Would you tell her NOT to try to be a nurse?

[Coloradogrl]

I am really hoping everyone can give me some feedback to pass along to a very dear friend of mine.

I have a friend that has wanted to go into nursing for awhile but has only been able to do classes her and there while raising a family. Her husband was never too 'keen' on her going to school at all and thought going to nursing school was ultimately a waste of time. Well it looks like her marriage is coming to an end and her husband pretty much told her he is not going to support her(She is going to to through the courts but she is not holding her breath )

Well this weekend we were talking and she told me didn't really know what to do. She has the pre-reqs for an LPN programs completed and would be done with the RN pre-reqs if she did a summer session. The problem is that wait list here in Denver are extremely long and moving is not an option. I brought up going to a private/tech school but the price is just too much 40-60k

We were trying to through ideas around and I brought up being a Rad Tech she has enough credits to get into the program and could most likely get in this Fall. I felt bad telling her to look at other options but I am trying to be realistic in her situation.

Does anyone have any feedback about Rad Techs(I know this is a nursing board:uhoh3:) Also is it wrong to try to encourage her to look at other things.

TIA :redpinkhe

[marlboroking]

Maybe she should stop worrying about school and try to focus on her family.

[Jules A, MSN]

Maybe she should stop worrying about school and try to focus on her family.

Personally finding a way to support her family is focusing on them, imo. Kudos to her for thinking ahead while going through such a stressful time. Many people just shut down and don't make a move until the situation is dire. As others have said dreams are one thing but being practical is another and if the Rad tech program would move her along quicker that would be my advice. Of course she will do whatever is right for her but the difference in a year or two of work as a rad tech could be $50,000 to $100,000 and at my age thats nothing to sneeze at.

[Coloradogrl]

Maybe she should stop worrying about school and try to focus on her family.

I am sort of confused by your statement and I am hoping I am just reading too much into it:mad: Her husband has been emotionally abusive for years to her and she shielded her children from it and gave them the best home she could.She tried everything in her power to make her marriage work for the past 10 years. She has been able to squeeze a class in here and there while her children were in school.

She is focusing on her family she moved back in with her parents at 35 so her children could still have a family unit and drives them 45 mins to school so they can be in the same school they have been in since Kindergarten because she is trying to make it easy on them. She has to think about a way to support her family and knowledge is power and going to school is the only way she will be able to provide for her family

[Miss Chybil RN, BSN, RN]

Maybe she should stop worrying about school and try to focus on her family.

That's a short sighted thing to say. Are we back in the day when people needed to stay home and work on the farm, as opposed to going to school, because the family couldn't afford for them to get an education that "worn't gonna do nobody no good no ways"?

Come on! School is not a luxury these days. It's a requirement.