by rlorenzo24

Hi guys. I'm 44 and am currently taking a prep class for an exam to an LPN program this fall in the NYC area. The course is full time and 10 months long. I don't know how many of you pulled it off when you decided to study for this profession, but I get from some of the posts that working full time is exhausting and not recommended. I have a mortgage and plenty of bills and not the priviledge of living with my parents, so working part time is not going to cut it. I don't want to be forced to choose between my apartment and a nursing career. Selling it would not be a good idea these days either. How did many of you do it? Two-income families? Cooperative bosses? Trust fund?

Re: LPN school and a full time job.

If you have a cooperative boss that will be flexible with your schedule, you'd be fortunate. I hate to say it, but most LPN programs are very condensed usually an entire day (like 8-4 or 9-5), making it very difficult to work other places, so most people I knew did weekends, sometimes double shifts on their days off.

Wishing you the best of luck!

Re: LPN school and a full time job.

I hate to sound negative, b/c it CAN be done. But, only if you sacrifice your entire life the year you're in school. I went to school mon-fri, worked fri eve, sat and sun-16 hour shifts, and never had a break. The only redeemin grace was the fact that i could sometimes study at work during a slow shift. But I don't think that most of the other students in my class could have kept my schedule and my grades.

Re: LPN school and a full time job.

I am about to start my Bachelor of Nursing and have just started working part-time as a caregiver for an agency specialising in the care of the elderly. Which by the way was fairly nerve-racking to start with... I had to wash my first patient, an elderly woman with paper thin skin on tuesday.
I don't see a problem with working part-time and studying as long as I'm on top of my game.

Good luck.

Re: LPN school and a full time job.

Originally Posted by rlorenzo24

Hi guys. I'm 44 and am currently taking a prep class for an exam to an LPN program this fall in the NYC area. The course is full time and 10 months long. I don't know how many of you pulled it off when you decided to study for this profession, but I get from some of the posts that working full time is exhausting and not recommended. I have a mortgage and plenty of bills and not the priviledge of living with my parents, so working part time is not going to cut it. I don't want to be forced to choose between my apartment and a nursing career. Selling it would not be a good idea these days either. How did many of you do it? Two-income families? Cooperative bosses? Trust fund?

I am 42 and completed a 15 month LPN program last month. I worked full time nights during the program. Between work and school it was 7 days a week, no days off.