Advice please - new to nursing

Mike, the ADN program at St. Kate's has an evening option. So does one of the technical colleges...maybe Anoka-Ramsey? Hennepin Tech? I can't remember, but I know that one of them does. Anyway, I sympathize, believe me. It is a scary leap to take. If you ever need to vent, send me a message on Facebook!! It's taken me 6 years to take the leap, but I'm glad I did. Granted, I have the support (financial and emotional) of my husband, but it's still not easy. Let me know if I can do anything to help.

"It is just too hard to try to find a night program, and create my work schedule around that, and have time for all the other things in my life. "

I totally understand. However, just take the plunge- there are several night programs, as bikelola already pointed out. I go to St Kate's ADN program, and EVERYONE in the night program works full time- (I'm day). It's totally doable
I know more then one person in the night program who not only works full time but is a single parent too..

You just gotta understand and prepare yourslf for not having much of a life for the two years of the program, if you wanna pass the first time through- do I get tired of not having as much time for friends, family and fun stuff as I would like? Of course. But not only has time flown by, it is gonna be SO worth it! Cuz at this time next year, I will be ( knock on wood) in a stable, well paid job in a career of MY choosing for once, and then I will have plenty of time for all the things I want to d0 ( not to mention a lot more money to do them with

Preparing yourself for this type of mindset is CRUCIAL for success- I know several people who have flunked out, and had to re-sequence in, because they tried to do it all ( work, school, and all the social commitments they were used to having prior to nursing school)

Well, now that they flunked out, they are two semesters or more behind, and instead of graduating me with in May and getting to return to a normal life, they won't have that until December of 2010 or May of 2011


So, in short, stop and ask yourself where your life is, and if you are willing to give some of it up for a while in exchange for being a nurse. This may be a good starting place- many people think they are, but when it comes down to it, they aren't.