Curious. How many "older" students - page 5
It seems that alot of people are doing nursing for a second career. Just curious. How old is everyone? Who has kids? Is it a mixed group in the professional part of the nursing program (I am... Read More
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Mar 3, '04Quote from ayndimI'm 50! And am starting in the fall. ADN. That was the first program to call and I jumped at it.It seems that alot of people are doing nursing for a second career. Just curious. How old is everyone? Who has kids? Is it a mixed group in the professional part of the nursing program (I am still doing pre-reqs)? Where are you living and what school do you plan on going to. BSN or ADN? What area of nursing do you want to go into?
I am 32, will be 33 in August. I am married with 3 kids. I live in Phoenix and will be going to Arizona State University for my BSN. I am doing the BSN rather than the ADN because I would like to be a CNM. Although I am also interested in ICU too. -
Mar 3, '04I'm 28 now, married, 2 kids. I'll be almost 30 by the time I graduate. I used to think I was old, until I found out that the average ADN graduate is 30. WooHoo, I'm average! :chuckle
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Mar 3, '04hi, i'm 28 with 4 kids (2 are mine, 2 are step children, all at home with us). i am in my first semester of my ADN program. i spent last year doing pre-reqs. i also have to drive to get to my cc, about 150 mile round trip.
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Mar 3, '04I'm 41, single mom to a 19 year-old, was working on pre-reqs for an accelerated BSN/MSN program due to start this May. Money issues and a health problem have reared their ugly heads (again), so as of right now I'm not taking classes and had to withdraw from the program I was going to start. I'm trying to see the good in all this, but I feel like it's one road-block after another sometimes. Anyway, I still have my goal of becoming a psychiatric nurse practitioner someday; it'll just take a little longer.
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Mar 3, '04Hi there. I'm a 31 year old mother of three (6 1/2, almost 8, and 9). I actually started nursing school ten years ago and had to quit after the first semester. Now that my kids are in school all day, I can restart. I'm in my second semester of the ADN program and I'm loving it. -
Mar 3, '04Hi all:
I am turning 36 in March and am now taking the first two nursing classes for a bachelor's at RIC in Rhode Island. If I go through both summer sessions, I should graduate in the Spring of 2006! I then plan on getting my Masters in either Psych NP or Health Administration. But who knows, by then I could change my mind and decide that I want to practice in a different field of nursing.
I am divorced with no children but have 2 furbabies, Zeus, a chow and Persephone, a great pyrenees. Up till now, I have been a legal assistant/office administrator at a law office and have slowly been taking my prereq's and general ed's for the past few years in order to obtain my goal of being a nurse.
I think that there is definitely some advantage to being an older student; for myself particularly, I feel that I take my classes with more seriousness than I would have earlier on in my life.
Good luck to all........
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Mar 4, '04I am 36. I will start LPN school in August and I am taking an A/P class right now and the course work has been very very brutal to me!
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Mar 4, '04I turned 50 in Jan and I'm almost finished with my first year of my ASN. I hope to continue on to get my ACNP (acute care np), by the time I'm 54!!
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Mar 4, '04Quote from ayndimAt 53, I am the oldest in my nursing class. I have three grown children, 3 grandchildren (my eldest is a physician). Some think I'm a bit off to be doing this but most show real support. I decided to become a nurse after a nasty divorce (I was married 30 years).It seems that alot of people are doing nursing for a second career. Just curious. How old is everyone? Who has kids? Is it a mixed group in the professional part of the nursing program (I am still doing pre-reqs)? Where are you living and what school do you plan on going to. BSN or ADN? What area of nursing do you want to go into?
I am 32, will be 33 in August. I am married with 3 kids. I live in Phoenix and will be going to Arizona State University for my BSN. I am doing the BSN rather than the ADN because I would like to be a CNM. Although I am also interested in ICU too.
I was one of 8 children and but for two of the siblings, they are all in the medical field (as were my parents). The divorce released me to chase the dream of my life . . .anything in medicine. I have a previous non-medical degree and so that helped a bit. I have 14 months left and in total this
RN will have taken me 3 years. That's alot of time at my age. So far, so good. I do plan on going on to further medical studies post-grad but now I'm just concentrating on accomplishing this task. I guess this proves that no one is really "too old" to go after their heart's desire. Good Luck to everyone.
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Mar 4, '04I'll be 36 in August. I am the mother of a 10, 8,6 and 4 year old. The college I attend the RN program is set up in quarters. After a two year wait I am now in my first quarter of clinicals. Close to 50% of our class is over 30.
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Mar 4, '04Quote from ayndimI am 26 and feel older. I have two children and yes this will be my second career. I am currently an MT and have the itch to go back to school. I am married and my husband is currently in medical school.It seems that alot of people are doing nursing for a second career. Just curious. How old is everyone? Who has kids? Is it a mixed group in the professional part of the nursing program (I am still doing pre-reqs)? Where are you living and what school do you plan on going to. BSN or ADN? What area of nursing do you want to go into?
I am 32, will be 33 in August. I am married with 3 kids. I live in Phoenix and will be going to Arizona State University for my BSN. I am doing the BSN rather than the ADN because I would like to be a CNM. Although I am also interested in ICU too. -
Mar 4, '04I am 34 married with three kids. A 14 year old daughter, a 7 year old son, and a 3 year old daughter. This is a second career for me also.
