How much work is OK?

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I am currently in RN school and taking fundamentals and pharm. My first round of grades have been good, but that's just the first round. I am in class four days a week and am thinking about working Friday, Sat, and Sun. I wouldn't be able to study much those days. The hours come out to 20 or 21 hours a week. Does this sound like too much? I won't be working at all Mon-Thurs.

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It just depends on you and your class load. I wok 40+ hours a week and have made high B's every semester. It's what I have I do.

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That might be a little much. Could you just do Saturday and Sunday?

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My wife is Director of Student Counseling at our college and she coordinates three orientation dates per semester for new students and I always help out, so I have attended more orientations than someone with a doctorate! The recommended maximum number of work hours for MOST students is 15-20 hours. The recommended work hours for NURSING students is 0, although it is recognized that that is not always possible. As I have said before on these boards, there are people who have worked 40 hours a week while attending med school and graduated. Can it be done? Yes. Can everybody do it? No. You have to decide what you can do.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

I agree with the other poster working Saturday and Sunday, especially if the hours are during the day time. You can do 12 hours on both days and pull in 24 hours. I don't know what type of job you have, so it totally depends on that as well.

When I went to school, I couldn't stop working. I had a mortgage, and adult bills, lol. ;)

I worked 30 hours/week and had to attend clinicals on the weekends and went to school after work. It was a part time accelerated BSN program; basically you went through the program straight through so one could finish in the same time as the full time program. I finished the program with a 2.9, which, to me is pretty darn good! :yes:

It's do-able....you need at least enough hours to study and review; do you study after classes each day??? Do to need a day off just in case you want to attend an extra test review class??? As you advance in your classes, you are going to need time for care plans especially when you take on more patients, if you do a case study on an interesting patient, and capstones; consider these options when you are figuring out the days you want to work.

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