What age were you when you went to nursing school?

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Curious at what the average age is that people are in nursing school?

I am doing my pre reqs now and will be 28 when I start! :lol2:

Specializes in postpartum/rehab/med-surg.

Dropped out of high school at 16. Got my grade 12 high school diploma at 23. Married and five children later, went through the LPN program at age 37. I am now 41 and will get my BScN degree in a year and a half. I

currently have a 4.0 GPA. It has been a challenge and absolutely the most rewarding thing I could ever do. It is never too late to be what you might have been!!:mortarboard:

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Thank you. I need to keep hope alive.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Telemetry, Mom Baby, Hospice, Rehab, LTC.

Finished LVN at 26. Working on BSN now at 34.

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30 when I started and will be 32 when I graduate (Dec 07).

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I am doing a second degree accelerated BSN program. I was 27 when I started and will be 28 when I finish in a month and a half.

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Specializes in Critical care.

I sort of took the long way to BSN, decided to go to nursing school during the summer before my last fall semester, so I finished Psychology degree when I was 23, and stayed on and took what few classes I needed and finished BSN program when I was 25...Then finished MSN when I was 32. Then started PhD program when I was 34, put it on hold now...Now at 38 will be going back to complete doctoral degree, DNP program...

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21 when I start(Aug 2007). when I graduate I will be 23(spring 09').

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i'll be starting aug 2007 at the age of 49.

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Specializes in L&D.

Graduated LPN school at age 19, RN at age 53 LOL!!

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Im still in school, 1 semester left im 37 and all but a few of my brain cells are left, why oh why am i doing this....and by the way, one of my peers is 62, he to graduates in dec

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I am 55 and just graduated with my BSN. I am going to work in the ER as a trauma nurse....can you imagine? The best thing about being older is having the wisdom from past years experiences.....makes some of the courses in school easier. I had to retrain my brain to "think" again, and it took some time, but I got through school. My brother has decided to go to nursing school and he is 53 years old.....so he will be older than me when he gets out.

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Dear palee51,

I have just successfully completed my first semester of clinicals. I'm a guy and I am 63. Tell your brother this can be done.

I agree with you about the thinking. This endeavor has cleared a lot of cobb webs from my head.

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