Ages of male nursing students?

[Stearnsy]

Of the 23 other students comprising the group that I entered nursing school with, three of them are men. The class that is graduating at the end of next week I believe has 1 male student, and as far as I know the class immediately behind mine has 1 as well. This is about 60 students (some classes have had students drop), with 6 of them being males; that's only 1 in 10.

So we know that male nurses are few and far between, but how old are we?

The 1 student in the class graduating next week is 28.

The 1 student in the class that entered the semester after mine is at least 30 (a second career-er I believe).

Of the 4 in my class, 2 are about 45, 1 is 40, and then there is me...21.

How old are you guys? How old when you started school?

Just curious.

Stearnsy

[jjnRN]

I will be 40 in Nov and finish prereqs in Dec. not many programs to choose from here so I will probably do ASN then RN-BSN so I will be 43-44 by then. Then have to decide CRNA or NP but leaning toward CRNA.

[navymanrn]

I was 20 when I started and 22 when I finished. We had seven guys in a class of about 39. The age ranges for the guys were 20-40. There was only one guy who was 40 and the rest of the guys were not over 24.

[AZ_LPN_8_26_13]

Of the 23 other students comprising the group that I entered nursing school with, three of them are men. The class that is graduating at the end of next week I believe has 1 male student, and as far as I know the class immediately behind mine has 1 as well. This is about 60 students (some classes have had students drop), with 6 of them being males; that's only 1 in 10.

So we know that male nurses are few and far between, but how old are we?

The 1 student in the class graduating next week is 28.

The 1 student in the class that entered the semester after mine is at least 30 (a second career-er I believe).

Of the 4 in my class, 2 are about 45, 1 is 40, and then there is me...21.

How old are you guys? How old when you started school?

Just curious.

Stearnsy

I just turned 56 last month. I am pretty much finished with my pre-reqs and co-reqs, (3.69 GPA so far) passed the NET with scores of 97 math and 94 reading comp, and am on the waiting list to be placed in nursing school. Started taking pre-nursing in fall 2007 semester (started at age 54). I already have a B.S. degree in another area, so my plan is to enroll in an RN-to-MSN "bridge program" to get my master's degree in nursing after I become an RN. I am a "second career-er" myself. There were not very many men in any of my pre-nursing classes, and of the few there were, not all were nursing students - many were EMT, ambulance, rescue program trainees. Example: my microbiology class which is just finishing up (final exam tomorrow) started out with about 50 people - maybe five were guys, including me. Down to about thirty people now with one of the guys missing but most of the original men still there. Most of the small minority of guys in my A&P labs and micro lab were actually not majoring in nursing to my knowledge.

[lab211]

I graduated yesterday, May 10,2009. I am only a few years your junior, male.

This is my second health professional degree,2 B.S. in the health care field now.

My other profession has helped sustained me for over 20 years. In today's nursing market, it does not look good for me right now. Even though I work as a health technician at a hospital, I don't have a new graduate nurse job because of their "freeze" ( the same for some 8 hospitals in this area). I know it is discouraging, keep on working hard for you have only a year left!! I at times wanted to give up, I persevered, graduated with honors....my faith keeps me going.

[CJ19]

I'm 27 going as a 2nd bachelor's degree student. You'll find alot of people going back because of layoffs but it seems like most guys care too much about what people have to say about them choosing nursing as a career when they're 18 so you'll find the few male students to be slightly older, imo.

[octechADN10]

I am 20, and the youngest of 4 males in the nursing program.

[HumorHeals22]

I'm 25, doing pre-req's. I'll be around 26 when I enter a program.

[HumorHeals22]

Nursing school was MY midlife crisis! I graduate in a couple of weeks at the age of 51.

Haaha, right on man! Congrats to you!

[GQue1911]

I'm 25, I start my accelerated BSN program in Aug. My younger brother is 19, he starts his LPN program in Jan. There has only been one to two other males in my preq classes and they were doing PA programs.

[Zjinn]

I'll be graduating in the fall at age 40. My wife and I are going through together, as a second career, so I'm probably having a little different experience than most men in nursing school.

Out of a class of 72, we have 12 men ranging from ages 21 to 39. This a record number of men in a single graduating class for our school. It's actually made class a lot of fun to have this many men in there. We're kind of the special ed. group.

[PacoUSA, BSN, RN]

I'm 39 (turning 40 next month) and just started the first of my prereqs last week (A&P, which I took already 20 years ago but my intended BSN program wants it completed within last 7 years). Hope to enter an accelerated BSN next May at age 40 and graduate the following May @ age 41. By the time I receive successful NCLEX results (fingers crossed) and start "RNing" I should be 42.

BTW, I plan to retire @ 75 ... God willing my health continues well

[jean36]

i am 37 years old, entered nursing school at 33 in rural texas, in a class of 65, with more than 75% less than 30 years old,3 men, by graduation, just two guys of us walked. after 2 years on the floor, i’ll be back in school for fnp beginning fall 2009.so far from the school administration, i am the only guy in a class of 17, but this time age ranges from 25-53 with more than 60% above 35 years.