Changing careers at 28.

[Anonymous]

I finished my BSW in 2014 and have been employed as a social worker since then. I worked in a nursing home and now work in a different division of long-term care.

I enjoy taking care of people but am more interested in the biological processes rather than psychological. Basically more interested in looking at people’s bodies rather than their minds and circumstances.

I just enrolled to upgrade my math and science courses so I can apply to the RN program. I’m wondering if there’s anyone here who changed careers in their late twenties or did nursing as a second career?

[Anonymous]

28 is so young!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:28 is so young!

It doesn’t feel young

[Anonymous]

I changed careers in my early 30’s from finance to law.

Two people I work with retired from good GS-15 positions in the gov’t and went to nursing school in their late 40’s.

[Anonymous]

Do well in those classes. Work hard. You want options? You know what's needed. Stop distracting yourself.

[Anonymous]

OP, 28 is so young! You have time to change careers many times, if you wish. Go for it!

[Anonymous]

28 is extremely young. I have friends who entered med school or law school or got second bachelor's degrees in their mid 30s and made transitions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, 28 is so young! You have time to change careers many times, if you wish. Go for it!

This!!

[Anonymous]

I started a PhD at 38, so...no 28 does not seem young to switch careers.

[Anonymous]

I didn't even have a career until I was 28, so yea, switch away!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't even have a career until I was 28, so yea, switch away!

Ditto!

[Anonymous]

You are so young that this can't be considered a career change.
I had my Bachelor at 25 and followed with a Master right away. I started my career at 28.

[Anonymous]

27, former history major and starting med school in August.

[Anonymous]

so jealous - I'm 25 with a liberal arts background and wish I could be a nurse. go for it.

[Anonymous]

I know several people who went to nursing school in their 40s and even 50s. 28 is still a baby and most people change careers a few times these days. It's not the 1950s anymore where people rode out a job they hated because they got decent pay and promise of a pension.