Off course you can manage the change physically. My concern is the mental change. Accounting is so different from nursing, with entirely different work stresses. I've seen a few people who've tried to make the switch from finance to nursing and quit after just 2 years in nursing because they couldn't deal with the psychological stress. And nursing isn't the idealized world that people from the corporate world think that it is.

Not to say there isn't a place for a nurse with a background in accounting (there is the business side of nursing, and your accounting background would be a tremendous asset), but you need to think carefully about what you intend to do when you actually become a nurse.

Re: Considering nursing
[nursing is an admirable profession, but do not embark on such a career change without your blinders off. nursing is a no rewards (save your own), long hours ('cause if you think you can get all the work done in your "9-5" you must have lost your mind) " this isn't what nursing school told me" profession. So if your accounting background has prepared you for a STAT emergency, with all the Dr. calls and paperwork, and let's not forget the other possible 30+ patients, then i would let my childhood or grandeous dreams of nrsing go by the wayside: unless I had a total devotion to the craft. A NURSE.