2007-01-20 08:39:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Since when does the FDA know how old you need to be to be an RN???
As long as one has graduated from an accredited program and is eligible to take the NCLEX, one can be a RN. Some two-year programs mean a RN can be licensed at age 19.
2007-01-20 09:11:56 · answer #1 · answered by jellyjulie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no age limit. I went straight into nursing school at 18, graduated and passed my NCLEX-PN at 20. I have been an LPN for 9 years now and I am going to start college again this coming Fall to get my RN. As long as you graduate from an accredited school of nursing and can pass your boards, it doesn't matter how old you are.
2007-01-20 21:06:34 · answer #2 · answered by Crystal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is not an age limit, really, but you do have to get through all of the schooling, which will basicaly mean that most everybody who is a nurse is at least in his/her 20s
2007-01-21 17:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by turdl38 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many are become nursing late in life around 35 and 40s I know a nurse that became a nurse at 60
2007-01-20 18:22:49 · answer #4 · answered by Linda 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have to be over 21 to become a registered nurse in the United States.
2007-01-20 16:49:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
18-80 There is no age limit!
2007-01-20 16:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by Rachel T. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋