NEW RNs!!!!

I am 20 years old and a registered nurse...the youngest at my hospital...I enjoy it. I have strived and worked hard to get where i am today and i think as long as you are a competant and safe nurse age does not matter

Hey I am 22!!! I am a GN working in an intensive care unit!!!

HI I'm A NEW grad with BSN:yawn:, I'm 22 and I am looking for peers in nursing. I wonder where are the nurses who are in my same age? or em I too young for Nursing? Thanks Guys!!!! And where do you work if you are in So-CAL? Thanks thanks!!!!

I do not think that you are too young for nursing.

Most people finish their 4 year college degree at 22.

The average nursing student age is 30, but that is because it is a second career for them, or perhaps they had families or had to work.

Hi! I am 23 years old and a new RN in a cardiac stepdown unit. I have just a couple of weeks until I'm on my own..yikes!

Hello, I am 27 years old and have my Associates as a RN, I just finished my first year in nursing. I worked on a med/surg floor on graveyard shift to get started and I just got a position in an ED on days. I am going today to apply for my BSN and the school I went to is accelerated and I had my ASN in 15 months and should have my BSN in less than a year.

Hi I'm 22 years old and was hired on to a peds hem/onc unit. I was a transfer student and didn't realize i was transferring into an ASN program. I was one of the youngest in my program and most were extremely rude to me about my age and the fact that I want to get my PNP straight after getting my BSN (which I have 3 semesters left).

A friend of mine was out on the floor at 19. She started out as an LPN. She's now an RN working on her BSN. There were times when patients looked up and nearly fainted seeing such a young girl as their nurse. What's funny about all that is she was and still is an incredibly strong nurse.

Age makes no difference. I started my first career as a professional still photographer in film at the age of 16. Skill and luck were my best friends back then. That and lying about my age.

Good luck to you all! Hope you all have long and rewarding careers in nursing!

I've been a RN for about 7 months now. I'm 22 years old from Alabama! Most people tell me I look about 14-16. So I get asked when I'm gonna graduate all the time.

I'm 22, was 21 when I started working....another new nurse is 23, but besides us, everyone on my floor is over 30. I was used to working jobs where everyone was about the same age as me, but it didn't take long for us to just become another nurse, as opposed to the young ones! We do joke around a lot about us being the babies of the floor, but that's ok. :)

I'm thankful that I'm older (in age & experience) than most new grads. Although most people think I'm much younger than I am, I still think it gives me a considerable edge.

The frustrating "age" thing is the difference between nurses though. The newer ones are in their 20's mostly, some 30's. Most of the nurses are in their 40's or 50's though. Being both a new grad and looking young, though, I feel biased against so often. It makes the comraderie difficult at times, too.

I'm thankful that I'm older (in age & experience) than most new grads. Although most people think I'm much younger than I am, I still think it gives me a considerable edge.

The frustrating "age" thing is the difference between nurses though. The newer ones are in their 20's mostly, some 30's. Most of the nurses are in their 40's or 50's though. Being both a new grad and looking young, though, I feel biased against so often. It makes the comraderie difficult at times, too.

I know what you mean about camaraderie. I'm 34, have no children, and get carded if I want a drink (seriously - it just happened to me tonight!). I'm married (eight years in April) but my husband works overseas. I just graduated in December, and while I LOVE my unit and the staff, sometimes I feel like one of those round pegs when it comes to some things.

Having friends in their twenties is fine (my friends have always been either several years older or a few years younger) but I can't relate to 22 and 23 year olds who still go out clubbing and talk about guys all the time. No offense meant - hey, I did it too! - but it's not what 34 year olds generally do, you know? (Sometimes I still wish I had the energy for it!) Nor can I relate to the mothers on the floor, because my husband and I not decided to have children yet. So I'm somewhere in the middle, and there aren't many of us.

I don't feel any bias against me - except when folks think I'm so much younger than I am (and being told it's a compliment is really starting to wear on my nerves - I'm nearly 35 and I don't really see it that way). Then they dismiss me with a flip of their hand as though I couldn't POSSIBLY know about "x" - until I look at them and say, "I think I'm a bit older than you think I am"...