Scared but Determined...

49 here! and i say go for it! you will do fine.. i was outa school since 1980 and decided to go back in 2001. i loved it! the school i went to was predominatley 30+ yr old students, but the younger ones were very excepting. I met and made friends with some and we stil keep in contact and one is my middle daughters age which is 29... just do it, jump in and enjoy the ride!!!!

Thank You

u r most welcome and have u began school yet?

48. I remember the first trip to the community college to talk to an advisor. She signed me up for my first class - I was the last person on the wait-list and was extremely lucky to get into the class. Lots of people tried to get in on the first day and were turned away. I took notes and drew pictures of everything the instructor was telling us. I only took a single class that first term because I was so afraid I would screw up and didn't want to spend a lot of time and money doing so. Next term (thankfully terms are only 11 weeks long), I took 2 classes. Once I saw I could succeed in 2 classes at a time, I took 3 classes, 2 of them lab class, for the 3rd term. Nothing lower than an A until I took a research writing class in the 5th term. I really loved everything about school when I was taking those pre-requisites. Always loved it when people would tell me, "I hear it's really hard to get into the nursing program" or "I heard it could take a couple of years to get into their nursing program". Once I got to the month I was able to turn in my application, I did not worry about getting in.

my first time in clinicals was a disaster. Not because of clinicals, i kinda liked clinicals, ( i know that sounds crazy, but at the time, i was kinda crazy.) i was begining menapause, and thought i could do it all... i wouldnt recommend any woman whos goin thru that hell to try and do clinicals at the same time and dont expect any nursing inst to give a crap. My very young,perky and clueless inst was also clueless that I wanted to pull her hair out by the roots everytime i saw her. Well anyways, I went back a yr later with the help of some wonderful hormone replacement and I no longer wanted to pull anyones hair.. LOL clinicals are tough, but they are doable and can be enjoyable..

still taking prerequisites. I want to have them completed before I apply. I am very nervous about this teas v test.

I'm 37 and finally starting my first pre-req next week. I'm also terrified but since I've been thinking about this for 6 years I guess the nagging feeling of wanting to be a nurse is not going away! It's been 14 years since I've been in a classroom! Good luck, you can do it!