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It is possible, I did it myself, but you have to have a very special set of circumstances available to you for it to happen. I was homeschooled, and able to begin classes at my local community college at 15. I was admitted into my BSN program at 17 (I had to turn 18 before I could attend cliniclas), and I graduated with my BSN at 19 just a few weeks before my 20th birthday. I was able to take my NCLEX prior to graduation as my predictor scores were high enough (in Kansas, the state where I am licensed, this is allowed) and I passed. Because of this, my license was granted, and I was an BSN, RN prior to my 20th birthday. It was very challenging, but very rewarding in the long run.

Hello! I was able to begin college courses when I was 15, and was accepted into my BSN program as a junior directly after high school graduation. I was never a minor during clinical rotations, I met this requirement by just a few days, and I will be turning 20 here before too much longer so the timing just happened to fall together just right.

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Hello! I'm new here, and this is my first post, so bear with me while I am figuring it all out :) Anyway, I am a new grad from a BSN program and I will be beginning my first position in a very busy ER in a few days. As you might expect, I am a bit nervous because I know new grads are oftentimes more of a hindrance than a help to staff, but I am willing to deal with this and do everything I can to make this transition smooth for everyone involved. During my final semester of nursing school, I managed to get my capstone in the ER (not the same one I am employed in). During this time, I noticed that even as a student, people were trusting that I was a competent member of the team and seemed happy to have the extra hands there, that is, until my age was discovered. I like to think that for a new grad, I am somewhat competent. I am a quick learner, graduated with a 4.0, have experience with customer service and relations, and I think this showed. My preceptor was giving me more and more freedom to do things on my own and was no longer interested in double checking every last move, until the dreaded day when the question "so how old are you anyway?" came up. I try everything in my power to not hint at the fact that I am a younger nurse (19 years old), but there are times when I have to answer questions honestly and unfortunately, eventually it comes out. Immediately after my preceptor found out my age, she was back looking right over my shoulder constantly and began questioning me on things that she had witnessed me do correctly literally countless times (i-STAT testing, collecting urine samples, and even labeling specimen tubes). In addition, it seemed that she no longer was really interested in me as a person. Prior to this discovery she would always ask about what was going on with me, how was my boyfriend, what did I do over the weekend, etc., and would tell me a lot about herself and her life. Once she found out my age, this stopped completely. It was like a light switch flipped. One minute she saw me as a relatively competent student who she (at least appeared) to enjoy getting to know, and the next I was just some kid who she had to babysit. As I start my new job, I am very concerned that something similar will occur but this time, with my colleagues. I want to be judged based on my competence, personability, responsibility, etc. Not on my age. Are there any recommendations out there on how to keep my age quiet without completely hiding my personal life, or how to maintain a colleagues respect once they find out that I am on the younger side? Would you personally treat a colleague differently if you found out that he/she was around my age? Sorry for the long read, and I look forward to seeing what you all have to say!