What age were you when you went to nursing school?

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Curious at what the average age is that people are in nursing school?

I am doing my pre reqs now and will be 28 when I start! :lol2:

Specializes in LTC, MSP, ICU.

Will turn 31 the day before my graduation this May!

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Got out of HS at 16 and went to Nursing school.Graduated with BSN

at 21. My older patients had a hard time following my instructions as

I looked too young to be a RN. Thought i was still a student.

That was 35 yrs ago!

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Specializes in Cardiology.

Prereqs at age 20, nursing school at 22, finished on my 24th birthday!

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I was 48 when I got my LPN now I am 53 and trying to find a home study program to get my RN. I was 10 years old and had this dream of being a nurse but never had the money for books and had to work 60 hours a week to live, then I found out late in life that there was a thing called the PELL Grant in which the local college never told me about nor did they tell me about loans you could pay back later, so I wasted so many years. This was a crappy college for not telling students what there was out there that could be offered to students wanting an education. I also had an Aunt that went to LPN school after me, she was 67 when she graduated and worked 4 years in Mother Baby unit then retired.

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Specializes in Cardiac S D,Peds, ICU,Onc,TBI,Geri.

The ripe old age of 16.. High School 1/2 a day and college the other..

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Specializes in LTC, Sub-acute, correctional.

Career mid-life crisis at 35! Went to 1 year LPN program. My oldest classmate was 61, and she was sharp as a tack. Now in RN program at 37. Don't think I could have done this as well right out of high school! Life experience helps you cope with the pressures of school................

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I'm 26, and I just started an accelrated BSN program in September when I was 25. I'll graduate in December when I'm 27. I feel so old!

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started at my school at age 19, entered the NS at age 22.

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Specializes in LTC, med-surg, critial care.

CNA at 23

LVN at 24

Took one year off to actually work as an LVN.

Will graduate from RN school this May at 26

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Curious at what the average age is that people are in nursing school?

I am doing my pre reqs now and will be 28 when I start! :lol2:

I started taking my prereqs for nursing school when I was 22. I am now 24 and in the program.. I went to college when I was 19 but my major wasn't nursing, although I wish it were then I would've have finished it already!

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Curious at what the average age is that people are in nursing school?

I am doing my pre reqs now and will be 28 when I start! :lol2:

twentyfive

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I am presently 37. I start LPN school on March 12th :monkeydance: I turn 38 on april 19th. I'll :mortarboard: 15mths later (fingers crossed) when I am 39! I wasted so many years NOT doing what I SHOULD have been doing. At this point I could have had almost 20 yrs under my belt.

But hey, I will be a nurse!

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