Curious. How many "older" students

SoulShine75 · Jul 29, 2004

Hi, I'm 28, married, have 4 boys ages 10, twins 8 and a 18 month old. I live in KY and am going for my ADN at a local CC with a possible transfer to Western KY University for my BSN if ADN turns out to be just as long. (Waiting lists, ya know?) I'm starting my pre-req's this fall while going at night full-time. I'd like to go into L&D or NICU, but I will probably change my mind once I get into the program more, who knows. :uhoh3: I've been a stay at home mom for about 2 years, before that I was a medical assistant and med. secretary. I can't wait to get started towards my new career. Good luck to everyone here. I'm glad I found this site! :)

BernieRN · Jul 29, 2004

It seems that alot of people are doing nursing for a second career. Just curious. How old is everyone? Who has kids? Is it a mixed group in the professional part of the nursing program (I am still doing pre-reqs)? Where are you living and what school do you plan on going to. BSN or ADN? What area of nursing do you want to go into?
I am 32, will be 33 in August. I am married with 3 kids. I live in Phoenix and will be going to Arizona State University for my BSN. I am doing the BSN rather than the ADN because I would like to be a CNM. Although I am also interested in ICU too.

I am 45, with two boys 13 and 15. I live in Northern Indiana and will be starting my pre-reqs in the fall at Ivy Tech in South Bend. Hoping for an ADN and would like to go into critical care and or hospice.

abr · Jul 29, 2004

I'm 29 will be 30 in August. I start RN program in August too. I'm divorced with a 3yo little girl. Thankfully my parents have been fantastic about helping me out. They are letting us live with them until I finish school. I would not have made it without their help.

~Alison

charlotte towers · Jul 29, 2004

I am a grandmother of 24 and great grandmother of 2 and I'm still working in the ICU. Captain

nursemike, ASN, RN · Jul 29, 2004

I was just thinking we need a thread for us old farts. Glad I checked.

I'll be 48 in August, starting second year of an ADN program. I'm looking forward to getting back to school, but not the sleep deprivation. I'm a guy. Never married, no kids, 5 cats. Straight. (No, really, I am, honest.*) I used to be a carpenter. Life is weird, isn't it?

Funny thing happened in clinicals, last spring. I was doing some pre-planning, wearing my white lab coat, when a nurse asked to see the chart I was using. Of course I gave it to her, but I was fairly chagrined, inwardly, since it might be an hour before I got it back.

Miraculously, she gave it right back to me in about five minutes! Hooray and hallelujah! Then she said, "Thank you, doctor." Sometimes it's not so bad, being an old geezer.

*Not that there's anything wrong with that.

foreverrn · Jul 29, 2004

Hi, geuss i get this one ! im 45 with two kids 14 & 10, male in second sems. also live 65 miles from school boy is that fun!!! just thought i'd say hel;lo

I am 28, married with 2 kids, 10 & 3...I live in Orlando FL and am currently attending Valencia Community College. I have been working on my prereqs for the last 2 semesters. I am currently applying to Deaconess College of Nursing's Online ADN with PN component. I am planning to start this Fall 2004.

My goal is to pursue my BSN as soon as I finish my ADN. I am also considering joining the Navy as an officer. I have not decided what nursing specialty I am most interested in, but I am leaning towards ICU or Critical Care.

suzy253, RN · Jul 29, 2004

I was just thinking we need a thread for us old farts. Glad I checked.

Oy! Speak for yourself! :chuckle 2nd year student here also w/5 cats. Was never a carpenter though.

Cheers

GraceRN1 · Mar 29, 2006

Yo! Well i'm not a student but a clinical instructor for 3rd and 4th yrs.,and at the same time a staff nurse in a tertiary government hospital here in the Philippines. You might get shock but i'm only 26 yo.Most of my students are older than me, but i think it's ok.Some even have grandchildrens.still they want to pursue college, BSN in particular.Others took it for professional growth aside from it is really in demand here and abroad. :mad:

SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN · Mar 29, 2006

I'm 52. Definitely qualify as an old fart.

Kare117 · Mar 29, 2006

Hi

I am 34, live in Mass,married with two of the best kids in the world. ages 13 and 7. I am doing pre-reqs agian because my sciences are too old for the nursing programs in the area, so... need to repeat them.

I can wait to get started in Nursing, and I am a little scared to, but this is something I have wanted all my life. Now I will not :nono: let life get in the way anymore.... I am gonna be a nurse!

Thanks for a place to voice that.

Kare

bubalu · Mar 29, 2006

Hi Kare! Fellow student from MA here

I'm 37, single and have one pre-req to do ... Anatomy. That is so unfortunate that your sciences didn't transfer. Mine were from when I majored in Biology and graduated 1990 and they still took them! Whew!

I also attended dental school and they took those too (although I got a c- in my anatomy class )

I am totally with you ... I am not letting life get in the way anymore!!

Nice to meet you, and everyone else. Boy do I feel old posting on this thread hahahahaha

Peace,

bubalu

Kiren · Mar 29, 2006

I suppose being 35 makes me an "older" student ( I prefer the term non-traditional :lol2: ). I am married and have a 3yr old. I'm currently enrolled in an ADN program in upstate NY. I'm in the "Extended Track" program and will finish in 5/08. I took this route so I could take my A&P and Micro. apart from my nursing courses. Nursing is a second career for me. I earned my BS in sociology in 1996. I was laid off from my job last year and decided to go into nursing having worked as a CNA while in undergrad. Hopefully, I will be able to go on to be a NP someday.