[RenayCCRN]

I think the right time to go into nursing is when you are mentally and emotionally mature which has nothing to do with age in years.

[det01]

I think that if you want to be a nurse age should not stop you. I graduated with a different degree when I was 23. I decided that it was not for me in a very short time. I am now 25 and back in nursing school. There are people in my classes in thier forties and fiftes with both grown children and small children at home. One of them even plans on working on her master's immediatly after she gets her RN.

[micro]

Originally posted by cheerfuldoer
There is no right or wrong age to begin anything one is passionate about in his/her life......especially nursing. I was in my mid-thirties when I graduated college. I am 50 now, and still going strong........healthy as an ox, and blind as a bat. Doesn't that make for a great nurse?
The most imortant tidbit I can pass on to anyone is this: Begin somewhere in your life.....never make excuses of any kind...especially in reference to ..............

hey, cheerful.......
thx as always for lettin' me quote you and for taking the most of your statement out and using it here........not that your words are not all good.....but this above (the majority of all your words is what caught me on the rething')

what struck me the most is the word

"passionate"

that is such a powerful word,

not going to look up the word in websters.....
so ya'all gotta deal with micro's understanding of the english languag'.....here

passion can be many things.......
it can be of human, animal and rocks and swings......
but
passion can be very serious and a drive to excel
and be drawn to an
avocation......not just a job.......
and it is not stilled and is never quiet unless you are pursuing it with all you are worth........

so indeed there is not a right or wrong age or anything else to stop you from pursuing nursing or anything else that you want and feel drawn too deeply..........

micro and out.....

omg.....up way late folks...........

oh, my wait for the next micro cannot sleep thread. :-) :-/

the attachment i attached below has nothing at all to do with this thread.......but hey, i like it and it is part of what I am and like and I am not sleepin' so.....sharin' micro does......

hehehehehehehehehehe

[Mkue]

I agree, there is no "right" age for nursing !!! At least I hope not. We are all unique ! Speaking as a non-traditional over 40 student, I've met so many wonderful people of all different ages and it has really enriched my life.

Have a Good Day everyone


Marie

[nurse_bride]

I think it is important to be mature in nursing school, then you know more what you are getting into. I was 24 when i got my RN`s. I did it 100% on my own.

[Love-A-Nurse]

Age is a plus in many ways. At the age of 30, I began LPN school and at the age of 31, I passed and received my LPN license and at the age of 41 I am set to start RN clinicals next month and will be 42 when it starts. Go for it and all the best to you!

[BBnurse34]

I believe that there is no right age to become a nurse.
That being said. there are some very young (20-23) nurses where I work that seem immature and can be hard to work with (calling their boyfriends every hour, avoiding needy patients, ect)
We have a few young nurses that are great, too.
Nurse who burn out at 30 need to change specialties.

[Dr. Kate]

How the times change.
My Mom was 27 when she started nursing school. They weren't going to accept her because they thought she was just going to nursing school because she had been disappointed in love (forget the fact she was dirt poor and had had to work to earn the money to go to school). One of her sisters intervened, gave them a piece of her mind and well, they took her in any way.
I was 23, with a BA and 2 years of graduate school under my belt when I started. There were 5/45 of us with baccalaureate degrees in my class--we were the nontraditional students then.
It takes all of us to make a profession.

[t01]

There is no wrong or right time. I was 40 when I graduated from nursing school. The "advanced" age has definitely been a positive due to more life experiences. Nursing is a second career for me. I graduated from High school and headed in one direction even though nursing was my dream. Took a while and many life adventures to get me back on track but I made it and have had no regrets. I would say in my nursing class at least half the people were over 30 and some in their 50's. Good luck and go for your dreams whatever they may be.

[SusanRN2004]

I think one of the advantages of going to nursing school in my 40's is that I KNOW someone that has actually had about every disease! Makes learning easier to have that experience. Same with life span psychology...it was my easiest class because I had already lived through most of the stages!