Any young nurse educators out there..

[EmmaSwan47]

I am a young nurse educator, well under the age of 30, with a BSN program. I am currently enrolled in a NP program, and I never thought I wanted to teach.

My question is, are there any other educators my age out there, and if so how to you differentiate yourself from the students. Sometimes I feel that even though I am the professional, because of the age similarities students feel they can confide in me more. It is not an issue with their studies, they are performing well, but experienced older staff see me as too laid back and friendly.

Thanks for your time,

Emma

[FNP/DNP]

fnp (and emma too), how long ago did you guys graduate from the programs that you are teaching in? i ask this because i am going to be interviewing for an adjunct position at the school i graduated from. this is the only thing i keep thinking about. i'm not sure if this is an advantage, or a disadvantage. it is a very small school, where every teacher knew every student, but i graduated almost 11 years ago. i'm afraid (if they don't remember me) they'll be thinking 'what were you, six, when you were a student here' (i was 20 when i graduated). i'm not as fresh and young as i used to look, but i certainly haven't aged that much in the last 10 years. i was the youngest in the class, so that they may remember about me. i just think it's going to be weird sitting in a room with these people, not as a student!!

for me it was also about 10 years. all of the faculty were still there. it wasn't really a problem because i got my doctorate somewhere else and had a lot of different experiences from the time i went to school there.