To late to start?

[Mburciaga]

How's it going everybody.

My name is Manuel and I'm 35 years old, married with two awesome kids. I've been working in the diesel mechanic field for 17 years, part time EMT-B for the past 6 years and been a volunteer firefighter for the past 3 1/2 years. I love the medical side of the fire service but it's been 8 years trying to get in. But I finally landed the job in 2016, but got a injury that took me out of the fire academy. My question is this. Is it to late for someone like me to become a RN? I would love to become a ER Nurse one day. It goes hand in hand with my past work experience. Just don't know if it's a little to late to get into the game at this point. I don't see many guy nurse out there so I don't know if it's the right choice. Any advice would help out. Thanks. Laterz ✌🏼

[Jasel, BSN, RN]

I've gone to nursing school with people in their 40's, 50's, and even 60's. I've also worked with plenty of nurses who started later as a second career in their 50s. I worked with one nurse in her 50s who had recently become a nurse after being a bus driver for 3 decades. Your age doesn't really matter.

[PeeWeeQ, ADN, RN, EMT-B]

No way! I'm 42, 4 kids, full-time job, and I just started my first week of core courses. I was a FF/EMT for 14 years, just got my license back, and I was an Army/Infantry Medic for many years too. The med background helped during my prerequisites and, I can tell, is going to help a bit going forward. I know I'm going to have to "forget" how we do some things in EMS as they relate to nursing, but, I'm excited to be moving forward.

Go for it!!