Going to nursing school as an older student. FULL LENGTH @LevelUpRN
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
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Cathy sheds some light on the pros and cons of going to nursing school as an older student. 💼💪
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I graduated nursing school at 62! 😮 Life experiences definitely helped me.
Motivating. Congrats 🎉
Good for you! I don't let anybody else tell me I'm too old to do anything... I am 50+ and in Nursing school. I ❤ it and God is merciful!🙏🏿🌷
I'm okay with not getting invited out... It's not my focus and I don't want to go out to bars and drinking or whatever it is... I am content with my husband and church friends👍🏿😊
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. 😊
@@marianb2530 Amen. God is good.
Graduated from LPN school at 55, I'm now in the accelerated RN program at 58. Age doesn't matter, what matters is living the rest of your life without regret.
Great! Thanks for sharing your story. 😊
True 😅
Tks for the motivating comment
I agree
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I stared at 62, (2019)….graduated 2020 and passed my NCLEX on the first try (LPN). Being older definitely helps😊
I graduated Nursing School at 49 yo and a mom, I nailed it and am working at my dream hospital and dream unit. Go for it if its yr passion. 👍🙌🤸🏻♂️
So happy to hear this! Thank you so much for sharing. 😊
Love this so much
I am 47 and considering this change. I’ve been wanting to do it for a long time.
Iam 48 and iam keen to do nursing ; after 4 kids and years of just caring for family.
I'm in my 40's and FINALLY decided to go back and finish my LPN. my kids are grown, and this was the perfect timing for me. I started and stopped school twice due to work and kids. I kept beating myself up and regretting my decisions. Now, I understand that there is a time and a season for EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. This is my season, and I will be done with my LPN in December. I MAY look into the bridge to RN program next year.
Yesss! Thank you so much for sharing your story. 😊
I love this for you
I love this video! I’m graduating in December with my BSN and I’m 45. It’s my second career as well as my first degree was in Finance. I was a better student this time around. ❤
Congratulations! I am too! 🎉🎉🎉🎉✨✨✨✨
We have 60 something days to go 🎓🎓🎉🎓🎓🎓
Love it!!😊
My advantage is being more determined. My disadvantage is memory and bad habits.
Same for me!!!
The neuroplasticity is definitely a challenge! Oy. 😒
I am 42 in my 1st semester in an accelerated program in Canada. I thankfully don't have kids and don't have a job during school. The younger students have invited me out. This is my 3rd career. I worked in mental health, had my own hypnotherapy business and before that worked in veterinary medicine.
It makes me so happy to see this!! I'm in Canada, about to turn 26 and will start my accelerated program at 27. Do you have older students in your cohort? Good luck with your journey!!
@@jadenga8856 There is one older student in my cohort. Everyone else is right out of university.
I will be 43 in a couple weeks. I graduate in July . I hate i started my career so late but hey better late than never
Same girl I'm 40
Congratulations!!
So exciting! Congratulations!!!
It’s ok I’m 43 also.. about to take my teas test after I finish these 2 last classes.. I’m proud of us !!! Congratulations to u❤
I'm 37 and moved 1000mi to do a nursing program. I'll be 38 when I graduate, and I definitely think being older is an advantage!
Great! Wishing you all the best.
Thank you!
This is encouraging, thank you! I'm starting nursing school at 44 this month.
Exactly! Learning hits really differently when you're older because you now have the maturity to treat learning with as much discipline, respect, and dedication. I'm in my mid 20s and have been in the corporate for the last 7 years and quite hesitant to go back to college but after watching this video, I am now fully decided. I definitely agree with you on the advantages. We are more equipped with finer work ethic and maturity than our younger counterparts. Thanks for this
I just started Nursing School on August, I am 43 years old and i can appreciate it a lot!
Thanks so much for making this video!!!!! ❤❤❤ You are absolutely right about your cons and pros of being older and Nursing school takes up a great amount of time!!! This video is dead on , I am 39 and already have a bachelors degree in HR and am starting my 2nd career as a nurse! It’s just difficult at times
Absolutely and Thank you!!!
In my 3rd semester and 27 😊
Thank you for affirming the phenomenon of age & stage as a Nursing student; it does matter ❤.
It’s a challenge to often navigate through the negative energies & nuances often associated with being an older student among many ambitious young.
One thing that is helpful is having the assurance that you’re already established.
A 2nd career means that it’s not your 1st working/career rodeo; you’re just reaching higher, for better 🎓!
Having already achieved various levels of success (family, homes, cars etc) and obtained pieces of the American dream helps to affirm the return to school_tho at a later age 🎉
Wishing you all the best!!! 😊
I love your sincerity, I am studying nursing at 29 years old. But I guess I understand the subject a little because I studied medicine in Cuba, my country, and there are no children or anything, so I think I have advantages to achieve it, I listen to your videos. thank you
Thanks for sharing!!
So you're also a medical doctor?
How bout 65??
I am very inspired by the information you have shared. I am planning to return to school at the age of 40 next year to earn my RN license, which will be my second career. Thank you so much for providing me with this new inspiration. Although I will be 38 years old, which feels old to be a nursing student, I am determined to pursue my dream of becoming a nurse.
Just wondering if anyone feels the memory is much worse after 40.
TRUE, but once I learn it, it stays with me EVEN if I get waterboarded. I don't cram like I used to.😂
Nah, at 49 I think it took me a while to get used to stretching my brain and study again but it was fine. Make sure u stay healthy and at least take walks to get yr blood pumping..
In my 50's... I was worried about that too. Until about 30, I could remember everything easily. Never bothered taking notes and kept a 4.0. I know I'm the exception, but I've looked a LOT into learning. Passive learning seems to slack off in your mid to late 20's, but active learning is still very functional. You just have to study with consistency and you'll do fine.
Yes, all the things that look different on the outside... yeah... that's going on in the inside as well. Your brain doesn't work as well as it used to, but it still works well enough to get the job done, and done well. Being more disciplined, eating right, and exercising will make all the difference.
No. Sometimes takes a little longer but it’s sticks.
In my 50's and have 6 more months of school to get my ASN. You just didn't wait long enough... I have no obligations since my kids are grown up, and I had plenty of money saved up so I didn't have to work. And good grief... I'm friendly with the younger students (most of them are my kids age or younger... except my youngest daughter, who is also in the program), but why in the heck would I want to hang out with these kids???
Congratulations! Appreciate you sharing and wishing you all the best.
This is so inspiring.. I’m going to go for it next year at age 48
Awesome! Best of luck!
You inspired me a lot I'm about to take Nursing at 30! 😅😊
You got this! We are here for you every step of the way!
I'm 48 and am planning on going next fall. I have been a caregiver my whole life this is what I wanted when I was younger but life got in the way.
You got this, and we are here for you. It's never too late. We love to watch people follow their dreams.
The travel nurses during clinicals are 2nd 3rd deg courses peeps and started early 40s - early 50s. They are loving it. ✨✨✨😍 and my cohort is around mid 20s to 60 😃
Thank you for your videos.😊 I need some advise though. I finished school in 2010 and finally passed my Nclex last week Sep 2023 after 8 tries. I know😢 but now that I passed, what’s next? Specially after so much time has passed by, im having doubts about myself and being able to land a job and yes I am a bit older now- 43. Any advice? Thank you😊
Could you also address the toxic environment that nursing school can be? I’m now suing mine over discrimination, harassment, forging my signature, lying to us, and accusing me of taking drugs (refusing to test me though).
Me and other students in my cohort have suffered anxiety with some of them being diagnosed with PTSD from our nursing school.
I know from talking to others that my experience wasn’t unique.
It needs to be talked about and it needs to be fought. I hated the advise “just keep your head down…” They are literally breaking the law and trying to take us down! How am I as a future nurse in charge of people’s lives supposed to just be quiet and ignore this behavior!?
Yes, NS incivility is real talk; such a shame that such a respectable profession will have its share of uncivilized.
Despite the pursuit of justice, don’t give up on completion your mission - Nursing 👩🏽⚕️.
You only seem to hear about the nasty ones, but my school is great and all the teachers are super helpful to everyone. 95% of the nurses I talk to loved their school. Go find a better school. It's not worth putting up with that kind of madness
@@EdwardsNHgo find a better school? And throw the years I had put into it away and start over? There’s no such thing as a nursing school transfer student mid-program. I looked into it. And I believe you are the lucky one… most every nurse I’ve talked to in the 7 years I’ve worked in healthcare had some negative experiences with their nursing school. Some more toxic than others, but nonetheless this program has been far worse then my undergraduate degree in cellular and molecular biology as far as egos, lies, manipulation and attitudes go.
Thank you for this!
You are welcome!
Great tips, thank you.
You are so welcome!
Nice video. Relatable.
Glad you think so!
44. 2nd degree. Graduate with RN in 18 days.
Congratulations!!
Whats your opinion on Males in nursing?
They are better to work with. lol
I'm 28. I just got accepted into the ABSN program in Normal, IL. I am not sure if I should do it or not. I keep changing my mind. People telling me to go for paramedic school instead. I'm an EMT-B
Any 100% online LPN school out there, link up
I did it and made it thru at 45. Rey to retire though! Haha
Im 49, dropped out of jr college because my grades were so catastrophicly low (all Fs) and i never had a job. I have a low iq (a few points over mentally challenged) i dont understand any form of science. Can i actually succeed?