Are there students who just started college at an older age and wanting to go into Nursing?

Question

I'm 35 and taking Comp, Biology, Algebra. Just looking for an older college student who can give me some good pointers. Or have gone through these classes and now in the Nursing Program and can give me some hope? Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

Hello...I'm 40 and JUST graduated from a Civil Engineering program. My advice ? Well...the best I can give you is to make friends with some of the younger folks. Most of the "stuff" is still fresh in their minds from high school. Form study groups with them. You will find them pretty accepting I think. Mostly because you have much more "life experiences" than they do, and they will use you as a resource for projects that require that expertise. You, in turn, use their "fresh" knowledge of stuff like calculus, chemistry, etc...it is a mutually-beneficial relationship.

I don't envy you though...it was tough for me to sacrifice time with my wife and son while I was at school studying until 1:00 a.m. However, the payoff in the end is enormous, and well-worth it.

Last piece of advice...DON'T LOSE FAITH IN YOURSELF ! You WILL have periods of self-doubt (wondering "what am I doing", or "is this all worth it"...)...don't give up. You maturity (WANTING to do homework instead of pizza, beer, and parties until the last minute when the paper is due) will help you out tremendously, and foster the ralationship with the "kids".

Best wishes...and GOOD LUCK !

Answer 2

Every cell has DNA and it is consisted of two strands tightly woven around each other. The thing that prevents the two strands from breaking apart is called a telomeric cap (which is random nucleotide sequences called nonsense codons. Codon is a 3 sequence of nucleotides that codes for amino acids eg. CUU is a amino acid called proline . A nonsense codon is one that doesnt code for any amino acid production) Every time your cells divide a small sequence is lost there by reducing the stability of the cell's DNA (in layman's terms). This will eventually lead do most of Ur cells' DNA becoming unstable. And usually when a mistake occurs in DNA the cell will perform auto cytolysis (cell suicide) to prevent problems. So when you are old most of ur cells telomeric caps will be low and they are prone to die when they try to divide.. Whats really interesting about this theory is the impact it has on evolution (because this happens on both meiotic as well as mitotic divisions. which means that a species grows old too before it mutates.. but thats a different story)

Answer 3

Congrats! I'm not in nursing but I've been a "non-traditional" student for years. Nearly thirty when I started my first grad program, nearly forty and I'm on to a new one!

Have you thought of contacting your placement office or program office and asking to be matched to a mentor? Someone who went through your program as a non-traditional student perhaps.

Answer 4

i did pactical nursing classes at the age of 35 good luck you can do it