Am I to old to complete this?

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I've been an RT for 20+ yrs. but need and want to change to nsr. My family is almost raised. I am 48:eek: and plan to enter nsr school 2012 after my pre-reqs (2nd time). which places graduation at 2014. an I'll be how old?????

I guess as long as my health is maintained w/ a full and prt. time job(s) I might be OK. Going to feel weird in clinicals again w/ students, some of which are probably younger than my children. waddya think??

I'll be 48 this semester and have just one more class next semester left to take before my prereq's are finished. There is a 52 yo woman in my A&P1 class in the same boat, too. She told me it's always been her dream to be a nurse. :) We older students have, among other things, a really great asset the youngers don't: we'll automatically be perceived by our patients as having a wealth of experience in the field! ;-)

(My high school Chem teacher was in his 50's and had only been a teacher for a few years, due to a career change -- but we all thought he was VERY experienced!) Go for it and don't let your age stop you -- you'll be older ANYWAY!

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Specializes in Home Care.

I'm 48 and I love being an older nursing student.

I can put my focus onto school since I'm single and my kids are grown. At our age we also have wisdom to know the difference between what's important and what's not. :)

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We had people in my class who didn't always do a good job keeping their grey hair camouflaged, probably because they were too busy studying. You can do this as long as you want to do it. The only stumbling block would be you. You are also your best cheerleader. Go do what you want to do.

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I would say that almost half of the people in my prereq classes are your age or older. They usually turn out to be the best students, too! They have the dedication and the life experience to do well as nurses. Plus, they are usually quite fiery ;)

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