ok so here is my situation...i feel a little discouraged....
but anyways im 19 going to be 20 in the spring...
i have a medical assisting cert. and a phlebotomy license( people who draw blood). I work as a dispatcher for a ambulance company!
so here is my question:
I am attending community college. Is 22 years old too old to be finishing JUST my requirements to be a nurse. That means I will be 22 when applying to nursing school!!! which means when i do get accepted that is anothor two years of school????
any advice please!!
thanks
2007-10-14 04:42:04 · 19 answers · asked by pisces_dreamer06 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Health Care
Goodness NO! Go for it. Wish I had done it back then. I am a 35 year old mom of three kids, back in school FT to get either a physical therapy assistant degree or a diagnostic medical sonographer degree. I'm finishing my prerequisites this semester and won't be able to get into either program until at least next fall, maybe later. My step-sister is 36 and is just now getting into her nursing clinicals. My neighbor went back to school to be a nurse at 38, and took one of her exams two days after giving birth to her third child! Doing it at 22 should be a piece of cake, compared to what us "older" people are doing. You can do it!!!
2007-10-15 14:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by Cindy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am 23 and have started my nurse training for the second time (i was 17 nearly 18 the first time - only completed 18 months) and i will be 26 when i qualify, in my group we are a mixed bag - quite young and older, some in their 40's and what people think of their age is the least important thing on their mind.
2007-10-14 05:14:00 · answer #2 · answered by Stacey-Marie J 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
22 is definitely not too old! You will find a great variety of people in college and especially in nursing. Many people have gone through school and come back to pursue nursing because they didn't realize they wanted to do it in the beginning.
Your work will really be worth it once you get into that program and get a position as a nurse as they are so needed.
2007-10-14 04:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by krys104 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of people getting into medical school to become a doctor in their 30s or 40s, so, no 22 is not too old.
2007-10-14 05:33:43 · answer #4 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, 22 is NOT too old. Im studying to be a medical assistant and there is someone in my class who is 23 yrs old. I am 19. No u are still young. It aint like u 50.
2007-10-14 04:49:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So you'll be 24 when you're fully trained as a nurse and after that you have years and years to practice all that you have learned. And when you do it right, you will be able to help many, many people. It will be hard sometimes but satisfying.
A good nurse with lots of experience knows nearly as much as a doctor.
2007-10-14 04:59:39 · answer #6 · answered by Hanya 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must be joking.
The average age in my nursing program was probably 30-35. The oldest woman in my graduating class was pushing 60 when we graduated.
It's NEVER too old to go to college.
2007-10-14 08:25:36 · answer #7 · answered by Take A Test! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HELL NO! Your off to a good start. you are still young and if you have the strive to go to nursing school DO IT! Im 29 about to be 30 and JUST deciding to go to nursing school after studying criminal justice for so long. Maybe its too late for me, but sweetie, your life JUST started at 22 - GO FOR IT, YOU CAN DO IT!!!
2007-10-14 07:01:22 · answer #8 · answered by A hardworking American 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Mommies and Daddies of mid 40's even go to Nursing Schools here.
2007-10-14 04:51:14 · answer #9 · answered by kuwee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, thats not too old. In one of my business classes, there is a woman in her 40's getting her bachelors, and another (looks like shes in her early 30s) getting hers. Your never too old to further an education, no matter what field, nursing no different.
2007-10-14 04:47:23 · answer #10 · answered by alipes_07 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋