Re: Desperate for advice!!!!
Do the LPN school if at all possible. Try to find ways to cut costs at home, maybe you can work at a job very part-time to have a few dollars coming in, take in a boarder, move in with your folks, do whatever you have to do for the next year. Give up sleeping, prepare to be exhausted all the time, but get that license.
How hard is it? Depends on your abilities as a student, how much help you have at home, etc.
Can you knock out any course or 2 this summer so your load will be lighter come Fall?
Your oldest child should be trained to help around the house as much as possible.
What will your husband be doing? Is he willing to help you with this? Because you need him in your corner. What about child care? What's your plan? Transportation?
Why have you chosen Nursing?
"Just LPN" - not an insult. Reality, though, is that RN pays more and opens more doors for career options. Many, many of us start this way or even as aides and work up to RN, even Nurse Practitioner, Nurse educator, nurse managers, etc.
Best wishes. You can do it. So many others have and you can, too.
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