I was an adult student when I got my BSN. It was a challenging experience and if you choose an accelerated program due to your current degree then it will be more so. Nurse no one fights alone I would suggest talking to someone who has made the transition from another career as an older adult. it is a different experience than those right out of high school and it may help in your decision making.

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That’s normal. It usually takes 6 months to not be scared to death and 2 years before ur comfortable. I say comfortable because u should never feel confident enough that u feel u can handle everything. 30 years and I still learn something almost every day. That’s OK that mean that you’re willing to learn and you want to do things right and you’re not so cocky that you think you know it all that’s a good sign. Nurse no one fights alone Once you’ve had a good year working in a hospital or in a medical capacity, explore other types of nursing. No one says you have to stay in one kind of work for the rest of your life. Try something new. Nursing will take you where you want to. Travel nursing is so much fun and adventure.

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Nursing is tough. Only the people that do it can understand. I have loved it since I was a child. I never felt that I knew enough. My reward was when a patient said “you really love your job, don’t you?” I gave up license when I retired the second time. I felt I could no longer keep up. I still miss it, but it was time. I miss when I can make a difference in my pts lives , both clinically and being there to listen and assure them when they’re scared . I retired 6 months ago after 41 yrs of acute care

CNA here, attempting to look into colleges for nursing school, and I just don’t know if I can. If I dont, I always know my nurses will appreciate me being their backbone. Not all CNAs are great. Most are. I use to work with CNAs who were so upset that a young woman was their charge nurse and would just watch my patients fall because they knew I had to fill out a huge incident report package and do vitals for the next 24 hours