Ages of male nursing students?

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Of the 23 other students comprising the group that I entered nursing school with, three of them are men. The class that is graduating at the end of next week I believe has 1 male student, and as far as I know the class immediately behind mine has 1 as well. This is about 60 students (some classes have had students drop), with 6 of them being males; that's only 1 in 10.

So we know that male nurses are few and far between, but how old are we?

The 1 student in the class graduating next week is 28.

The 1 student in the class that entered the semester after mine is at least 30 (a second career-er I believe).

Of the 4 in my class, 2 are about 45, 1 is 40, and then there is me...21.

How old are you guys? How old when you started school?

Just curious.

Stearnsy

Specializes in NICU, Psych, Med/Onc,Ped Home Health.

i was 31 when i started, and graduated when i was 33. there were quite a few males in my graduating class. our class started out with 60, and we graduated 29. of the 29, 16 were male. that was 7 years ago.

37 y/o here, I start this fall or Jan.

Jim

I am 38 and I start this fall. I will finish my ADN when I am 40. My plan is to go on and complete a BSN and possibly a Nurse Practitioner program.....so I will be in school for the next 8 years or so :)

Good Luck everyone.

Matt

My program begins in January... I'll be 53 before the training begins. I've spent the last two years completing prereqs after retiring as a cop.

I'm 22 and will be starting my BSN program next Fall. This will be my second Bachelor's degree, only 17 days till graduation though :yeah:.

Im 27 and just got in program April, 2009. So ive made it ONE MONTH!!! :) :)

Theres 7 other guys and 65 girls in program. Im only guy in my clinical group.

Specializes in Cardiac Care.

Nursing school was MY midlife crisis! I graduate in a couple of weeks at the age of 51. :D

Soon to graduate as an RN after being an LPN for 2 years and am 53. There are 28 students with 3 males one late 30's, next 43 then me. The girls range in age from early 20's to early 50's pretty equally spaced. is my third career and by far the most rewarding and challanging. Hang in there guys. If this old fart can do it, so can you.

I am 26. I started at 22 then went the firefighter/emt-i route, now I am back to where I started.

Specializes in Renal.

I'm 34. Will be 35 when I graduate.

I'm 45; started a year and-a-half ago.

There are quite a few men in my prereq courses (A&P now); probably about 30%.

--David

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