Thoughts on going into nursing (RN) later in life/career
Just looking for some feedback here, I’ve chatted with a couple nurses I know IRL but that’s about it.
Long story less long, I’m turning 38 in a few months, graduated from college back in 2011 with an undergrad geared towards nursing. But, because I was young and dumb and positively wanted no more schooling, I moved across the country and decided to shoot my shot at being in hospital admin.
Well, considering it was a post-recession job market, I worked at a factory just to make money which got me into my current career, supply chain. SC is what it is, stressful, thankless, and I have a pay ceiling because I have no desire to be a manager in this field, point blank. I have a lot of trepidation about the future of this career with AI, sudden over-saturation of workforce, and just not caring about the work I’m doing in general.
So here I am, looking to go back to school to actually pursue nursing. This would be a pretty quick program, just a couple core competencies, then into an LPN program in 2027, and finishing with an integration to the RN program in 2028.
So reasonably speaking, would be 40 years old trying to break into the new career. While I have to say the primary impetus for switching careers is to get more satisfaction out of my career (I genuinely want to help people) I’m curious if there’s anything I need to look out for making a switch this late? There’s really only so much information one can glean from internet and forum searches.
I’m a pretty strong / jacked dude and have been warned about the underrated physical labor that goes into this job by a buddy who’s also a lifting murse. I’d obviously like to make a reasonable amount of money but not sure how realistic that is esp within the first few years of starting. I’m in Michigan now but can’t lie that my ultimate goal may to be get out to the west coast for a myriad of reasons.
I guess my general desire is to be in inpatient nursing but not sure if I’m unaware of the difficulty of getting *into* those jobs, things I may be overlooking in general, etc
Appreciate any insight in general!