How old were you when you started nursing school?

FuturePedRN2016, CNA · Dec 18, 2013

I am 35 and m starting. When I finish completely I don't know how old I'll be! LOL...39/40 with BSN

onmiwei · Dec 19, 2013

I was a few months short of being 41. I am going to school to be an LPN and then I will see if I still want to bridge over to be an RN. I have thought about nursing since I was a teenager but I didn't want to do the work my first time around in college...I went for art too...paper making was so much less stressful than A&P. Anyway..life got in the way..got married..had a baby..raised my child..military family....then life made some choices for me and I decided it was the right time to be a nurse. I am glad I waited because I am much more focused and mature than I was in my party years...I would not have made it through way back in the day.

RunBabyRN · Dec 22, 2013

I started the program at 32, and will be 34 when I graduate.

HeatherMounce · Dec 23, 2013

I just turned 18 November 21st of this year and I am starting nursing school January 2nd! ?

Guest757854 · Dec 23, 2013

I was 20 when i started an LPN program finished at 21. I was 28 when I started my ADN program finished at 29. and next year I will be 30 when i start my BSN program and hopefully can finish within a year. :yes:

SavvyNurse91, BSN, CNA · Dec 23, 2013

I will be 24 when I complete my BSN :snurse:

TiredKitten · Dec 23, 2013

I was 36 when I started. Be 38 when I graduate with ASN in May. An additional year to bridge to BSN.

I wanted to be a nurse when I was in high school. Even did a short stint as a candy striper. (Do they even have those anymore?) I looked into the program, and the very rigorous requirements scared me into worrying I wouldn't be able to do it. So I spent 4 years in school to get a Social Work degree. During the last semester, I finally admitted I didn't want that, so I dropped out. That was an adventure in itself, dealing with family insisting I not waste my life and finish that last semester. I didn't, and spent the next couple of years as a house wife. Then my kids along, and while staying home with them, I realized I could handle anything that nursing school would throw at me. So I waited until my youngest started elementary school to start. I would have loved to have started at 18, but I probably would not have had the determination or self confidence to finish.

spiritedrogue · Dec 25, 2013

I was 40 when I went back to college and 41 when I started my nurse training I had to take time out for ill health and family issues but I am now 44 and starting year 2. I look forward to qualifying so that I can make a difference to those I will be able to help.

MrsComboCurlz, ASN, BSN, RN · Dec 27, 2013

Starting NS at age 36. Graduate ADN program at 38. Obtain BSN I'd say 39/40 years YOUNG...God willing!

enuf_already · Dec 27, 2013

Started my diploma RN program at 18 and graduated at 21. Went back for my BSN at 51 and graduated at 53. Plan to start MSN around age 56 and finish before age 60.

Future FNP 14 · Dec 27, 2013

Enuf-

What an inspiration. I was 21 when I graduated ADN, 38 graduated BSN and will be 40 next year will start my msn.

enuf_already · Dec 27, 2013

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Enuf- What an inspiration. I was 21 when I graduated ADN 38 graduated BSN and will be 40 next year will start my msn.

Thanks. I'm trying to prove you can teach an old dog new tricks. I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. I just turned 54, have been an RN for 33 years and hope to work another 20.

I've witnessed so many changes in nursing and medicine during my career. The best part about nursing is that we continue to learn new things each and every day that can influence others and change lives. What other profession can say that?

Good luck to you on your MSN journey!