[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu

Has anyone on here made a mid-life (I'm 28, but I'm including myself in that) career change and gone to nursing school?

Can anyone tell me what they thought of nursing school? How you feel about your job now?

I've realized over the past year that I really, really, really want to be a nurse. It's the perfect career for me - I'm good at taking care of sick people, I enjoy it, and I have experience in the medical field. Plus I love hospitals.

But I'm secretly terrified of nursing school. I'm worried it'll be too hard, too complex - especially if I'm working at the same time. And I worry that since nursing is dominated by women, the work environment will be catty and gossipy. I've worked with mostly women before, and it was all drama and gossip.

I'm supposed to start school next fall, so I have plenty of time to do more research and assuage my fears. I read all the books in my county's library system (there were five), I've talked to nurses who're in the field, but I'm still worried I'm getting into something I can't handle. Anyone have advice?

Whatever you do, don't back away from any career you want to get into just because it's hard. If you want to reach a career goal badly enough, you'll do what it takes to do it. I think nursing is an excellent field to go into, especially if you really enjoy the medical field. I think you should go for it, because after school is all done and over with, you'll be happy you stuck with it.

I wish you the best of luck!