I always enjoyed explaining to patients what we do, why, what they should do for aftercare and what happens afterwards. What I don’t like is the grind that’s nursing and how immature, lazy and uneducated, proud antivaxers, many nurses I work with are.
The subjects don’t seem that difficult, it would be simply studying more comprehensibly anatomy, biology, chemistry, medicines, OR, legal…
I find it realistic to pass this bachelor but I’m on the older side already. My fears are:
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a reduced job pool: everyone needs nurses, but the need for PAs is not as big. I’d have less choice.
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age discrimination: true that most of us will have to work till 70 or 72 but I’m still afraid of being rejected for being old.
OTOH: better work life balance and clearly more money in a field that’s not completely unknown to me and I don’t hate.
I think the situation of first fear is incomplete. You’d be expanding your existing job pool. You can still fall back on your nursing degree. It isn’t going anywhere. Some places may say you are “overqualified” for that position, but that doesn’t preclude them from hiring you.
Do you see age discrimination where you work? I mean it is still the same job environment.
Is this really something you want to pursue? If it is, why not.