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You're never too old. I got my CNA license in 2000 at the age of 39. I then enrolled in nursing school in 2006, and obtained by nursing license in 2010 at the age of 49. Never give up on your dreams. Good luck to you.

You're never too old. I got my CNA license in 2000 at the ge of 38, and started nursing school in 2007, and now I am a RN. So as you can see you are never too old to go after your dreams. Good luck to you.

As a new nurse (2.5years) I am disturbed and saddened by what I am reading. I find my job on a rehab unit of a nursing home very fullfilling and rewarding. Pt's come to us after knee/hip replacement surgery, we get cardiac pts, pt's with PICC's and the like. It is a very rewarding position, and as a new nurse a great place to start. I am 51 years young, I have been in the corporate world Underwriting mortgage loans for 15 years. I have also worked as a CNA (in homecare) for several years. It may be that I am a new nurse that I feel this way, although I do work with nurses who have been in the field for 15-20 years who still LOVE their jobs as nurses. My advise to the writer, consider obtaining your CNA license, work weekends to get "a feel" of what nurses do on a daily basis. Keep your day job, just in case. Good luck to you.