MA to RN

I was a CNA then a CMA for most of my adult life. I went back to school for my RN and graduated at age 43! So no, 23 is NOT too old. Heck, I had a classmate who was 62! :)

23 is considered young for a nurse...

I graduated when I was 22 and started working right away. I don't think 23 is too old.

I just started the actual nursing program now, at 23.

23 is considered young for a nurse...

Times have changed then. I entered my Nursing program at 19, and graduated in 1979 with my BSN at 22.

Don't ask if 23 is old or one of the many nursing students in their 30's 40's and beyond will have to smack you upside the head.

I was 37 when I graduated. Nope. Not too old

Do you know how to eat an elephant? You eat one bite at a time. Do not look at the prerequisites as a group- rather look at each individual course and plan how you will be successful. Then you do the same with the next course, ect…If you want to be a nurse, start the journey. I promise you will not regret it, particularly if you enjoy being an MA. You're not too old for nursing school. In fact, I don't think anyone is ever too old to learn!

Good luck!

Lol I'm 23 and now I feel old reading your post 😒lol. Just take the first step, time will fly and you won't even notice when you're done with the pre-reqs. I'm an MA too and I love it that's why I decided to pursue Nursing. I'll be done with prereqs in December (yay 😁)and it feels like it was just yesterday when I began. I've learned so much and am excited for what awaits in Nursing school. You can do it!

(Also is graduating as a nurse at age 23 old?)

Oh come ON. Is that a serious question?

Hello , I am a MA right now and i have been thinking about becoming an RN, but i dont know if ill be able to survive. Just by looking at the pre-req i am second guessing the decision, but i am also thinking about just taking the plunge. (Also is graduating as a nurse at age 23 old?)

First off, since you're younger than dead, you're not too old. I started down my journey to becoming an RN about 8 years ago. I had to refresh a lot of prerequisites and also in the process, and I ended up earning a nearly 4.0 GPA. Like one of the above posters said, how do you eat an elephant? The answer: one bite at a time. I tackled all of the prerequisites one or 2 at a time until they were all complete. Once I completed all of them, then I started applying to all of the nursing programs that I was qualified/allowed to. The reason I say that is because I have a prior bachelors degree. I was not allowed to apply to my local university because they were closed to 2^nd bachelors students. I would've been one of those, therefore I could not apply.

If memory serves, I started applying to nursing school around 2007. This was for the 2008 academic year. It took me several years to gain entry, during that time I went through all of the graduation requirements that I needed and ensured that I had met all of the requirements to graduate once I had completed the nursing program, regardless of which program I attended. I was originally selected 2011 with a projected graduation of spring of 2013. Through a series of misadventures, I ended up having to roll back a year, and graduated in the spring of 2014.

I suspect that it has been closer to 9 years now since I decided to become an RN. It was a long road, but just like eating an elephant, I took it one bite at a time and now I am working as a nurse. From the time that I actually entered school, it really was not that long. If you attend college while you are applying to nursing programs, I would suggest that you complete all of your educational requirements for a degree, minus the core program, so that once you enter the program, all you have to do is the core coursework and when you complete that, you graduate with a degree. You are perhaps 22 or 23 years old, that would place you at approximately 25 or 26 when you're done. That is still very young and by the time you reach my age, you will have been a nurse for at least a dozen years.