How old were you when you started CRNA school?

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Questions are in the title; I'm just wondering what the average age range for students starting their programs is.

I got accepted this year at 27, will start when 28, and finish at 30. It works out well for the wife as she wants kids by 30. I told her in the mathematical world, anything between 30 and 31 is still 30, LOL.

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Specializes in Gas, ICU, ACLS, PALS, BLS.

Started when I was 30, now 32, and graduate in 2 months.

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Specializes in Cardiac nursing.

Congratulations, good grief. I hope I will be in the same shoes as you in the next few years.

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Specializes in Neurosurgical ICU.

I started at 24 and was 26 when I graduated. Eek.

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Specializes in Gas, ICU, ACLS, PALS, BLS.

I wish I had finished CRNA school at 26 y/o seems so young! That would give me a 6-year head start from where I'm now, be grateful! 25-26 seems like the absolute youngest anyone could finish CRNA school, and that's if they only have 1-2 years of ICU experience and did a 4-year BSN right after finishing high school, and it only took four years to complete it.

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Specializes in ICU.

I'm 26 now, 27 in April, and Starting at Columbia University in June.

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Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.
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I wish I had finished CRNA school at 26 y/o seems so young! That would give me a 6-year head start from where I'm now, be grateful! 25-26 seems like the absolute youngest anyone could finish CRNA school, and that's if they only have 1-2 years of ICU experience and did a 4-year BSN right after finishing high school, and it only took four years to complete it.

With the resources that High School students now have, they are getting ahead faster. I took a semester's worth of college in my last year of high school in 2010. I'm graduating from nursing school in May 2013 and will be 20. I completed all of my nursing prereqs before I started nursing school. I plan to be an FNP in the future, but if I wanted to do CRNA, I could apply by the age of 22 years old and have two years of ICU experience (granted, I got a job in the ICU as a new grad, which they typically do, although not many). This would put me at 24 when I graduated (If I graduated during the Summer). According to how long the licensing process takes, I could be 25 by the time I go into practice.

The youngest NP in the US was 18 when she became licensed as an NP. Of course, she is a significant minority; most people will not be that young, but it can happen.

I want to get good experience, so I'm not in a rush.

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Specializes in MICU.

I started CRNA school at 27. I will be 30 when I graduate.

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Specializes in ICU/CCU/CVICU.

I will start CRNA school in several months—25 at starting date and 28 at graduation.

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Specializes in ICU.

I will start CRNA school this Summer at 27.

I'll have a little less than three years of ICU experience.

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Starting at 27 and will be 30 when I graduate.

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Starting at 30 this May and will be 32 by graduation God Willing.

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