I will be honest. I don't have a huge passion or calling to be a nurse but as a man in my forties that wanted to retrain for a good paying job that has many areas to work in, nursing was a good fit...
It sounds like you have already decided to do the Columbia program. I make 80+k as a telephone triage Rn. So there are Rn jobs that pay OK that aren't strenuous too. Good luck.