How old were you when you finished nursing school?

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I'm just wondering, it could be for LPN or RN, how old you were when you completed nursing school. Thank you!

Specializes in Neuro, Cardiology, ICU, Med/Surg.

Started my ABSN at age 45 and finished it at 46.:up:

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RN at 25, RN-BSN at 28

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I graduated high school at 18 & went for the one full time year for my LPN, which put me at 19 years & 8 months to be exact. :)

i can see that - like i said, i was curious about the route taken by the person who said they got their BSN at 20. a BSN takes more time than LPN.

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Specializes in pediatrics, public health.

Finished an Accelerated BSN program at 49. Wasn't the oldest student in my class -- oldest was 55 and has been doing great as an ED nurse.

Best career decision I ever made in my life!

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Specializes in ER.

if I hadn't failed a class that put me behind a year, I'd been 21. BSN @ 22, passed boards just a few days after my 23rd birthday.

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Nursing is my second degree...graduated with my first degree at 22 and graduated with my BSN at 28. I'll be 30 in a few wks and cannot believe time has gone by so quickly!

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Got my ADN at 54

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Specializes in Emergency, Internal Medicine, Sports Med.

BSN at 28. I was working in a different industry before that.

Aiming for a masters around 35/36... going to get a few years under my belt first.

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Specializes in Medicine.
i can see that - like i said, i was curious about the route taken by the person who said they got their BSN at 20. a BSN takes more time ....

We had couple of girls in my nursing program who graduated at 21 and one late baby at 20 in the BsN program. She started at 17 and finished a few months shy of her 21st b-day (she bragged a lot...good for her though. I started at 20 and was scared to death!)

But she did do the accelerated program which put her a semester ahead of us by completing it during the summer.

Just thought I would share that. Our program was 4 years straight with a load of theory crap too.

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Specializes in Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne.

BSN 28, worked as a medical assistant until I could afford to go back to school.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

36 going on 37 when I finished my BSN.

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Specializes in NICU Level III.

BSN - 22. That's with flip flopping on careers though.

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