Age Discrimination

[WestCoaster]

It's clear that with the nursing shortage, more people of different ages are turning to nursing. I was wondering, if in your experiences, have you seen or do you know of any type of disicrimination towards those who are getting into this profession in their later years? It would seem that younger, foreign nurses would be the preferred choice simply b/c they don't have family concerns, not unlike those who have a narrower working parameters that won't allow them to take certain shifts or work in certain units or maybe have been in the workforce too long to put up with some of the ill-treatment that many have mentioned in other posts.

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

I think I read in class that the average age of nurses today is 45+.

That said, one of the guys in my class is about 43. I don't think I've met a cooler person than him. He's so chilled out - totally co-operative, know a lot of things, plus he has a lot of life experiences to back him up in certain situations.

So far, I haven't experiences any age-related discrimination. Hopefully, I won't.