Nurses General Nursing
Published Apr 30, 2020
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
dianah, ASN
8 Articles; 4,235 Posts
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.
CLUVRN, MSN, RN
355 Posts
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.
canoehead, BSN, RN
6,890 Posts
I'm 50 and have thirty years. Thirty three years if you count from the time I started school.
AutumnLeaves, MSN, RN, NP
44 Posts
63 Years old.Was a CNA@ 17. LPN after that. Then RN 1984, NP for 14 years, So 40+ years as nurse.
hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I
4 Articles; 5,071 Posts
Age 57 Years in nursing 20 if you count my EMT years. 18 if you are just counting nursing.
Hppy
LibraNurse27, BSN, RN
972 Posts
I'm 28 and have been a nurse for 7 years ?
42pines
1 Article; 369 Posts
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.
WannabaNurse
61 Posts
On 4/30/2020 at 2:20 PM, Nurse SMS said:49 years old, 8 years in nursing.
49 years old, 8 years in nursing.
Were you always in the medical field?
SquatsNScrubs, BSN, RN
40 Posts
24 years old, 3 years as a nurse.
These replies make me realize I have LONG way to go! ?
Hoosier_RN, MSN
3,962 Posts
57 years old 27 years nursing
Kitiger, RN
1,834 Posts
5 years as a nurse's aide (counting weekends as a student nurse). 41 years as a nurse, and still going strong. ?
amoLucia
7,736 Posts
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!