Average age of nurses on your unit

Same here - low to mid-20s for most of the week. The weekend group maybe averages 30-35 and up.

Late 30s to the 50s.

Early 20's to late 60's. Broad range in ages and experience.

Our youngest is 22, our oldest is approaching 70.

Lots of 30~ something's.

For us there is a big difference between night and day crew. The day crew is mostly 40 and up and nights tends to be 20 -30 year olds. I think that largely has to do with the fact that day shifts are given based on seniority. :)

Average nurse age is between mid 30's to late 60's. Just happy to work with the wiser, more mature, and experienced nursing staff to enhance my expertise at bedside, with the family, and on rounds. The nurses that have 'been there-done that' are golden in my book.

Mostly 30s-50s, some older and some younger.

My MICU is mostly 20s, some early 30s. Im 23 myself. Our night shift staff is older than the day shift, like late 30s-early 40s.

I've always heard of night shift staff being younger, and that seems to be the case where I work. Now I'm confused! Most of you see the older nurses on nights?!

I've always heard of night shift staff being younger, and that seems to be the case where I work. Now I'm confused! Most of you see the older nurses on nights?!

It depends! Where the older nurses tend to live at my facility are either weekday days or weekend nights.

Weekday days: These are in high demand because a lot of people have kids and such.

Weekend nights: This is the highest paid shift of all between the weekend differential and the night differential, so a lot of older nurses who care about saving money will work this shift.

Weekend days and weekday nights tend to have younger staff.

I have found that in larger academic centers the staff are on the most part younger. mid 20's. Outside that they are typically older especially the night shift. 30-40's. Then you have dinosaurs like me....

I think older/experienced nurses have a lower tolerance to residents. At least that is my feeling....as I got older I had less tolerance for their fresh faced arrogance.

But that is just me.

My husband and I are both dinosauers -- I'm in my late 50s, he's in his early 60s. We've worked in large teaching hospitals our entire careers. My tolerance for residents is still good -- however I work in a place where the attendings set a fine example by being nice to the nursing staff. I haven't encountered an arrogant resident for 10 years. Perhaps because I remind them of their mothers? DH and I are the oldest nurses we know. After us, there's one nurse in her forties, a dozen in their thirties and the rest are twenty-somethings on the two year (or less) plan.