Average age of nursing students on your course?

Hi,

I am planning to start mental health nursing in Septemeber, and i am going to be 22 when i start (eek!!) i was just wondering how old everyone is on your course and if i am going to be really old, in comparison to the others?

Thank You.

Reply 1

Subcutaneous

19

I'm a first year adult nurse at nottingham

I'd say 25

Nursing has a high proportion of mature students

Reply 2

liverpool_girl

OP

Oh thats good to know, my friend said as well due to the fact i want to do mental health nursing there will be quite a few older ones.
I have just finished my degree in law....and i HATE IT - so i really want to go into nursing, and hopefully will enjoy this, this time around. I am so looking forward to 'getting my hands dirty' instead of just assesments and exams...

Reply 3

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19

liverpool_girl

Oh thats good to know, my friend said as well due to the fact i want to do mental health nursing there will be quite a few older ones.
I have just finished my degree in law....and i HATE IT - so i really want to go into nursing, and hopefully will enjoy this, this time around. I am so looking forward to 'getting my hands dirty' instead of just assesments and exams...

haha, you certainly will get dirty- not as dirty as an adult nurse, but you'll certainly have a few laughs in mental health

nursing is famed for being the 'mature students course'

about 20

liverpool_girl

Oh thats good to know, my friend said as well due to the fact i want to do mental health nursing there will be quite a few older ones.
I have just finished my degree in law....and i HATE IT - so i really want to go into nursing, and hopefully will enjoy this, this time around. I am so looking forward to 'getting my hands dirty' instead of just assesments and exams...

every cohort is different - in mine there were about 5 of us straight from school, about 6 people between 25-30 and the rest were aged 30+ (about 12 people)

Reply 6

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smilee172

every cohort is different - in mine there were about 5 of us straight from school, about 6 people between 25-30 and the rest were aged 30+ (about 12 people)

omg that is tiny!!!! we have 150 in mine!!! :eek:

Reply 7

smilee172

14

Subcutaneous

omg that is tiny!!!! we have 150 in mine!!! :eek:

yeh but mine has been programme specific - it was always mental health from the start.

Reply 8

ZakBrannigan

13

speaking as a future student nurse.I would say that it varies age wise you can get students as young as 18,19,21 upto mid and late 30s and even 40s on a nursing course.I know that when i hopefully start in september i been told that they take a lot of mature students as well as what i call youngsters on the different branches.Also our mental health intake has only i think 55 students where as the adult branch has about 160 students,the children branch 15 nursing students and the learning disabilities i think its similar in the region of 35 students

Reply 9

forestreet

Hi I have worked over 14 years as a heatth care assistant, went to university my major was forensic science.

I didn't finished uni, but would like to get into back into nursing. At age 55 is this possible?

Reply 10

WeirdLittleO

11

Original post by forestreet

Hi I have worked over 14 years as a heatth care assistant, went to university my major was forensic science.

I didn't finished uni, but would like to get into back into nursing. At age 55 is this possible?

Yes it would be possible :smile:

You could ask your manager about a secondment (assuming you work as hca in a hospital)
Alternatively, you would have to do an access course at your local college (1 year full time or 2 years part time) and then apply to university that way
I know a couple of people that are in their 50s on my nursing course and they are almost qualified

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Reply 11

cazcar19

2

From my experiences just from going to my university interviews at different places, it seems the average age is much higher than other courses. I'm 27 and didn't feel like I was crazily older than everyone else. I applied for PGDip so this may have been why as the people applying with me have all done a first degree. But even so, with the BSc people that were there, no one seemed like younguns. I guess nursing in general is quite a mature subject to pick, especially when you are fresh out of school :smile:

Reply 12

Guinevera

There isnt any average on my course it ranges from 18 ( me im one of the youngest) to late 40s and too be honest it does't matter since because i went straight from college to uni i can help others out on the academic side whilst other students who have more life experience can help me out with the practical bits :smile:

Reply 13

Swagio

12

I dunno if it differs with unis for some reason, but at interview one I went to was mostly people 25 plus and another everyone was about 17/18.

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