debpro66

now that makes me rethink my future, I thought with the nursing shortage, passionate, intelligent and newly trained people, at any age would be welcomed..........

I am so very happy to hear you are with me. I am exactly in the same boat, but I am going to night school (if I get in) for my LPN, this way I can transition into a RN program without the pre requisites. I was a radiographer for 40 years and have passed my MRI, and Interventional RT boards at ages 52 and 55 so I am hoping I can get through this. I worry even if I get my certificates I will have a problem getting hired. I really want to work in geriatrics, when I was young I loved the action (ER, OR etc) now....I would rather be in areas that are more geared to my peers.............good luck to you and I know what it means to just have a passion for nursing I have always wanted to go back and now that my last son has graduated from college I can attempt to do this..................and how wonderful that the nursing community welcomes the age diversity................