<human>: Sorry if this turns out to be a wall of text, but here goes;

I'm 39 years old (nearly 40) and for the last 7-8 years I've worked in the IT industry in varying aspects of support.  Prior to that, I served in the military where I worked medical for 5 years (stayed working medical for another 2 after I got out).  I never got a nursing degree while I was in, and at most was only National Registry EMT Certified (which expired about a decade ago).  I switched to IT because I really wanted to work with computers.  I never hated working in a hospital/clinic, I just thought I'd be a lot happier working with computers.

Over the last year, I've become progressively more and more annoyed and unhappy doing what I do.  My productivity is down and I find myself completely unmotivated to do anything but plug into video games when I get home.  I've searched for other jobs within the field however, as we all know, the job market sucks.  Also, I realize as I look at these other positions that I doubt I will be any happier anywhere else because I'd be doing what I am now.

During my job searching, I realize that I was never this miserable when I worked in the medical field.  In addition, the intrinsic reward for working medical was much greater than what I do now, where I feel like I bust my ass to help people and get shit in return from mostly ungrateful clients.

I've been thinking of enrolling into a local L.P.N. program, which is a year long.  Once I get my L.P.N. I should be able to get a job and while I work I can hopefully complete my R.N. degree.  My question is this, AskReddit, do you think this is wise given the current job market and the fact that I'm nearly 40 and thinking of changing my career BACK to what I did before.  I would especially love to hear some feedback from people who currently work in Healthcare/Nursing.

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<bot>: I used to work as a medic, now I'm an IT dude.  This sucks, how viable is it to return to medical?