Can I handle working/LPN school?

[chacha82]

I am reluctant to not work at ALL, because I am going from working full-time to going to school. But I haven't been in LPN school before so I don't know. My program is 18 months, 3 hours a day for the first part and then switches to 2 days of clinicals and 3 days of classroom after 9 months (I think).

I would like to TRY to work 24 hours a week. I work at a walk-in health center I could work 4 six hour shifts a week...do u think this is realistic?

[Lb321]

I'm planning on it. I'm a school bus driver though, and my son will be in pre-k. So, in between my morning and afternoon shifts ill be able to study. Plus nights after my son goes to bed I can study. I think it's doable if you plan ahead when you can study.

[karleeek1992]

I think you'll be okay! It's only going to be 3 hours a day! You're just going to have to really learn how to manage your time and squeeze in studying!

[Jcgirl]

It's all about managing your time, I'll be joining you in this dilemma in May.

[vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN]

You'll hear people tell you that you can do it and people DO do it, but the ones in my class who work, even just one day a week, are the ones who are struggling and barely hanging on by their fingernails. We have lost five people so far, and 4 of them tried to hold jobs during school.[/quote']

Ditto for my school. We are about halfway through right now. The people who work come to school asleep and are barely passing. My school is 8 hours per day 5 days per week plus lunch, which makes it a 9 hour day. 3 days per week we commute to clinicals, which have been 1 hour away from school 1 way.

As for me, I really want to work because I need money as I, too, have children and am a single parent.

One of the reasons I don't work much is because I could only fit in 2 days of work on weekends. I am a CNA also and I wouldn't even bring in $700 per month if I worked 2 shifts per weekend. I think 3 shifts per weekend would be crazy because I'd have to go straight from work to school with no sleep. In my area, $700 won't even cover rent in the lowest income/ least desirable areas of town.

I care about my health and my time with my kids too much to strain myself that severely for that much money.

[ruizina82]

When i started LPN program, I worked 11pm-7am as a nursing assistant in a hospital. I sometimes do 1:1 patient watch and most of the time, the patients were sleeping. When they were sleeping, I was studying as much as I can. After I get off work, I make sure I grabbed a cup of coffee before going to school. My school hours that time was 7:30am to 2:30pm four days a week and one 12-hr clinical day. At the beggining of the program, I was pregnant 4 months and also have my 3 yr old daughter. 6 months along the program, i gave birth to my son and only took 4 days off (3 care plans i had to make for the 4 days off) went back to school right away. Seven of us graduated out of 17 students. I hope this helps. Good luck!

[sucessnurse]

ask for God s strenght try it and see if u can do it l belive u can do it