Age vs Years Nursing

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Can anyone share their AGE and YEARS NURSING? I am working on a statistics project and need to collect some data...

Thanks in advance!

Erika

Specializes in RETIRED Cath Lab/Cardiology/Radiology.

Graduated w/ADN in 1975, so have worked 45 years as a nurse. I am now 65. When I first started working, as a 20-yo, patients said I looked only 16. Three years later, by then doing charge nurse in a few areas, they commented they thought I was 27!!

Floated first three years (med-surg, post-partum, newborn nursery, NICU, ICUs, stepdown), then hired into Cath Lab, then switched to a combo of ICU and Cath Lab; then 21 years in Radiology; past few years in Cardiology (Cath Lab, Stress Lab, Case Management). Plan to retire next year.

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Specializes in Home Health, Education.

WOW!! Many years of vast experience and knowledge here! As for me, I have a mere near-11 years in nursing....over 4.5 years as an LPN and almost 6 years as an RN. I'll be 36 in June.

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Specializes in ER.

I'm 50 and have thirty years. Thirty three years if you count from the time I started school.

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Specializes in acute care, ICU, surgery, vasc.surgery,trauma.

63 Years old.Was a CNA@ 17. LPN after that. Then RN 1984, NP for 14 years, So 40+ years as nurse.

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

Age 57 Years in nursing 20 if you count my EMT years. 18 if you are just counting nursing.

Hppy

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Specializes in Community Health, Med/Surg, ICU Stepdown.

I'm 28 and have been a nurse for 7 years ?

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Specializes in Occupational Health; Adult ICU.

Age 70, Years as RN: 19. At a sub-specialty dinner I was awarded "Baby Nurse," "...but I'm older than all of you, here." The response: "True, but you're still the baby nurse."

Two courses to go for BSN which I started two years ago.

Not retired, nor interested in retirement.

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On 4/30/2020 at 2:20 PM, Nurse SMS said:

49 years old, 8 years in nursing.

Were you always in the medical field?

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Specializes in Med-Surg, CVICU.

24 years old, 3 years as a nurse.

These replies make me realize I have LONG way to go! ?

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Specializes in Dialysis.

57 years old 27 years nursing

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Specializes in Private Duty Pediatrics.

5 years as a nurse's aide (counting weekends as a student nurse). 41 years as a nurse, and still going strong. ?

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Specializes in retired LTC.
3 hours ago, 42pines said:

Age 70, Years as RN: 19. At a sub-specialty dinner I was awarded "Baby Nurse," "...but I'm older than all of you, here." The response: "True, but you're still the baby nurse."

Two courses to go for BSN which I started two years ago.

Not retired, nor interested in retirement.

Kudos to you!

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