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'm 29. I just finished my CNA program. There were 5 other men in my class of 40. I will be doing an Accelerated BSN starting Sep 2010 (I'll be 30). I will be 32 when I graduate. My wife is finishing the accelerated BSN this August and there were six guys in her class of 60. One guy was 22 the rest were late 20's/early 30's. Since it was an accelerated program alot of the students were late 20's early 30's with a few forty somethings.
29 with 1 semester to go in the ADN program. We had 9 guys to start out 1st semester, but only myself and 1 other is left. We had 50 students (male/female) to start the program and out of the original 50, only 9 is left.
29 with 1 semester to go in the ADN program. We had 9 guys to start out 1st semester, but only myself and 1 other is left. We had 50 students (male/female) to start the program and out of the original 50, only 9 is left.
Wow! 41 people failed/dropped out. That seems like awfully high.
29 with 1 semester to go in the ADN program. We had 9 guys to start out 1st semester, but only myself and 1 other is left. We had 50 students (male/female) to start the program and out of the original 50, only 9 is left.
Wow! 41 people failed/dropped out. That seems like awfully high.
I thought so too, especially for an ADN program. I would have guessed those stats would be for an Accelerated BSN program, but even then I would not think they'd be that high.
I just graduated at 26. Six men in my class of sixty students, age range from 23 to 37.
FYI there are more men in nursing education today then there are in the workforce. In California the current male enrollment in nursing programs is 18%. Pretty high!
Wow i think i am the youngest guy to be in nursing school in the country!! Im only 18 and i graduate in an month. I know for sure that i will be the youngest nurse in the hospital that i plan to work at!
Wow, this thread makes me feel really young! I'm 20 years old right now and entering my last year of nursing school...I'll be 21 by the time I graduate!
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i started working on my prereqs at 17. now i'm 18 and will get into a BSN-RN program by next year, lasting for 2 years.