Nurses are getting younger...

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Nurses are getting younger every day. Agree? Not agree?

How is it in your place of work?

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.
WOW! what a good post. If she has already accomplished all this at 24 yrs of age imagine where she will be in 10 yrs. I hope she will be an advocate for safe patient care and staffing ratios.

*** We used to kid her that she could dispense narcotics but not buy a beer. Don't worry she is a young lady who has already formed some informed opinions on several nursing related subjects and isn't the back down type. I still see her fairly often, I even took report from her on an emergency AAA repair case she had done with her CRNA preceptor a little while ago. It was very satisfying to see a young nurse I had helped to train be so successful.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.

What is considered a "baby" nurse, out of curiosity? I will be 23 with a BSN and license. I don't think of a 23 year old as a "baby RN."

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Anyone 20 years younger than me is a baby (I am 62), any one one year older than me is OLD! Those numbers have remained remarkably consistent and reliable over the past 10 years.

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And so many of them are crybabies, too, if all the NETY posts are to be considered credible (I don't so consider them). :)

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I have always had a problem with looking young-- at 17 people thought I was 12, at 19 people see me as 15-16... I'll graduate my BSN program at 21 and I imagine people will see me as looking extremely young for an RN, but I usually can make that feeling go away once I start interacting with them. It's a bit of a hassle, but I don't get as offended by it as some baby-faced girls my age do.

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Specializes in critical care.
Anyone 20 years younger than me is a baby (I am 62) any one one year older than me is OLD! Those numbers have remained remarkably consistent and reliable over the past 10 years.[/quote']

Best, most concise, and well-articulated post in this thread.

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

I'm close to 40 but people think I look about 10 years younger (and I looked 12 when I was 20). I don't mind!

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.
Anyone 20 years younger than me is a baby (I am 62), any one one year older than me is OLD! Those numbers have remained remarkably consistent and reliable over the past 10 years.

In my case, anyone my parents' age is middle aged (they're in their 60's), anyone my age is young, and 10+ years younger than me is a baby. What is getting tricky is that I now have teenage sons and some of my HS friends have kids who are full grown adults. My brain kind of shuts down at that point.

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hmmm I think every field is getting younger, it's a cycle. The young get old, the Old retire and are replaced by the young....and it repeats.... not unless you've discovered the key to immortality it's just natural right?

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Specializes in Trauma, ER, ICU, CCU, PACU, GI, Cardiology, OR.
hmmm I think every field is getting younger, it’s a cycle. The young get old, the Old retire and are replaced by the young....and it repeats.... not unless you’ve discovered the key to immortality it’s just natural right?

Totally agree with you... the other explanation would be if you're a Vampire vampire.gif

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Specializes in NICU, OB/GYN.

When I started working at 23, I was the youngest nurse in our entire division, let alone my unit.

It's been a few years now, so I don't hold that title anymore... but I'm still one of the youngest employees. It doesn't make me any less respected, especially since having experience and being an articulate and bold advocate are very helpful.

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babies,baby boomers and everything in between

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