Why Nurses Over 50 Can’t Find Jobs

I was turning 58. Had a lifetime career in the NICU. NRP certified , ECMO team, charge nurse, preceptor, former manager. I had 4 foot surgeries. Doctor told me I needed. Job off of my feet. Applied for 16 jobs. 14 within the hospital I worked at. Turned down for every one! Went to the 20 something with a few years experience. I now work in a call center. Boss is a good 10-15 years younger than me. “Coached” me on a bad telephone call. ONE!! I do 70-75 calls a week. When I asked if I did anything right I was told I embrace the mission statement of the medical center!!! I retire in 2026.

I am 72 and still work part time in an ambulatory surgery center. I have 33 years of ICU and vascular surgery experience as well as having taught nursing. I am fortunate that the Dr. I work for values my experience and expertise.

We do need more Geriatric Nurses caring for our Geriatric Population. Apparently there seems to be a more caring and patience attitude that I have seen portrayed. I must say, the younger generation of nurses are being trained and learning how to care for the elderly patients. Every individual must remember that one day, your experience will not be needed or wanted anymore. Take heart!!

Ageism is alive and well in the U.S. I don’t want to travel around the country. I just want to work part-time in a position with patient care. I have years of hospital experience (Ortho, Neuro, ED, Trauma) and have a BSN but now they want you to have an MSN minumum. I’m 67 and going back to school would be fine but I can’t find a job with a BSN and don’t want to go into debt for something that may never pan out. I thought about case management but you have to have 2 years recent experience which I don’t. I haven’t worked in a few years so finding anything is like pulling teeth. Us older nurses are VALUABLE, it’s too bad the young ones don’t see or know that.

Travel nursing is the answer!!! They don’t care how old you are. If they like your resume your hired. The interview is typically: “You have mad skills?” “Yea, i have mad skills” “ok you’re hired”

I am personally experiencing age discrimination in trying to advanced away from a bedside role. I am 56 y.o and have been an RN for 33 years. I have worked, ICU, ED, PACU, case management, long term care and even had some management positions in the past. I finished my MSN in 2021 and I have been applying and interviewing multiple times for leadership positions, but I never get a job offer. I never experienced this in my career, as I never had an issue getting jobs. I even applied and interviewed for a nurse educator in the recovery room where I worked for 18 years, with my MSN, my CPAN certification and they gave it to a nurse who has 8 years of experience. So much discrimination and unfairness, but I feel as though there is nothing I can do about it

Im a 59 year old nurse . I earned my LPN in HS. .1981 was 17. In 1998 I got my RN and BSN when I turned 50. I worked cardiac, ER 25 years PACU 5 years. Recently I was intrigued to learn another field of nursing. Endoscopy nurse in a hospital setting. After 4wks I was let go. Stated I wasn’t getting the computer system fast enough!
Now ,its been 13 days and I can’t find a job. Very discouraged & crying a lot. Thinking to just call it quits .Its just not fair..

I sold my business as an owner of a Medicare Certified Home Health Agency. After two years of being retired I wanted to get back into the work force. When I contacted agency to help me get my resume updated I was told that I was too old. They told me that if I wanted to work in the medical field I might be able to answer the telephone for a doctors office.

Boy am I glad I ran across this blog! I am 55 yrs old and have been a Medical Assistant for 25yrs. I just got off a zoom meeting with an admissions advisor for Nursing School. I feel it’s time to up my game. I have been very successful in my years as a M.A and have a lot of experience. Now I have the desire to get my RN. My concern is EXACTLY what you ladies are talking about…what are my job opportunities going to be because I’m older? Will it be worth my time and money? I really could use some advise from people who are in that situation now. What would you do if you were me? I’m really excited to further my education but at what cost? Thank you to anyone who is willing to take a minute and let me know what you think! ( :

My question is…..how to address this verbally with recruiters or those equal in status. I am 56, have almost 20 years experience in all areas of hospital nursing. I cannot even get an interview.
In the ‘old’ days…( before Covid), I would walk into the hospital I wanted to work at, meet the managers, spread my resume around, and I would have a new position in no time. Now, I cannot represent myself with face to face meetings ( Covid), and despite over 25 applications within last couple months, cannot even get an interview.
I am sure it is because of age discrimination. There is NO reason anyone with my level of experience should not be given an interview, except for being ‘ too old’, ‘too expensive’, etc.
I know from the past, when co workers, managers, etc., find out how old I am they don’t believe it. I was an athlete, look 10 years younger than most my age, and have energy of a much younger person. Know for a fact, that I can out-nurse ( physically..well,,heck…mentally too), RNs half my age. Not being arrogant, just realistic.
I also know, most of us these days, are in pretty darn good shape, and that, darn it, 50 IS NOT OLD ANYMORE!!!!!!!!! When we take care of ourselves, so, so many of us over 50 are truly in better shape than the 20 somethings who spend all their free time drinking booze, chasing physicians ( geez…another topic altogether..ugh….)……well….you get the picture.
But the number, without a face to face meeting; is the problem. AND, IT IS NOT OUR PROBLEM, GANG OF WELL PRESERVED NURSES!!!!!! THIS IS CLEARLY A SOCIAL PROBLEM.
But how might one suggest, without sounding WARLIKE..( LOL)……THAT….” YOU ARE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ME BECAUSE OF MY AGE. I KNOW THIS, AND IF I AM NOT GRANTED AT LEAST, AN INTERVIEW, I WILL LET ALL KNOW, YOUR HOSPITAL IS AGIST!”
Can’t easily prove any kind of discrimination, say most attorneys. So where does that leave US?
We have the experience, we have the mental and physical abilities, and are precious to our teams and especially to the patients and physicians we serve.
But, as said, the bottom line is preventing us from working.
AND I AM REALLY REALLY ANGRY ABOUT THIS.
THANKS, ALL. ; ).
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Nora SZURPICKI, I AM A R.N. FOR 60 YRS. TONS OF EXPERIENCE. DELIVERED BABIES, E.R.EXPERIENCE, HOME CARE, REFRESHER COURSE IN 1981. WORKED IN RENAL TRANSPLANT. PRIVATE DUTY NURSE FOR SOME YEARS. WE WERE THE BEST KNOWLEDGEABLE NURSES ALL WAYS OUT OF SCHOOL AND WERE ALWAYS TEACHING OTHERS. STILL LOVE THE PROFESSION BUT ME AND SOME OF MY NURSE FRIENDS WITH MASTERS ARE NOT ASKED TO HELP . THANKYOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MYSELF.

Ageism is alive and well. The worst thing is that it is not brought to the attention of the public that it deserves.
Myself, I’m living the double whammy, 59 and three years of nursing under my belt. I have a job currently however it is a desk job and I yearn to learn more. I’m afraid to apply to the hospital jobs due to my age.

I’m a nurse with 40 years experience in NICU. I applied for a job at a Children’s hospital recently and was told I didn’t have the qualifications that other applicants had. I’m sure it was because I am 62 years old.

Unfortunately we have to find something else that is valued as an RN beside beside nursing. I was a med-surg nurse then moved on to home health where I learned case management. I found myself out of a job after a merger and stepped into case management for workers comp. I got my certification and have been doing this for 20 years now. I am 59 and hope to continue until retirement. Most of the nurses doing case management are older. This is one field where you have to have experience. The other plus is being able to work from home when not out in the field and being able to run errands etc during the day inbetween appointments. As long as you get the work done, they don’t care what your doing. Each state has there own work comp rules.

You are absolutely right! When I was a new nurse, I could get hired anywhere whether I had the experience or not. When you’ve been doing this for years one knows their worth and many of us want and deserve to be paid accordingly. The sad part is, many of us would be willing to be paid less if it meant we could try another area of nursing that may not be as stressful and maybe more fulfilling. The politics of Nursing has really had a negative impact on what is such an important profession. Just because we get older doesn’t mean we are less worthy, it makes all the more valuable!

I am 52 and in the 2nd year of my ADN program. I also have a BA and MBA. Ageism in nursing scares me and many of you here confirm my fears are warranted. I graduate in May 2021. Is there any advice you can offer for career moves that will maximize security and income. I can only believe ageism will intensify as each year passes. I look forward to your thoughts!

I have recently been looking for another job that I’d kess physical as I am older, and yes it is difficult. The powers that be on healthcare have got to realize that wisdom is extremely valuable and worth paying for. Patient lives are at stake. It is just that simple. We need to ban together.

There is power in our Union!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwbzxemJZIc

I’ve thought this for a long time. With the push for BSNs, when hospitals consolidate into one, guess who are the first to go when reapplying for jobs. Then, the new organization cannot figure out why nursing care complaints are up and why it takes two and a half nurse’s to do the case load of one of the “seasoned “ nurses who was able to time manage her patients’s care as well as chit-chat with colleagues.
I’m still working at 72 with an ADN and certification for my specialty. I’ll probably retire this year because I don’t want to spend the money to recertify. However, l’ve seen the discrimination happen for others.

I am just about to hit 50, and am a unit RN with a Diploma in Nursing, another Associates Degree and 21 years of experience. My employers have grandfathered me into not requiring a BSN unless I take a promotion (which would, of course require a BSN or MSN) but honestly I feel too worn out to go back to school and feel that getting rid of “underachievers” like me is an unwritten part of their business plan. Having seen the writing on the wall years ago, I got on a strict budget, doubled my retirement with a Roth IRA and paid off my house so when the inevitable happens, I will not fear for where I am going to live or whether I can afford to live after 60+. I cannot control how employers will treat me but I can control my fate after they give me the boot and replace me with two young’uns.

I experienced this last summer. I was a manager of a Med-surg floor at a local hospital. When I took the job two years prior, I was told that my staff was considered the “red-headed step children” of the hospital. They were no such thing. By the time my Asst Director of Nursing “relieved” me of my managerial duties, my unit was fully staffed and functioned like a well oiled machine. Even some of the hospitalists started becoming assigned to the unit because the staff was awesome. The day after I was “gone” my unit was transferred to the other Asst Director of Nursing. By Friday a position for an Assistant Nurse Manager was posted. By Monday a nurse 20 years younger than me was hired in my space. It was a very traumatic situation for me. In my 24 years of Nursing I had NEVER been fired or resigned from any position!! I’ve accepted that it’s their loss and have moved on. I’m getting my MSN in Leadership and have a new awesome manager position that I will be starting soon!

Please don’t assume all H.R. professionals discriminate; my organization has valued employees in their 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s.

Since my last posting I have turned down several offers to teach full time in a university and am now a Director of Nursing! I have failed miserably failed retirement and am approaching 71 yo.

Thank You for writing and bringing this abuse and discrimination against seasoned nurses into the light!

Sooo true! I have personally been abused and discriminated by my experience and age. It’s all about the bottom line.

I am in my 52 year as a masters prepared nurse i still work teaching part time and still love every minute i get a lot of respect at work but i also see the discrimination in health care every day nurses younger than me feeling pressured to retire cut hours etc. who suffers the patients who do not have the advantage of all their caring and experience

I loved reading this article, finally someone has put into words what all of us senior nurses know as the truth. I graduated from a diploma school in 1972 and luckily I’m still going strong, that’s 46 years. It’s been hard seeing other nurses my age lose their jobs for bogus reasons. I have kept up with two ANA certifications, and stay current in everything I can. I consciously reinvent myself. I’m fortunate, I love my job and most of the people I work with are great. But that doesn’t mean I’m living with my head in the sand, a hospital takeover or merger could change it all. I’ve been in my present job for 20 years and hope I can hang in there for at least 4 more years. The last time I did the BLS recertification my knees were screaming in pain but I didn’t say a thing. I resent the fact that over the years younger nurses have been replacing older skilled nurses even though many of them don’t know what they’re doing, for example a young relatively inexperienced nurse was given the position of supervisor, she had never passed a Foley. College educated nurses lack the skills us old timers learned at the age of 18 or 19. Don’t get me wrong, college educated nurses do eventually catch up, but at what cost? They are in 6 to 12 months of mentoring, that’s a lot of money spent on their extended orientation. I come from a family of nurses, we all agree age discrimination is worse than ever. Many people don’t realize we came up in the time before sexual abuse was a normal way of life. How many pretty young nurses were treated very poorly by the male doctors, it was a way of life. We wore dress uniforms and skirts, it was before pant siuts were invented. So we put up with not only the back breaking physical demands of the job, but we dodged lurid remarks and wandering hands while we worked, we thought it was normal and that there was no recourse. But we found a way to work through it and kept our diginity. We loved the work, it was our vocation not just a job back then. There were thousands of young women who would have said, “Me Too.” There should be a way for nurses with irreplaceable experience to be rewarded with the respect they (we) deserve. It should start with nursing service, after all if it were not for the nurses of our generation there would be no one for the subsequent generations of young women to look up to. And, my last thought, who were the ones to lobby against wearing the CAP? Colleges that’s who, and why, it’s because they spent almost no clinical time on the floor really learning the ropes. At least those wearing a cap were instantly recognized as a nurse. Now you can’t tell who the nurse is and who the MA or unit clerk is. I wouldn’t trade my training for a college degree for anything. I agree, there should be an agency or official entity to help clarify just what qualifications does the older nurse not have in order to keep her job, not, what qualifications are needed.

This article is spot on, as a 3-year diploma grad, I worked in a hospital for a total of 17 years, all areas—Med surg, ER, ICU, made my way up the proverbial ladder, staff RN, asst HN, Head Nurse & was a rotational weekend supervisor while as a head nurse. Physicians respected my care, judgement and abilities. I took a year off to raise my children, and then found a job in a busy 6-physicians office, just as busy as the hospital! Unfortunately 1 year after I was working there, my husband was diagnosed with transverse myelitis- viral! No warning, paralyzed from chest down. I kept working, caring for my 6 & 9 year old children, stayed busy with their activities, and took care of my husband. I had to cut back my hours, as everything took its toll! My husband passed away at 57, and then I needed a new job. Good luck, age was the deciding factor, & overly experienced! I was lucky to get a part time job with home care agency as a home care coordinator, but wasn’t paid for my experience. I’m still with that agency as an Intake nurse processing referrals, still making the same hourly wage, and I’m now 65. I see that the patients are older, go home sicker, and then readmitted within 1-2 weeks because of government and insurance regulations. In my day, our patients were cared for, had hands on personal care, and advised physicians when their patient was ready for discharge. We were the patients advocate, not just a paper pusher running around with the computer, and not even touching your patient like now. It’s a shame that our older nurses are being pushed aside, the new generation could certainly gain by our experience. But I also see the writing on the wall, and hope that the healthcare situation turns around to recognize the huge errors made with “the almighty bottom line”
Nurses should be paid for experience, NOT for the “letters” after their name, the only ones that count are “RN”

I am a 60 year old nurse who got my degree late in life I retired from Trihealth to take a nurse educator job this past month. I love working with the students. I am in school for my MSN in nurse education. I already owe 150,000 dollars and will probably never get it paid off before I completely retire. I agree the older you get the harder it is to get a new job. It’s become about the money when it use to be about the experience and the patient. We older nurses need all the prayers we can get

Thank you for writing the article without being politically correct and beating around the bush. And since when 50 and 50’ish is old, when we cant ever retire till 65+ and others older number one, secondly many of us went in to Nursing for the sake of helping people (not today) not knowing you have no retirement plan unless you worked at places that offered it (ex: VA…)

I feel strongly as a Registered nurse to be my patient advocate ( use the word but not taught well in schools) NO ONE is advocating on our behalf. All these nursing associations and ANA ad here we are talking about age discrimination; so sad and unfortunate.

Pay scale is horrible- what is the return on investment when you have a bachelors and a Masters and they want to pay you 20 dollars an hour- different entry levels killing nursing – that is another topic that no one wants to talk about.

Again thank you for writing the article.

Is I read this article I am thinking , “boy this article is spot on.” I was that young nurse that was running behind that experienced RN soaking up everything like a sponge. Now, I am that RN with all that experience and knowledge, so I decided it to give it back.

I am originally from Ohio and now live in Phoenix. I started off working in long term care, bedside RN in hospital, homecare, community health, management, and now education. There is such a need for all of you RNs over 50 for your knowledge to groom the next generation that will be taking care of you.

Give back to our profession by thinking about nursing education.

I’m 61 and making the most I’ve ever made as a RN. I’m working for Sava Health and Rehabilitation and they are determined to keep the nurses that know their job and have compassion for their residents. They gave us a huge raise to keep the nurses that do that!

I am an L.P.N. with 35+ years, about to be 62. I agree with the Scrubs article writer, that us “older” nurses are not so popular with employers. I have two jobs with agencies, was hired by both last winter. One is a school nurse, and the other is home health. They both recruited me like crazy, because I am a L.P.N. aka Low Paid Nurse. I love being an LPN, we do not have to put up with all the BS that you R.N.’s have to deal with. So, nurses that are older, with LOTS of experience, like me, hang in there. A nursing agency will probably hire you for Home Health, and you can work as much or as little as you want to. I agree that there should be a NATIONAL nurses union, that INCLUDES L.P.N.’s, because we are NURSES also. Used to be, an R.N. could not do her job in the hospital without an L.P.N. on her team. Times change, we all die, and God is in charge. Thanks for listening/reading. Cyndi

I think hospitals need to charge for nursing care. Now, the hospital looks at nursing as an expense. They are always trying to cut expenses and thus nursing gets hit. If nursing care could be billed, I think hospitals would be more willing to get experienced nurses if they could bill at a higher rate for experience nurses, specialized nursing or lower nurse-patient ratio.

I applied for a job in Recruiting after 30 years of floor nursing experience. They didn’t hire me because I cost too much–plain and simple. They got a much younger nurse for a third of what they had to pay me. Turns out I was better off where I am at.

Very pertinent article. I have 40 plus years of experience. Peds, ER, Pacu, and occupational health.
I have a diploma in nursing. A few years back I saw the writing on the wall. I was told in a town hall conference that new grads with BSNs had better critical thinking skills than me. If I applied for an ER position now and a BSN grad applied they would hire her. I was totally taken back. I said so you’re saying I have never been capable of taking care of all my patients. I left that position and within three years all the other nurses my age had been pushed out. I never thought a few extra letters should define my expertise in nursing. Too bad places aren’t willing to keep older nurses around to help the new ones start out!

I agree with it.my long term concern…

You addressed it now, which I contemplate long time …

Let’s all go to Arizona!! I would love it there! I’m 49 and working full-time and part-time and in school full-time for for my FNP!! One thing about us older nurses is we can do circle around the younger ones!! I see it everywhere !!!

Nurse Carol
Great! I am out of a job in a month ,Behavioral Health program is closing, and I am 65. Been an RN for over 37 yrs. I have an AA degree and never needed a BS degree up till now. I have about a month to find a job and I have been there and done that experience wise so wish me luck fellow nurses!

I am 59 soon to be 60 and have finally started a new position as an infusion RN after a long search for a new position. All of the headhunters were very impressed with my extensive resume and were confident that I would be a cinch to any position that I wanted. The problem is two fold I had too much experience (36 years) and therefore required more pay and I had an Associates Degree. Most of the major hospitals in Boston REQUIRE a BSN but at this point in my career I ask you What would the BSN degree teach me that I haven’t already learned? If I wanted to go into management or advanced practice I would go on. I loved bedside nursing and it’s the patients that are losing out on a well seasoned nurse who is not afraid to work and one who is not constantly on their smartphone! Didn’t we all take the same licensing exams?

Age discrimination in the nursing profession has been occurring for YEARS! I have been an RN for almost 36 years, always at the bedside, mostly in critical-care units. I saw so-called age-discrimination issues early on in my nursing career. Hospital-administration officials would focus on the oldest, most-experienced long-time employed nurses and, suddenly, nurses who had always received satisfactory to above satisfactory scores on annual evaluations were told they were lazy, stupid, non-compassionate and, worst of all, non-law/policy-abiding. At that time, we as younger nurses, thought that the targeted nurses just had lost it or were not supposed to continue in nursing. Now, that I am much older, I beg to differ, because these same practices were used against me in one of my jobs in my later years of my career. Luckily at that particular job where I was the one being targeted, I saw the “writing-on-the-wall, kept myself active in professional organizations and dual-certified and always tried to keep myself valuable in knowledge and hands-on skills and because of that, I think I finally found my present place of employment that treats me with respect and dignity. I am a member of a professional union at my workplace but you, yourself, have to do the work to keep yourself valuable. It’s time-consuming and a little expensive but well worth it, to keep yourself current in EBP knowledge and skills. Network with other nurses to get your foot in the door, develop a resume that “pops-out” from the rest of crowd, go back to school if you have to and above-all, keep a positive attitude about change because change is here to stay whether we like it or not.

I had an interview a year ago with a rehab hospital that was closer to home so I could avoid the 2 hour drive I had and currently still drive. I work in an ltac hospital. When they finally contacted me to tell me I was not qualified and quite what they were looking for I knew it was my age. I was 59 at the time. It is hard to find a job and I have family members that continue to say but there is a nursing shortage. I tell them no one wants to hire someone my age when they can hire new nurses and pay them less. They don’t stay, they move on and they just hire another new nurse. Patient care suffers I agree but unless they come out and say you are too old what can you do. And now some places are required to have a BSN I have Associates degree. At my age 60 I do not want to go back to school and some are making more requiremen’s every year like CCR and some others and you are expected to get it and pay for it.

These nurses can find a position in Private Duty Nursing through Nursing Staffing Agency and can sign with same agency to do LTC per diem. I’ve been an LPN x36 years and due to health issues tried an agency as I can work only maybe 3-4 shifts a month. If I had good health I could work 80 hours a week. If I knew how much easier this is then all the personalities and witches…,
not to mention Safety Fairs et al. I’ve had done this sooner! I get notices every day of job opportunities not only for other agencies. Check it out.

I turned 61 today and am still working full time in a nursing job I have had for the last 10 years. I am very grateful to still have this opportunity but at the same time I realize it all could quickly change. It’s not so much just an age thing, but face it, us older nurses have visual and hearing impairments. We all have bad backs and joints. We can’t maintain our bodily functions for hours without attention. We find it difficult to work nights, long shifts and take call.
Now when you figure that the wages are based on experience, who wants an old nurse that can’t see, hear, work like a dog and could cost the employer in worker’s comp? We would benefit from a strong nurse’s union to protect our senior nurses. One that is strictly for and about nurses. My goal is to hang on as long as possible and take care of this old body so that I can still do a good job. It is also important to pass on as much working knowledge to the younger generation of nurses, and perhaps then we can be remembered for making things a little better.

Elizabeth Holmes it is so true in those day nurses do patient care and everything to there patient that way the could observed there patient now in this society all they give these nurses to do is a lot of paper work and no time with there patient let go back to the olding days with our nurses and let stsrt higher our older nurses that thay can teach the younger nurses that just leaving nursing school a thing or two

It may also be (I am only speculating) that many of these nurses have learned their skills at the bedside and not in a BS program. I would much rather have a 3 year, older, nurse care for me than a new BS grad.

I think you are absolutely right. Older nurses ARE discriminated not because we cannot do the job but because we are perceived as not cost-effective. Unfortunately, there is no organization that can actually combat this. Local unions are, in my experience, totally worthless. They seem to help only the inefficient who are already working and probably shouldn’t be. An individual cannot ask someone in human resources why they were not hired, but there SHOULD be an organization to which employers of nurses would be obligated to respond, especially in these days when applying is all on line and human resources an impersonal department which won’t even take phone calls. I’m lucky to have been working in the same place for many years at a job I love. But I would gladly join an organization with the power to help those not as lucky.

I am so glad to hear this as it validates my concerns. I have been searching for a job for over a year and I am having such difficulty…I believed it was age discrimination but still blamed myself.

Yep, 35 years in long-term care; 14 years as a DON; no disciplinary verbal, written or action plan ever. New administrator starts: nine working days later, an “action plan”; eight days later “no progress, you’re fired; 5 days from my 65th birthday. So what is the cause- my age, income or performance? I didn’t smoke outside in the back!

You are absolutely right in your article spot on, today if you are a good nurse you are just given more patients to take care of so if you are older and may not be as physically fit as younger nurses male or female it could be more stressful as you said the emphasis is on the dollar and not the caregiving to the patient there’s a hospital here in South Florida who’s initials are JFK – on the streets this stands for in the community just effin kill yourself you can read on the internet of their low patient satisfaction scores or ratings however they do well in their surveys because of supporting nursing care related to the research that you talked about consequently, the bottom line is money and not patient care the way it was– the respect given two older nurses is not there it even shows how younger people professionals nurses in particularly treat or even have time for The Elder they take care of, this is a pity, I think there should be hospitals specializing in geriatrics only staffed by geriatric nurses I’m not talking about assistant living facilities thank you for writing your article!

Well, now I’m even more scared about looking for a job! I’m 53 with 19 years pediatric experience. I have an associates degree in nursing when hospitals are now requiring a bachelors degree.

So I’m left hanging after reading this article. My fears have been validated without any advice or suggestions for the possibility of successfully finding a job.

What are my options? How do I sell myself? What should my resume look like? For which positions would I be most likely be considered?

Would you be able to provide me with some encouraging possibilities?

Thanks!!
RNMS1998

I totally agree that age is a huge problem which is rarely addressed. One of the most under-recognized forms of discrimination in our society today. Why isn’t anyone talking about this issue. I feel in general after the age of 50+ years society wishs to put you out to pasture. Experience has no value .The young feel that they have value and that those who are older are holding the work place hostage. Look at our nursing home….warehouses for the ( useless, and unwanted) Watch out!

I am teaching and will be 70 next month. My mentor is 74 and still teaching. There are sooo many jobs for nurses in Arizona.