stillearnin

I forgot to mention that I have also continued to work PRN while teaching.

I would love your help finding a post masters certificate or very short DNP Program (I’m 56 yrs old). I’ve been teaching at college & university level for 8 years and want Psych NP to be my retirement job. I already have preceptor and access to variety of sites so I want to start cranking out the classes. If it helps I have a great gpa but never taken GRE and would rather not (again, time constraint). Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated!

Thank Ruby! I have a 4.0 and have studied and work harder than anything else I've ever done before...but when I hit the floor with my preceptor I still have moments where I go brain dead! It's getting better, but it seems like the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know! Does that make sense?

I graduate in Dec with ADN...wondering how long did it take you all until you felt comfortable and confident? Thanks, this info on this board has been a huge help the last couple years!

Thank you all very much for your replies! You have answered many questions and raised others for me to ponder. Unlike most, I have LOVED nursing school, it has challenged my mind like nothing else I've ever done. Now that the implementation of the info is almost here, it's a little scarey! To answer your ?, I have done many things. My first time thru college I cleaned houses for gas money, then got married-kids-aging parents---worked as a legal secretary for awhile, owned a business for 9 years, was never afraid to jump in and give anything a shot. But lives weren't in my hands then either! I feel like I'm running out of time and need to figure out what I want to be when I grow up...NP, Administration, ICU, like one of the previous posters mentioned, floor nursing may be too rough as I get older. Thank you again for your posts, this board has been such a help over the last couple years!

I'm finishing up nursing school at the ripe old age of 45. I am really curious if the areas that I think I like now will be even close to where I end up...I would love to keep going and get my MSN, but need experience first and don't want to waste a ton of time and $$$ then not like where it took me in the end. Thanks, reading this board has been a huge help getting me through this!