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From their website, the McGill program says that they are a "unique program in Canada". As for the reasons, I am not sure.

Thanks for your comments. You do sum up some of my fears quite well. Being 50 and competing with 25 year olds for entry level positions is a very real concern of mine. I'm not particularly tied to Alberta. I'm here now and like it, but I wouldn't be broken up about having to move. As for your experiences with Patients, is it really that bad? I'm sure sometimes it must be horrible, but is the good that must also be there enough to balance it out? I think part of what started this thinking for me was a 5 day stay at FMC - I was both grateful and impressed by the care that I received there.

From what I have read there is only one program in Canada at McGill. Master of Science (Applied) in Nursing - Direct-Entry | Ingram School of Nursing - McGill University

Regarding shadowing: This sounds like a very excellent idea. I'm going to look into this now. It is a very life-altering plunge. While I am fairly confident of the answer to the question of "can I?" the question of "should I?" is less clear. This sounds like a good way to get an answer to that.

Hello. Thanks for reading. I'm a guy in my mid-40's thinking about becoming an RN. Am I crazy to do so? Are there others who have done so successfully? My education background is a bit odd to be considering this. In the very early 90's I became an electronics technologist. Since then I have continuously taking both classroom and distance learning courses in technology and business. For about the past 15 years I have been involved in business development related to technology. I will complete a bachelor's degree in 2016 (Technology Management). I've been thinking long and hard about a serious career change. One that I get to work with and help people. Coupling that with something that involves science and technology brought my mind to becoming a nurse. Looking into how I could make this happen, I have looked into Bachelor of Nursing Accelerated Track (BNAT) program at University of Calgary, the Bachelor of Nursing - After Degree at University of Lethbridge, and the Master of Science (Applied) in Nursing - Direct-Entry at McGill. For any of these programs, I would need to do some prerequisite work before being accepted. However, knowing myself I feel pretty confident that I can get into them. Does anyone know if there have been people my age that have successfully graduated from one of these programs or similar – and been working after? Any and all opinions are welcome J Thanks.