How old is too old to attend nursing school?

I would have to agree with ' theyuks '. I'd like to add however, ...if you can at least meet the physical demands during nursing school, then you can get a nursing position that won't require that physical need. Especially if you go straight for you BSN. Good luck! :)

it's never to old to attend nursing school. If you want to be a nurse or a doctor or anything, there isn't a such thing as being "to late". You'll find out the older you are, the more determained you are.

If you think you're too old then you're too old. Otherwise go for it, as long as you think you can handle the physical requirements of being in school and then being a nurse later on.

Can't give you an age, but rather physical criteria -- most areas of nursing involve heavy lifting, except for neonatal care, so you're only too old to attend nursing school (and, presumably, to find work as a nurse thereafter) if you no longer have the physical ability to work a full shift and help lift at least part of a patient's body weight to help them move from bed to gurney, or to assist them in bodily functions, or to move them around for sponge baths or treatments requiring positioning. Assuming you're an average person with a decent intellect, you're never too old to attend school, but the actual job requires a bit of oomph in addition to knowledge and experience.