Any other "older" new nursing students out there?

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Hi all! I am new to this site and I am a brand new nursing student. I am a retired NYC police officer and a single mom of 4 (2 at home, 2 on their own.) I am excited and terrified all at once!! I am starting my pre-req's in January 2002. I will hopefully be done with them within a year. I guess what I am worried about is the fact that I'll be going to school with people my older kid's ages and I don't wanna be seen as the "old lady!!" I am doing this not only for myself, but I figured after all these years, I cannot preach college to my children if I've not gone myself! Any advice for the new, old woman?

Thanks for letting me get started...I'm sure I'll be here a lot!!:)

I am 25, but I am the oldest person at my school just about everyone I know is ages 18-21. I know I am not old, but I feel old as I am the only one married and live on my own, etc.

I too just quit working full time (Still working part-time and attending school). I have had to save up for college so it has taken me quite awhile to do that. I am really excited about starting school. I am finding there are some really nice people and others that I guess I don't mix with very well. The younger girls are very clique oriented and I am not used to that. They do not want intruders to interfere so I pretty much stay on the sidelines of those girls and talk to the onces that are more friendly. I find out some of the younger people just treat older people funny. I am not quite sure how to explain it. I know I am not that old so I am wondering how all of the people older than I are treated. It is frustrating! One of the girls in one of my classes has a son my age, but she is the only one I know that is older than me here in this school. I attend a smaller university so it may be just the mix of people here and the fact that it is a small school. Nursing schools are hard to come by here as I know some of the ones here are on probation and the one I attend is supposed to be very good. I am taking a cadaver disection class this summer at the school and I am very excited about that.

I am glad to hear there are others out there that are not 18!

I was beginning to get alittle depressed. I agree with that I am doing better I also think I appreciate school much more.

I also have more "experience" than these girls as they are right out of highschool so I guess I am try and take pride in that.

:)

:chuckle You know Student Nurses Over Thirty-ish! hee hee. My name's Heather and I will be 41 in January. This is a second (or 10th if I count all my past careers) career for me. I was an 8th grade history teacher before I had kids. I have never studied so hard in my life! in this Anat. Phys class. I'm regularly failing the exams in Physiology, but doing great in everything else.:rolleyes: I've got 2 kids, 10 and 7 yrs old and a husband who is still quite surprized that I'm going into nursing.:roll I am loving school this time around and have made a lot of friends with the yungins' (young ones:D ). I was hoping to apply for the program (RN) for the fall, but I just might be taking A & P again! Oh well, I'm gonna get older anyway, might as well be doing something I love as I get there! Heather:nurse:

:chuckle You know Student Nurses Over Thirty-ish! hee hee. My name's Heather and I will be 41 in January. This is a second (or 10th if I count all my past careers) career for me. I was an 8th grade history teacher before I had kids. I have never studied so hard in my life! in this Anat. Phys class. I'm regularly failing the exams in Physiology, but doing great in everything else.:rolleyes: I've got 2 kids, 10 and 7 yrs old and a husband who is still quite surprized that I'm going into nursing.:roll I am loving school this time around and have made a lot of friends with the yungins' (young ones:D ). I was hoping to apply for the program (RN) for the fall, but I just might be taking A & P again! Oh well, I'm gonna get older anyway, might as well be doing something I love as I get there! Heather:nurse:

Dublin37 I like your attitude. You are going to get old anyway might as well do what you love to do. I will have to remember that. :)

Dublin37 I like your attitude. You are going to get old anyway might as well do what you love to do. I will have to remember that. :)

I'm going to be 54 this month. Won't finish my pre-reqs for another 2-3 years. I'll be 59-61 when I graduate from nursing school. And I don't care how old I am. I'm just going to do it!

I am going on 52 and just finished my first ADN semester. When I started, I was very scared because I didn't know what to expect and everyone in my class was so much younger. Everyone was very accepting and I made some good friends. The semester passed much faster than I thought it would, and now I know for sure that I can do anything I put my mind to.

I just turned 33 and am going back to school for a second career. I have been a stay-at-home mom of three children and loads of furry ones though for the past 4 years and am looking forward to concentrating on myself. I start pre-reqs in the spring..

Welcome..

Lynda

Hello All,

I am 31 years old and will start my 4th semester of (waiting to get accepted into nursing) classes in January. I will be 33 when I graduate with my ADN(if all goes as planned), but then plan on going straight for my BSN and then masters.... I might be somewhere around 40 when I'm done.

Ya know what camkib? In 9 years, you'll be 40 anyway...good luck to you!

I'll be 38 this weekend and after going to my community college for two years (minus one class for an AA in accounting), I have switched gears back to my original career goal, nursing. So this next semester I'll be knee deep in prereqs. Although I have a very good GPA, I am worried that I will not be able to get into the ADN because I'll only be taking the prereqs like A&PI in spring 03. If I don't get in for next fall, I am going to go for the LPN at the technical college and transfer into the transitional ADN program after that.

Hey bronxbaby....I'm rooting 4 ya'!!! I'm down here in Sierra Vista hoping to start the nursing program in Aug. I just finished with 12 credits of prereq's and will be tkng chem, a&p 201, ENG102 and psy101 nxt semester....(hoping to get in as many prereq's as possible b4 Aug.)Anyway, just enjoy school and know we are all here for you:kiss

In case you didn't know, Sierra Vista is about 1.5 hrs SE of Tucson..It's about 40 miles away from the Mexico border of Nogales and/or Auga Prieta....:D

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