Is it too late for me?

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hi there,

i am 26, just applied to a nursing school, if everything goes well, (knock on wood), and i get accepted, go to school and graduate, i will graduate when i will be almost 29. am i starting too late?

anybody out there who started "late" and still succeeded?

thank you!

:):monkeydance:

46 and graduating in december

:yeahthat: See! See! :D

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Specializes in ER, Occupational Health, Cardiology.
hi there,

i am 26, just applied to a nursing school, if everything goes well, (knock on wood), and i get accepted, go to school and graduate, i will graduate when i will be almost 29. am i starting too late?

anybody out there who started "late" and still succeeded?

thank you!

:):monkeydance:

roflol!!! you must be kinda new to allnurses.com. there are a bunch of us who didn't get started until later in life. i didn't begin lpn school until i was 31, and i graduated rn school when i was 36. in my lpn class, one of the ladies was in her 50's. she had gone to rn school many years before in a hospital program, and they made her quit when she got married! she wound up being an excellent nurse, and immediately got a job in a busy md's office.

good luck to you, but prepare yourself to work harder than you ever have before. it will be worth it!;)

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Specializes in Med Surg, Hospice.

I started my program at 44... and I found out today I still qualify for the Army Nurse Corps... so seriously thinking about doing this.

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Well, I am relieved to find out that I am not the only one who had a degree, worked, etc in totally different field, and then decided to start NS. Right now I am in the process of preparing for the NS. I need to brush up on math, so I had a test today at the adult ed place, so I can determine what level of math I have, and start taking classes. Also, reading the NLN prep book. Sent out my papers to the NS.....keeping fingers crossed...

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29 is very young comparing to one student in my class who is 50.

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Specializes in Infection Control.

I'm a 4th semester Nursing student and will graduate this December. I will be 54 1/2 when I take the NCLEX and be settling in as a "Real" RN as I celebrate turning 55 next June.

You can do it!!!

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I started my program at 44... and I found out today I still qualify for the Army Nurse Corps... so seriously thinking about doing this.

NO WAY! At 44????

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Our average age is 25-26 y/o in our class. I am 26 right now and will graduate when I am 27. You can do it!

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No, is not to late. I am 45 and still went for it...

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Specializes in Home health, Med/Surg.

I was recently thinking about my career. I started as an RN at age 25, if I work until 65 I will have been a nurse for 40 years. If you start at age 29 and retire by age 60 even you will have been a nurse for 31 years. Think about the long term, not the short term. Nursing school is a blink compared to the rest of your life. A blink that will enhance the rest of your life!

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i just graduated from a community college with my adn. the youngest in the class was 21 and the oldest was early 50s. i would ay the average age of the entire adn class was somewhere in the mid thirties.

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