[CariLiz]

No, I do not plan on working as hubby has been the bread winner the whole time I was in school and raising three kids. In order to be able to be there for my kids and hubby, things will remain the same.

I'm grateful that things can work out that way and I commend those that are working and going to NS!!!!

Cari

[southlandshari]

Originally Posted by stacygirl

Right now I work and go to school at night and my husband is a stay-at-home dad. But when I start nursing school - the plan is he's going to have the be the bread winner. That scared the heck out of me!!!

So are you planning on working while in nursing school - or is someone else going to support you?

I am planning to work full-time (third shift in the ER, five nights per week) while in nursing school, starting this fall. Not ideal, but financially I have little choice.

Very interested in reading responses to this thread - running out the door for an exam now, but bookmarking for reading later!

Thanks for posting this!

[jess0327]

No I won't be working because I need to be here for my kids I will remain a stay at home mom until they both go to kindergarden and finish school I guess.

[GaMBA]

Originally Posted by 3rdgenRN2B

...And luckilly my school is restructuring the nursing program to accomodate people like me that have to work their way through school. This way I'll only have to take 1 day off from work and leave a lil early 2 other days to do clinical at night. And I think other schools may follow suit. I think the school realized that in liu of the nursing shortage something had to be done. And they realize that the majority of their applicants aren't straight out of high school kids. Most are adults who have other pressing responsibilities like work and family to consider while trying to pursue their nursing degree. ...

I wish more nursing school programs were like that. I don't know of any in my area that are. What you said is so true! Many degree programs these days have part-time options where you can still work FT while going to school on a PT basis. Nursing needs to get with the program, lol.

As for myself, if I do decide to go to nursing school i will more than likely work at least part-time while going as long as I could handle it. I could definitely use the income. I don't know if my job would be healthcare-related though.

[walkingon]

I'm a single mom looking at fall '09 before getting into clinicals, so work is definitely on the agenda. Just started at a LTCF to get experience (it's sure not for the big $), and I'll probably work there till I've got a semester of clinicals in and can get on at a hospital that hires nursing students if need be....I'd much rather find a way to not have to work while I was in clinicals so I stand a snowball's chance at passing. It's out there, just up to me to find it............

[southlandshari]

Originally Posted by GaMBA

I wish more nursing school programs were like that. I don't know of any in my area that are. What you said is so true! Many degree programs these days have part-time options where you can still work FT while going to school on a PT basis. Nursing needs to get with the program, lol.

I agree!

The reading I've done here today has been a real eye-opener for me. I guess I assumed that most nursing programs offered options for those who cannot afford to attend school full-time, especially since so many of us in the 30 years and older crowd are choosing to go into nursing these days.

Three community colleges here in Alabama have teamed together and developed a "delayed" (part-time) format within their Associate Degree in Nursing curriculum described here:

Now students are able to receive their
Associate’s Degree in nursing in
delayed/part-time format. Southern
Union State Community College has
partnered with Calhoun Community
College and Central Alabama
Community College to offer nursing
courses at a slower pace for those
students wishing to pursue a career in
nursing who may not be able to attend
fulltime. Courses are offered in a
hybrid alternative format using
distance education and videostreaming
technology that allows the
student a maximum degree of
flexibility in educational experiences
and may include evening classes and
weekend clinical. Students who
pursue a degree in nursing have the
opportunity to work in a variety of

health care settings.