I don't know if I will go back to school now

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I really took my time with my prereqs & applying to RN programs after I graduated from my LVN program.

I would apply to bridge programs but would get rejected or be wait listed. I also really wasn't really excited to go back to school, so I wasn't putting my all into studying for the pre-admission tests (so I'm not surprised I isn't get in).

When I was ready to study & get in I found out I was pregnant so I had to put the application on hold. Then I actually got accepted into a program & had to reject the position because of my health & pregnancy.

Now that I have had my son I am second guessing whether or not I want to go back to school. The program I would be attending is in the same city & only 2 semesters. I would start when he is one & they have a day care on site but the thought of enrolling him in a day care there scares me. So I don't know if I can handle going to school now.

I also think about wanting more kids in the future & I would definitely have to quit my job. I don't know what to do now. Since I became an LVN I have wanted to be an RN. But now, I want to take care of my son & future kid(s).

I live in Texas & I wish there were more options for me to do the class portion online so I wouldn't have to be away from my son for that long.

Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I forgot about that...delaying your school won't make an overall difference. My vote...family first. You have the rest of your life to become a RN

That's what I am thinking. Kids are only kids once, I want to be there for everything. School will always be there. Thank you!

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
That's what I am thinking. Kids are only kids once, I want to be there for everything. School will always be there. Thank you!

Yeah...I mean my babies (not so little anymore) are the finest accomplishment of my entire life. I had an amazing career of ICU, trauma flight, search and rescue, management, open heart, cath lab, emergency department, trauma....but by far my babies are my finest accomplishment.

I worked when they were little....I worked nights so they were not in day care. Mine are 11 months apart (breastfeeding is NOT birth control) What seemed endless has flown by. My daughter just graduated high school and starts her BSN journey in the fall. My son graduates next year.

I am so proud of the graceful, handsome, intelligent, wonderful human beings that they are...sigh The moment they were born they changed my life forever.

All the best...Sappy Mom...;)

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Hi Esme12 I'm curious, how did you work night and still take care of your children? When did you sleep during the day? I'm a nursing student so I don't know of these things

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

If I could work nights so my kid(s) didn't have to go to daycare, I would but you know my story with epilepsy. So working nights is out of the question. But knowing I can always go back to school, makes me feel better. Whereas I can't go back to when my kids were little.

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