Sure why not sandman and I think you'd be a prime candidate for one of the MSN programs they're offering with your experience and background.

You have CNA experience and you've worked as a sleep disorder tech. I don't know where you live but there are Universities offering this program to people who want to be nurses who have totally unrelated bachelors degrees.

Sandman: There are MSN programs that will train you for RN and MSN at the same time: the University of Maryland has such a program. But there aren't a lot of them. You usually have to have a Bachelor of Science degree, though. I don't know if the sleep study experience would grant you an exemption, but it wouldn't hurt to ask. You would have to do the Advanced Nurse Practitioner program later: they don't take new RN grads. They want students with at least a couple of years of nursing experience.

But don't let that stop you! I have a friend who went to med school in her 50's and is now an ER doc (and a very good one). Lots of nursing students in my class are Older than Average: I have lots who are in their 40's, and occasionally students in their 50's and 60's. You are never too old! I am in my 40's, have multiple degrees in two fields (Nursing and History) and am back in grad school again for FNP. Guess I just love going to school :)