How old were you when you started nursing school?

FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I · Feb 3, 2017

i was 54, and it was a second career choice, although I was a nurses aide for a couple years when afterI graduated high school. i loved the job, but wasn't able to go into nursing then. higher education loans were not as available as they are now back then. I also was a volunteer EMT for 18 years, plus a First Aid and CPR instructor. I had also been a school bus driver for 15 years prior to that.

DesertRosee · Feb 4, 2017

21! I'm 22 now and will be 23 when I graduate. It sucked at first because all of my friends that I went to high school with were graduating from college, and I felt like I was just getting started. Now that I'm almost at the end I feel like it was worth it and I would do it all over again even if it took me a little longer to get to this point than most people.

futurepsychrn, ADN · Apr 13, 2017

52 when I started, 54 when I graduated last August. Got 4 job offers right away, just started work a month ago. Never, ever too late.

RNNewYork · Apr 13, 2017

I graduated at 42 with an ADN (this was my second associates degree-the other one was from The Fashion Institute of Technology). I am about to turn 57 and will complete my BSN in a few months. I am presently researching MSN programs. :bookworm:

Drodri555 · Apr 13, 2017

29 when I started My ADN, finished that at 31. Started and finished my RN-BSN at 36. Going to start my CRNA program at 37!

firemedic12, BSN, RN, EMT-P · Apr 13, 2017

Started my ASN at 26 while still on the fire department. Graduated at 28. Now I'm 29 and working on my RN-BSN. Should finish the summer after I turn 30. Then it's off to CRNA school! I want to get it all done now while the family is young and my wife can stay home with the kids the way she wants to.

nursingwithjen · Apr 13, 2017

I was 18 when I started, I'm now 20. I will be graduating from a RN program in May.

imonte · Apr 14, 2017

I was 50 when I crossed the stage to get my ADN.

UNC2017DSN2019 · May 13, 2017

I was a Medical Assistant & Phlebotomist at 23. I'll be 37 when I start the BSN program this Fall 2017.

JJL618, RN · May 14, 2017

I came out of high school with the intent on becoming a nurse. Got all my basics and pre-reqs out of the way. Got accepted into the nursing program in 2005. Got through first semester, and failed adult nursing in my second semester. Being the stubborn person I am, I decided to switch majors. Got my bachelor in businesss management in 2009.

I turned 30 this past year, and I had somewhat of a quarter life crisis. I thought about the regret of not trying again and just switching majors. I decided then I would apply to the program again. This was in October 2016. I couldn't apply until the spring for a fall 2017 start. The state of Alabama changed the admission requirements the fall of 2016 to using the ACT among other things to get accepted into the program. Luckily, all my classes and act didn't have to be taken again. There is no expiration date. I thought the stars were aligning.

Alas, I will be 31 when I attempt this nursing thing again. I'm nervous about failing again because I don't know what I'll do if I don't succeed. But I'm also excited for my future for the first time in a long time.

Silver_Rik, ASN, RN · May 14, 2017

Completed a BA in political science in 1992. Returned to school last year at 49 to do pre-reqs for nursing school. Starting as an AAS Nursing (ADN/RN) student this Fall at 50.

My grandmother became a LPN in a psych hospital at around 45 back in the 1960's and worked there for 21 years

The friend who encouraged me to go to nursing school started at 35 after being widowed with 2 small children

The first nursing school adviser I spoke to, when I asked if she thought I was too old to do this told me she started her career as an Army nurse at 40 and spent 20 years in the service

FDBMath, ADN, RN · May 15, 2017

43 and starting an ADN program this fall.