Ages of male nursing students?

well i just feel silly now, im 18 ....>.>

let me get you some facts here before you go and skip this and not read it for the simple fact that im, not exactly 100% a nurse in fact.

i am just getting into the field and i will be going to a 6 week CNA course in about a month (mind you if i cant wait that long!)

my current girlfriend, which has been a CNA for almost 2 years now (and loves it and is very passionate about nursing) has drawn me into this field, keep in mind i had prior interest in my favor before she mentioned the words CNA to me.

i am 18, and i will probably be a "yung'n" at school and im fine with that, because i feel, from what has been explained and shown to me through my girlfriend and other things, that i woud be an amazing nurse because of my personality and my soft heart and my deep compassionate side towards any human being.

i will actually quote her here, after our talk about my above statement she replied with "there needs to be more nurses, like you and me in this field" (talking about gerriatrics -spelling!-) because of her frustration with some of the nurses there somewhat neglecting residents, and her being upset because she cares about them like her own family.


but enough of me blabbing here, i am extremely excited to start and i CANNOT wait its eating me alive to wait till august to start, and she just showed me this site tonight and im going insane on this reading everything i can and soaking everything in.

but i am in fact 18 and will be 19 going into my CNA course.

- quite a long answer for about a sentence worth of what you were asking hmm?-

Dude, you're in an envious position. I wish I was 18 again so that I could avoid the detours I took to get where I am now. When I was 18, pursuing nursing was not really regarded as something a male should be doing, and at the time I was not confident enough to break through against that popular mindset. Of course, I am such a different person now.

But then again, I would not trade my life experiences so far for anything. So it was meant to be that I enter nursing at THIS time of my life.

Good luck to you!!