Ages of male nursing students?

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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 am 42 years old and applying to nursing programs in the Spring... I have a BS in Biology under my belt from years ago, but have retaken all my pre-reqs at a community college and got all A's and rocked the TEAS test. I'm hoping that my application will be successful, and I am really happy that there are so many people on here like me who are going for a new career in our 40's or later... It gives me hope that I will be successful this Spring and will start my training as a nurse. I'm applying to 6 schools, so I think that I should get into at least one.. hahaha...

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Lpn since age 21, finishing last 7 days of ADN program now. Im 24.

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Specializes in Telemetry/ICU.

27, starting Towson University (Hagerstown campus) this fall.

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Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.
I too want to know how these 18 year old kids out of High School were accepted into a nursing program to start immediately with no pre-requisite work. Around here, you NEED to have all of your science classes (Bio, Chem, Microbio, A&P I & II) completed with a 3.5+ GPA as well as a bunch of non-science non-nursing related AA Degree work done to even be considered (Because it is required coursework for the ADN-RN degree). I started when I graduated, and the earliest I could have been done with my ADN-RN degree would have put me at 22 years old because of the required college coursework.

But then people like you with MA can't get in even though you've got (presumably) a proven track record of good grades.:down:

Sorry if this sounded aggressive or scathing I certainly didn't mean it to. Basically I'm just asking where you live/go to school.

Here in MN it is difficult to get into nursing programs, unless you want to pay $40,000/yr +++ then you can walk in with nothing.

Sorry....I'll be 24 when I graduate in May 2013

Well, it surely wasn't easy, I can tell you that much. I practically gave up my summers and a good piece of my "social" life during high school. I had to work my tail off in school. Plus, I was 17 when I graduated in 2010.

As I posted a few pages back. I took college classes and Advanced Placement (AP) classes my last two years of high school so when I applied to my ADN program I had all of my prerequisites completed and my Nursing Assistant Certification. My program offer extra points to people that already have a AS/AA - 2 points, BS/BA-4 points, MA/MS-6, PhD-8, but you can only get credit for just one degree if you have multiple degrees etc... I know in my class there are at least 3 people in their forties with a BS, one of them have a BS in Biology. I graduated HS with honors at Magna Cum Laude wit ha really good HS and College GPA already under my belt.

The year I took in between fall of 2010 and 2011 were to get some BSN prerequisites and some other classes that some other schools didn't require (so I could qualify and apply to many A.D.N programs, which all had a few different course requirements.) out of the way. So now, after completing my A.D.N, and taking 2 humanities courses inside my ADN program, I will only have to take statistics and a History course and I will be able to matriculate directly into a nearby RN to BSN program. Now if I decided to go to the other college's RN to BSN program Nearby, I would need about 4 or 5 more classes after my A.D.N, but that won't be happening.

I don't think you sounded aggressive, I've wondered the same thing. There have been people who got into my program in that past directly out of high school without taking or having any prior college level coursework. Now how they did this Idk. One of my classmates told me that our program accepts one or two people without having many or any prerequisites done every year, for statistical reasons. However two of the four re-admits in my class for the fall had been enrolled in the program last year and came directly into the nursing program out of HS without any college coursework. So sometimes when people do this they can set themselves up for failure, but not all I guess.

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The question of age for male nursing students has truly been on my mind! I "start" a 2 yr. RN program (in Maryland) this fall 2011. I am "62 years young". I was a naval hospital Corpsman 1967-71 and for awhile after other medical field experiences. Now some 30+ years later it was back to school. I struggled somewhat through the science prerequisites but have really enjoyed being in an academic environment. I am both apprehensive and excited at starting the RN program. I was an excellent Corpsman and believe that although technology and other aspects of medicine have changed the value of a compassionate and skilled caregiver will always have an important roll. Appreciate any feedback as I am new to posting on allnurses.com and the male nursing student portion.

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Specializes in OR, LTC.

I was a Hospital Corpsman as well. The knowledge you gained from being a corpsman will serve you well in Nursing school. I am graduating tonight from LPN school and have already started my ADN completion at the school I am graduating from tonight.

Nursing school was fun for me, I personally didn't find much difference in LPN school and what I learned as a corpsman. It is basically the same job, just don't have the letters behind your name.

Good Luck in School! You will do great!

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Specializes in OR, LTC.

Oh and I am an "older" student as well, I was 40 when I started LPN and now 41 Starting RN.

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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'm 70 but look 21 lol:D

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So great to read this stuff. I feel humiliated trying to start a new career at age 50(!) while my classmates are in their teens. Most of my life I was a truck driver. A few years ago I worked overseas and was able to save quite a bit of money. So when I came back I swore I would train for something else so I wouldn't be on the road all the time.

Everything I researched and everyone I spoke to all said that exact same thing: that health care jobs have the best future, quick training, etc. So now I am starting nursing school and very nervous and paranoid about it, but feel a lot less alone reading all these posts. Thank you so much. :)

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im 33 and will start my program in 3 weeks. this would be my 3rd career and if there would be a 4th one, I hope its gonna be as a Nursing instructor.

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Im 22 I start school monday as long as we are still here :D (in Virginia Beach, VA btw)

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I'm 27 and starting back to school for my RN. Right now I manage a restaurant, am taking math 1111 and sct 100, I also start the CNA program in two weeks. I figure with my CNA I can get into the field while I'm in school to get a leg up with job experience. Besides my boss keeps cutting my pay and as of oct 1st I'll loose my health ins. Figure now is as good a time as any for a change. NW GA

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