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 applied and was accepted into the nursing school program (through a hospital) last year at the age of 42. I will be 45 when I graduate. I left a computer career of 10 years, after a permanent layoff a few years ago. It took me some time to figure out which direction I wanted to go, but this has really seemed to be a good fit for me (I have had some past experience with home health care and social work, which should help me with future encounters in the new profession).
I just turned 35 and I'm in my 2nd year of school. There are two other guys in my class and I'm guessing one about my age and the other about 30. Prior to this I worked in the real estate industry and we all know where that went.
Started my ADN program right out of high school at the age of 19. I already had a lot of prereqs done from doing college in high school though (thank goodness). I graduate in 2012! :)
I'm 22 years old. I just graduated from the BSN program from UNF. I just took the NCLEX-RN earlier today. According to the PVT, i Passed! Waiting on the unofficial results within the next day or two
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I'm 22 years old. I just graduated from the BSN program from UNF. I just took the NCLEX-RN earlier today. According to the PVT, i Passed! Waiting on the unofficial results within the next day or two
Make sure and let us know whether your unofficial results came out the same, man. I'm positive they did!!
Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.
Started my ADN program right out of high school at the age of 19. I already had a lot of prereqs done from doing college in high school though (thank goodness). I graduate in 2012! :)
Wow, i'm trying to do what you did. Did you go straight into the program or did you do a year of prereqs first, becuase that's what I'm doing. I'll be 18 going on 19 if I start Nursing School next fall 2011, which I hope and plan to.
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25, graduate this December w/ ADN-BSN program....we got this lady who is freaking 60 years old in one of my classes, insane