Happy birthday to me! 35 years old and a new nurse!

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Three years ago, in 2011, when I first joined allnurses, I had a dream of becoming a nurse. I read many forums and topics and each one said the same thing. "You will be (insert age) in 2-3 years anyway. You can be (age) and be a nurse or be (age) and be just like you are now." I'm so glad I decided to go on and chase my dream. Now I'm 35 today and I have been a registered nurse since June 6th 2014!! Follow your dreams and never give up! It is worth it!

Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

happy birthday, and congrats on achieving your dream! :up:

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Congratulations!!

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Congratulations..I am inspired.Hope I can post something like this in a few years.

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Hello Karrie79!!! First and foremost, I wanted to write you and wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Wishing you many more to come!!! Your post caught my eye because I have just started to follow my dream of becoming a nurse and I'm turning 33 this August. In short, if all goes as planned, I'll be 35 when I receive my RN; very similar to how things worked out for you!! Anyways... Congratulations on completing your goal and best wishes in your future endeavors. Thank you for your words of encouragement!!!

~Rob

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
birthday-party-blower.gif Congratulations!
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Specializes in SICU.

Happy Birthday and congrats! I turned 35 the day I received my NCLEX results, and finished grad school 3 years later. You're never too old to go for what you want, in fact you're probably more focused!

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Specializes in Tele, Interventional Pain Management, OR.

Happy birthday and BIG congratulations!

I turn 35 in September and start my second semester of nursing school next month. I'm so happy I decided to just DO this instead of waiting for the "right" time (I would still be waiting). It's pretty challenging to upend a good, stable life and job as an adult but I can already tell it's worth it.

Best of luck to you. Thanks for sharing your success with us :up:

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Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.

35 year old new nurse here, too!!! Congrats to you! I'm still in school to become an RN. I'll finish before I'm 40!

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Congratulations. I became a nurse at the tender age of 32.

You have the entire world of nursing before you. Enjoy!

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Specializes in ER, Med/Surg.

Yep it doesn't matter if you're 21 or 61, if you wanna be a nurse, DO IT NOW! I actually wanted to do this earlier (like when I was in my 20's) but things always came up. So finally I said I'm gonna do it. I quit a job I'd had for 10 years and took a $2.00 pay cut to be a CNA so that I could learn more about my future profession. Now I'm where I wanna be!

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