virgogirl

I’ve applied to graduate school and in March I’ll find out if I’m accepted. If so, I’ll start in May and by the time I graduate I’ll be 61 ys old! I was on the fence for awhile but retirement isn’t in my future unless my mind or body gives out! I say...

There was a girl in my BSN program whose grade fell below a B average in one class and they asked her to leave the program. She went before the board and jumped through all the hoops and she was accepted into the cohort behind mine. She was still fri...

Go for it! I went back at 49yrs old, graduated with a BSN at 54 and now four years later I'm starting graduate school in 2019...I currently have no plans to retire anytime soon! My hope is that my brain and body will hold out! 👍

When I was getting my BSN in 2015 I realized there were lots things about nursing I didn't like ...I'm very old though...I worked in a mental hospital the last 2 years of my BSN program as a mental health tech. I really liked it until I almost got cl...

To make a long story short, follow your heart...instructors can be discouraging even after you're in the program!

During junior year of my BSN program my clinical professor told me I should leave the program and get a Masters in Psych...I told her no, that I was committed to completing my nursing program and I would find my place as a nurse...ugh, she was a reti...

I got dizzy reading everything you did! Well done, congrats to you and your family!

I've been a psychiatric nurse for a year and a half...it's more mentally exhausting because psychotic people, manic people, or people with Alzheimer's absolutely won't leave you alone. There is a high rate of injury as patients are combative. I work ...

Public health, psychiatric nursing (age doesn't seem to be an issue) and the shifts are usually 8 hrs, addiction medicine (methadone clinic), temp job (they are usually a 13 week commitment) if you love it you got your foot in the door and if you hat...

I'm older...got my BSN at 54 and now I'm 58 and thinking about getting a masters! I'm a psychiatric nurse. I've also worked in the OR and assisted living/memory care...As a CNA I worked with the elderly and at a psychiatric hospital...I knew in schoo...

I've really been on the fence...I'm 58yrs old and have only had my BSN since 2015. I would really like to become a mental health nurse practitioner but I'm concerned about the cost and age discrimination. I really haven't seen age discrimination much...

Very thoughtful answer...thank you!

Thank you!

There are lots of things about nursing that can be a turn off...in my junior year my clinical professor told me she thought I should leave the program and get a masters in psych. I told her NO! I was hesitant at times in all my clinicals and her back...

I think travel nursing might be fun. If you're not tied down at home. I thought it would be a good way to scope out potential places to retire. If you own a place, you could offer it up as a rental and maybe the agency could place a couple of nurses ...

I call it the nursing food chain and it starts with trauma nurses on top ("real nurses") and it ends with nurses who work with the elderly...it's real! I've only been a nurse for a couple of years and felt the need to try for a hospital job and I wen...

My first real college experience started when I was 49 yrs old! It took me 5 yrs to get my BSN...it was the hardest thing I've ever done! But I also had a strategy...I took very difficult classes with only one other class to keep my GPA at a 4.0 and ...

I agree with you Lovinglife123...I think nursing can also affect people emotionally too! I was treated very badly while in an OR residency. It didn't work out and I resigned. It really shook my confidence quite a bit...unfortunately there is bullying...

Hospitals in the Pacific NW and around the country provide Home Health services...that's probably why she's applying to hospitals.

That's 5 years of schooling (3 at CC and 2 at a private university). I live in an area where it's very competitive and difficult to get into nursing programs. I wanted to continue unempeded...I chose a school that I knew I could get into if I jumped ...

I started pre-reqs at 49 and graduated with a BSN at 54. It was the hardest thing I've ever done but so worth it. The bummer is the student loan debt ($64K 🙁). It's been tough to find my niche and 2 years in I'm still trying to figure it out. Ther...

The same thing happened to me, I was told I should leave the program and pursue psychology instead. I stayed anyway and now have my BSN. Maybe the hospital setting isn't for you...there are many other options, I'm older and starting over with somethi...

Have you thought about trying out the OR...zero family contact, one patient who is asleep, and if you are a quick learner and are good at time mgmt it could be a good fit!

You could try the OR...one patient at a time, they are under general anesthesia and no family to communicate with just the OR team you work with. Something to think about...😊

I am also a new grad OR nurse. I have signed a 2 year commitment at the hospital that hired me with a $2,000 pro-rated reimbursement if I quit. I am part of an OR Consortium training program (consisting of about 25 nurses from various hospitals in th...