what age did you decide to become a nurse

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If you were a career changer what did you do before?

21. Finished pre med, took MCAT, and found out I was preggers during a campus tour. Hubby and I decided med school wasn't plausible with our honeymoon baby so I switched my major to nursing. Finished nursing pre reqs online while on bedrest with a complicated pregnancy, got accepted shortly after he was born, started clinicals when he turned 6 mos, finished my bsn when he turned 2.5 yrs old.

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Specializes in L&D.

25.

My first college degree was Asian Studies and I job hopped for awhile, most recently was a real estate agent and hated it.

Nursing is a much better fit.

Finished my Accelerated BSN program at age 28.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

21

Didn't really know what I wanted to do with my life. I was a nursing major at a big university & I hated it (I came from a small school). So when I moved with my boyfriend at the time & was still confused. So I applied to the LVN program at a small community college in the area. I got in & fell in love with nursing.

That was 5 years ago. ?

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I went back to school for my pre-reqs a few months after turning 36. I already had a bachelors degree so I thought it would be quick but here I am 2 years later and going to be starting nursing school in January. When I finish I'll be 3 months shy of 41.

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I was 26 when I decided to go back to school and finish my nursing career that I started years ago. I'm 30 now. I just graduated in May and I just passed my boards last week Dec. 16, 2014. YEA BABY

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