized twice for the pancreatitis, once for the initial...
I am a 50-year-old woman who wants to enroll in nursing school in the fall of 2010. (I hope I'm not too old for this! :chuckle) In reading the web site for the community college I want to attend,...