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/ MS.

I will just shy of my 39th birthday. I graduate in August.

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

I was 51 at graduation.

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Specializes in LTC Family Practice.

LPN @ 21 in 1972:D

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Specializes in Women's Health, currently mother/infant,.

Got my license when I was 45. After many attempts, I will complete my BSN in July just before I turn 61! My husband is a paramedic hoping to start a medic to RN bridge program this fall. Never ever too late.:specs:

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It's my second career, and I'll be just shy of 30 with a BSN.

I am the second oldest person in my nursing program, so sometimes I feel so late to the game. It's really nice to see that other people left established careers to be a nurse, too. :)

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Specializes in CVICU.

Did a 16month Accelerated BSN, turned 36 a few months after I graduated. ;)

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I will be 28, I should be about 31-ish when I finish my MSN/MHA :D Then I will decide whether I want to do a Ph.D.

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I will be 26 when I finish nursing school (RN). I was 22 when I finished my non-nursing bachelors.

A girl in my ADN program right now was smart. She did two years of post-secondary to knock out the prerequisites, general education, and science coursework. She will be 20 when she finishes the ADN program because she started right out of high school.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

I was 23 when I graduated from my Accelerated BSN program, 24 when I got my license. This was my second career (first was social work.)

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Specializes in Oncology.

I started a 4 year nursing program shortly after graduating high school and got my BSN at 22.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

I'll be 34 when I graduate from my accelerated 2nd bachelors degree program.

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Specializes in critical care.

I will graduate from my Accelerated BSN program a few days before turning 26.

It's funny. On this thread, there are nurses who graduated in their 30s, 40s and 50s. Yet when I typed that I will be turning 26, it still struck me that "Man, I'm getting old!" It's all relative. :)

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