nursing at 40

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Hello everyone it has been a very long time since I last submitted a thread. I guess my question is ... are there many of you students out there who returned to nursing school in your forties?

I have been a L.PN for the past eleven years and I like what I do but I never quite feel fullfilled as a nurse. I do not wish to insult anyone out there who is going to school to become a L.P.N.

Only I find myself very limited in certain areas.

I also wondered what the cost of nursing school is in the states. Here in Canada I would be looking at approximately 25,000.00.

I guess I just wanted to talk to some other people who may of felt lthe same way as I. Wage is also a big incentive, but not the only one. All replys welcome.

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Originally posted by studentdeb

Hello, I am 40 and have been taking my pre-reqs for nursing for the last year and a half. I sometimes feel that I am too old, but there are so many people especially on this board in this age bracket who are also going for nursing.

I think it's great.

I have an aunt who was in her 50's, when she graduated from Baylor's ADN program...but never got to sit the boards, due to health problems.

You're NEVER too old!!:D

I'm 54 and will graduate in December of this year. I'm in the top half of my class and am actually not studying as much as I should;). My age is an asset. Also, social security doesn't give me full benefits until 66 or 67, I figure there's at least 10-11 years of RN salary to be made as well as the satisfaction of doing a job I'm proud of. It's never too late.

As to costs, there are a million scholarships and grant programs out there. Check and see if your hospital has any education assistance, or if the localWomen's Clubs have scholarships. Tylenol has scholarships available, for example.

Most of all, don't give up! The people that have failed in our class were the ones that either didn't try at all or who gave up.

I am 43 myself. One good thing about this field is that I'm finding that many people are middle age or older going into nursing. There are a lot of other fields that only want to hire young kids out of college and not older people. I've heard of nurses working into their 80s.

Also, like other people said, many hospitals have scholorship programs for nursing students, and the only requirement is acceptance to a nursing program and promising to work for that hospital upon graduation.

:)

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