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Oldest practicing Nurse?Rating: (votes: 0) I knew one who was 82 working nights at LTC. And we have a 75 yr old, but not anyone close to 94. We do have an amazing surgeon in the area, in his 80's and still at the top of his game, and very athletic. A real Superman. Comment:
The oldest practicing nurse I've met was in her early 80s. She works for the Red Cross doing disaster relief. I could have listened to her stories all day! I had a great-aunt who retired at age 76. She was a public health RN in rural WI.But almost 95?? That. Is. Awesome!!
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I worked briefly with an RN in her late 70s in LTC. And she could still rock a 40-patient med pass!
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I worked with a nurse who just retired at age 82. She was really good until she was about 80, then she started to lose it a bit.When she was "younger"? Watch out!
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95?? Good grief, that's amazing! The oldest i ever worked with was a LTC LPN that was still working full time at 73, I couldn't imagine working into the 90's. Good for her and good for you for wanting to recognize her in some way.I did find a couple of article that are about 2 years old about older nurses one of these was 90 at the time. I have no idea if they are still practicing. Oldest nurse in U.S. still going strong at Tacoma General > MultiCare Vitals Blog > MultiCare Health System and Notable Nurses | Nellie WadeSeems to me like 95 might take the record though!
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wow - that's fabulous!
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OP, I think you just DID find the oldest practicing RN in existence!!Please offer congratulations from all of us....and get her on this forum if possible
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That's awesome. I love to talk to well-seasoned nurses. I'm sure she has some stories.
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That's amazing! I can't imagine the stories and experiences they must have....and all of the changes in nursing over the years!
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I worked with a former OR nurse in her 80's who did audits. She would get to work at 0500 as bright and chipper as anybody.
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I work on a busy 22 bed med-surg floor and we have 2 nurses who are in their 70's. One is an RN who works 7am-7pm and the other is an LPN who works 7pm-7am.
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As former Manger Central Intake homecare agency, I had 3 "retired" nurses come back part time as wanting to keep their minds sharp working into late 70's. One colleague is now 82 and is my back-up performing legal Medical Record release and still does Intake RN review 3 days/wk.There is no database I'm aware of. Your 95yrs young RN is oldest I've heard!Kudos to her.
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