I feel like I'm too old for this

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Hi, I'm a 23 year old who has just decided to become an LPN after a long period of uncertainty. I struggled with depression for years and even through I love working with people, you just don't want to bring your personal problems to work or school. So I took a little break from school to fully work on myself. Five years later, I'm back at and now I'm feel like I'm too old to be a LPN-RN student even through I have some prerequisites completed from my previous major. I just wanted to know if there are other ladies or males who started late like me and how has it been for you? And how did you get a entry level position in the healthcare field? Thanks!

You said it PERFECTLY! I'm 22, and I "feel" old because I'm not an RN yet...but I see all my peers/friends graduating with their bachelors in different majors, and I'm not there yet.

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You said it PERFECTLY! I'm 22, and I "feel" old because I'm not an RN yet...but I see all my peers/friends graduating with their bachelors in different majors, and I'm not there yet.

I guess we just have to stop worrying about where other people are in their career and focus on ours. We're going to make it :yes: and we're going to be great nurses :snurse:

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Give me a break. Be 56. Seriously. Not even funny.

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Ernest, great point guy! I am 56; comments like this just get me going!!!! Seriously. She just got the ability to buy a glass of wine two years ago... too old? Just out of diapers a few years ago is more like it. Give me a break.

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Specializes in Psychiatric Nursing.

I'm 48 and just got my RN. Unless you are no longer with us, you're never too old.

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Ernest, great point guy! I am 56; comments like this just get me going!!!! Seriously. She just got the ability to buy a glass of wine two years ago... too old? Just out of diapers a few years ago is more like it. Give me a break.

Seems like I hit a nerve lol. Didn't mean to but I sometimes have that effect on people. Sometimes I have a pretty crappy mindset, don't judge me. :sneaky:

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Everything is relative, and sometimes when we aren't where we thought we would be in our master plan's time table, we feel old.

(then we look back later and think I was SO young and SO gorgeous!! But I digress...)

It's not too late. I started nursing school at 38, became a nurse at 42 --was working full time so had to go slow--and now 4 years later --yes that makes me 35 again---8 years after starting nursing school, I have a job I love.

Not to say it isn't hard sometimes, it is. But I am so glad I did it and I am also glad that in the meantime, when my master plan took lots of detours and dives, I grew as a person. That gives me even more to bring to my practice.

Sounds like you took the time you needed for some growth. That will make you a better nurse.

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Specializes in Hospice.

I graduated from my LVN program in 2009. One of the women who graduated with me was 60 years old. Ever watch the movie, The Rabbit Proof Fence? They showed that to us in my LVN program. Because of THAT MOVIE ALONE, I know that if it's what God put in place, absolutely NOTHING can stop me from doing anything. AT all. Ever.

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You're not to old... I'm 28 and I'm fixing to start LVN school next month. It's never to late to go to school or start in a new field. The past year I was in classes with 18 and 19 yr olds... Yeah it was a little awkward, but I know what my dream is and it's not to late. I have a 4 yr old daughter whom I want to have a better life than I did, it's about following your dreams and/or bettering yourself which you are never to old for :)

I wish you the best of luck.

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Im 46 (will be 47 next month) and still knocking out prerequisites. I've discovered that my study habits have improved with age. Maybe because I'm a parent. When I went to college years ago, (when I was fresh out of HS), I was a slacker that tried to do everything last minute and I put in the least amount of effort possible to just get a "C". Since I've started back to school, I've completed one degree and have made straight "A"s in all my classes. In fact, my mindset since returning to school has totally changed. I am now disappointed if I think I may not get an "A" and that pushes me to study harder. I will admit that I find it "neat" that these younger college students look to me as the "smart one" in the class. In HS, I was the slacking jock just getting by and I carried that attitude to college. My previous college work left me with a 2.8 GPA after 90 something hours. Since returning I've improved my GPA to a 3.2 (and climbing). This past Semester, I scored an "A" in A&P 1. Half the class dropped part of the way through, and even after loosing my mom the first day of class and getting behind, I just did what I knew she would want me to do.... buckle down and study hard. OK, my arms sore for patting myself on the back now :) My point is your never too old to follow a dream.

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LMAO!!!! OLD you young whipper snapper.... I'm 37 just starting an ADN-RN program. No kid your not to old you're probably just right. Get rid of that thought because your setting yourself up for failure.

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I'm 27 going back to school full time to become a nurse. Definitely worth it! I was 23 and working as a Chaplain in Labor & Delivery and Mother/Baby when I realized that I CAN be a nurse. You can reach your goals at any age! Enjoy the journey!

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