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?
I hired new nurses who were all across the age spectrum when I was a nurse manager. I graduated at 28 - been a nurse 10 years now. No worries, you can do it!
I just finished my 1st semester of RN school, I'm 48 and when I graduate in May 2011 I'll be 50. I can't believe I'm just now starting a 3rd career. I wish I had enough horse sense when I was 20 to have become a Nurse back then, but oh well. It sure is great ain't it?
Holy cow. All these old geezers are nursing students. Lol jk. I love old people. But I myself am 20 and starting nursing school. I think they have interesting stories to tell bc they have lived longer than me. And are wiser. If any1 is curious, yuong ppl consider 26-30 yrs old and more = OLD, not that there is anything wrong with that. Anyone who is a nurse rocks in general:loveya:
I starting my RN program at the age of 43, but will not get done when I just turned 45. I did have another male student in the class who is in his 50 also and has completed the program this december. I am going part time and will be done in Dec of 2010 if everything goes well.
I feel the same way. I spent 8 years in the military and only got out after I trashed my knee and just couldn't do it anymore. Fell into the second career by mistake while I was trying to go abck to school and the career took over. After 12 years in the freight and logistics trade I looked around and said, "What am I donig here?" I too wish I had the horse sense to go into nursing even 12 years ago. Arrggghhhhhh. Need to stop listening to my head so much.
I am 22 now I started college at 19. I start an ADN RN program in Jan 2010. Somtimes I wish that I started college sooner because I could be working on my masters now instead. But I am still young, willing, and ready to tackle my goals. I am grateful to be where I am at in my life and I enjoy being the only guy ( more attention for me).
I'm seventeen right now. I'm working on pre-req's to transfer over to the local university's lower division nursing program next fall. I found out that due to the community college's wait list, there'd be like a one semester difference between a two year degree and a four year degree. It's pretty much no brainer.
I'll be eighteen when I transfer and twenty one when I finish.
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I hired new nurses who were all across the age spectrum when I was a nurse manager. I graduated at 28 - been a nurse 10 years now. No worries, you can do it!