what is 'Best Shift' and/or 'Area of Nursing' to be in for Single Moms?

I dont think summer child care would be difficult to find, I just assume my child would go to a daycare or a day camp during the day. My biggest concern is finding quality night childcare.

School nurse does sound perfect if it werent for the mediocre salary. I am my daughters only financial support system so I need to make much more than a school nurse. I need to be at $60K minimum. Im in NY so hopefully that wont be too hard.

cuteazz1,

when you say you work mornings for your school aged children so you can be home when they get home from school, what shift is that? and that is 3x a week?

My child will be entering kindergarden when I graduate with my ADN....

olivia28,

thanks for your post...that is exactly why Im leaning toward the night shift, I want to be there to see my child off to school and back and make dinner and do homework with them. You said your Mom watches your child 2x a week, isnt night shift 3 12hr shifts??

Also, Ive been looking at different hospital websites online to see what job openings they have and I didnt realize that 'night shift hours' werent universal. I thought they were 7pm-7am, period. Im seeing that some are 8p-8:30am, etc .. As I said, Id like to bring my child to school so I would hate to get the one that ends at 8:30am

treehuggerRN,

forgive my ignorance, Long term care is what?, nursing home?