How old were you when you started Nursing School?

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Hi my fellow Nursing Students

I want to know how old were you when you started Nursing school. RN's and LPN's are welcome to answer.

I'm in my early 30's, married with three babies, ages five and under. I'm a little nervous and worried that I may have started a little late at following my dream to become a nurse.

Thanks everyone:D

My oldest student was 63. She had been married for forty years to a man who told her she was stupid and worthless and never let her do anything she wanted to do, least of all nursing school. And when the old b****** died she took the insurance money and went to nursing school, bless her.

She was a typical student in some ways, except although she was new to nursing she was not new to life. In that she was years and years ahead of the 18-year-old chickies fresh out of high school who were her classmates. She had experienced the vicissitudes of life over decades, had raised kids, and so much else, so she could identify stressors and situations in patients, and they trusted her to listen to them more than someone whose hair wasn't already well along on its way to white.

Another friend went to med school at 32. When people said, "you'll be forty by the time you finish!" she said, "I'll be forty anyway." Good attitude.

Good luck to all new students!

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I was/am 37 years old, married with two children ages 11 and 8. I'm currently the oldest student in my cohort.

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Specializes in med/surg.

Hi Nursing student mom. I am 63 years old, I am a LPN and am in nursing school to get my BSN in 2015. You are never too old to learn. And being a nurse has no age limit it is how you feel in your heart, and the want to care. Never give up on your dream no matter how many obstacles you have to over come. Love Nursing.

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Thank you everyone....really, THANK YOU. There hasn't been a moment in my life where I havent known that I wanted to be a nurse...ok well maybe right out of high school I majored in Marine Biology because doesnt that sound like a cool major however you have to know how to swim and I dont so that went out the window! LOL Then life just seems to happen or moves right along weather you want it to or not. Its like I blinked found that I had married a great man and had three beautiful babies and thought to myself. "WOW shouldnt I have been in and out of Nursing School and well into my career by now?" :nailbiting:

I'm happy to know there are other people like myself who has/or will start school later in life.

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I'm 29 and have ~8 months left. At clinical some of my classmates were regretting having waited so long to start nursing school. Both were in their early 20s ;-) Another classmate is 59 and seems happy with all the life experience he's had. As long as you have the energy to keep up and move forward you're not too old. Many of us may wish we'd started earlier, but all we can do is make good decisions going forward.

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Specializes in hospice, HH, LTC, ER,OR.

28 for LPN, 33 for RN..34 for BSN, hopefully 35-36 for MSN :)

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5 pre reqs to go and I am 30 soon to be 31. But I have been in emergency medicine as a ff/medic for 9 years

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I will be 41 when I start in January 2014. It is never too late to start your dream!

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I am 34 & just completed my second week of nursing school. I am married & have 3 young children. It is NEVER too late!! I wish I had done it sooner, but I got comfortable & was scared to make any changes. This was the BEST decision for me & I am so thankful I overcame my fears!!

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Specializes in LAD.

I'm 24 going on 25 in a month! I'll graduate in 15 months.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, ICU.

I started prereqs at 23 i just turned 25 in June and I start my program in January. I graduate in December 2015 and I will be 27

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Specializes in CVICU.

I just turned 22 when I started nursing school. My first semester of school was supposed to be my last semester of undergrad. However, I changed major late and do not regret that. I do regret not wanting to get into nursing right out of high school, though. I wasted 2 years of college, but, oh well, I think I needed to take the long route anyway. I would not have been a very good nurse a few years ago. I am now in my 4th semester of nursing school and will turn 24 shortly after graduation.

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