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 med surg/tele.

40 when I started. 44 when I graduate Fall 07.

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I've just received my acceptance letter tonight. Thank you, Jesus!!!!1

20 years old starting nursing school.

Started prereq at 18 years old.

Traditional...

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Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

26 when I started my prereqs for nursing, 30 when I got my ADN. Will go back to school eventually for my master's, but am not in any hurry. I also, once upon a time, was a traditional college student; started college at 17 and graduated with a BA in Art at 22. So, there are many paths that I am considering... Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Practioner... Art Therapist (though it doesn't pay as much as I make now I don't believe).. may even go for a doctorate in Art and make a whole career change! Who knows?

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I was 20 when I started and finished when I was 23! ;)

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30 when I went to vocational nursing school, and graduated from AAS in nursing at 37.

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18 years of age

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Specializes in Home health, Med/Surg.

I was 21 when I started my BSN and 25 when I finished. I feel fortunate to have gone to nursing school before all of the lottery and perfect GPA nonsense started. I admire those of you who wait for years just to get into nursing school. I don't know if I would have had that kind of patience in my early 20s.

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I entered my ADN program at age 34 and exited it at 36.

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Specializes in Peds, Home Care, Cardiology, Pulmonology.

I as a very scared 17 year old when I started nursing school. Graduated at age 20. Found out I had passed my Boards the day before my 21st birthday!!! Best birthday present I ever received and one heck of a hangover the next day!! Best dedision I ever made was to attend a hospital based diploma program.....still use those critical clinical skills some 30 years later!!!

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I started back in 1999 with prereqs at 31 yrs old, and just completed my associates degree in nursing last week...:balloons: ......and I am now 38.

I took only 1-2 classes of prereqs at a time so it's taken me longer than most but due to personal responsibilities thats the way it had to be.......I am going to do my BSN next online & quite possibly go for CRNA in a couple of years depending on how everything works out........

Most people in my nursing class were older students ....the youngest was 21 and the oldest I think was a woman in her 50's, but 90% of my class were all in their 30's........

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Specializes in Acute rehab/geriatrics/cardiac rehab.

43 when I started nursing school in 2002, 45 when I graduated in May 2004 with a BSN, 46 when I started graduate school a year later in September 2005. I have been working as an RN around two and a half years now and Lord willing will graduate with a Masters degree "Adult Nurse Practitioner" in December 2007.

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Specializes in ED, ICU, PACU.

Got my BSN at age 47.

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