DogMom35

Hello All, I appreciate the opportunity to be able to have a place like this in order to bounce a few things around. Hopefully, I will get some good feedback. I am sure I will. I am almost 35, live near Albany, NY and I am a legal assistant. I have wanted to be a nurse since junior high school. There always seemed to be a reason not to do it and if I had a problem coming up with one, there was never a shortage of negative people to remind me that science was never my strong suit and that mucus makes me gag. So, I went a safe way.....and 17 years later, I am bored and unfulfilled. I am going to an Open House at a local nursing school tonight. My question is this....can I do this? Can I work and pay my mortage and afford school and really succeed at this stage of my life? Has anyone else out there done it? I am excited and terrified at the same time. Also, is it best to get the LPN and work and go onto the RN or should it be a straight shot to the RN? I know these decisions are ultimately mine but it would be nice to hear an opinion. Thanks so much for listening.