How many work and go to school???

grannynurse FNP student · Oct 20, 2005

I am a full time nurse manager and a Part time FNP student. I have my plate full and my head is spinning half of the time b/c i am so busy or stressed with work or school. Does anyone have a management job or alot of responisbility and go to school part time. Is this feasible? I am thinking it isn't . I work 40 + hrs a week and it is killing me to come home and study after work...I want school as #1 do you think I need to step down or work less hours..???Advice please

I went to grad school, MS/MBA program and worked full time. Of course I was in my early 30s and had a lot more energy then I do now. I was an assistant head nurse:) so you know when I was in school:rotfl: Think you need to do what is best for you.

Grannynurse:balloons:

chadwec · Oct 21, 2005

I am a full time nurse manager and a Part time FNP student. I have my plate full and my head is spinning half of the time b/c i am so busy or stressed with work or school. Does anyone have a management job or alot of responisbility and go to school part time. Is this feasible? I am thinking it isn't . I work 40 + hrs a week and it is killing me to come home and study after work...I want school as #1 do you think I need to step down or work less hours..???Advice please

I worked as a fulltime director for a well nursery and special care nursery and finished my Bachelor's. I will now finish my Master's as FNP and have done school full-part time and work part-time. I would focus on whatever your long-term goal is--If school does not make any difference, then pay the bills and go to school part-time, If you need to finish, then do what you go to really work at school with a vengeance and finish as quickly as you can. I will graduate in December and wish I could have pulled it off in a year, but I had the addition of a pregnancy and twin daughters the first semester I started graduate school---You can do what you want to regardless of the circumstance. God bless!

mtnmom · Oct 21, 2005

I am in an FNP program part-time and work fulltime by necessity. I would love to do it differently (ie. go to school fulltime and finish more quickly) but my circumstances do not permit it. My biggest challenge has been getting an employer to work with my school schedule.

I am now interviewing for weekend-option positions that will offer both better money and a more amenable schedule. My family is not happy about it but insist that they do not want me to drop out of school.

Still, it is tough, especially when you have a family. Funny thing is, I went through my BSN program having 2 kids - went fulltime, of course at that time hubby had a good income and we could afford for me to do that. But my program was intense, every day class or clinical, lots of work....but I still got it done.

I am getting it done now but feel like I am having to struggle much more. Maybe it is the financial pressures that add to the stress - I dont know. What really bites is that I am ineligible for any financial aid because I dont carry enough hours.....go figure.

christianRN · Oct 25, 2005

I work full-time, but as a staff nurse I work several days in a row and then do all my work/tests on my several days off in a row. That's the beauty of 12-hour shifts! :)

carachel2 · Oct 25, 2005

I downsized my job for school and went from a desk job/case manage/cardiac rehabilitation RN to working 12 hr shifts in the ER. My school was very specific in letting us know that X amount of grad school hours translated into X amount of hours of study at home. We were told that 6 hrs of grad school is the equivalent of a 30 hr workweek and I am believing it !

I can make the same (actually more) amount of $$ working four 12 hr shifts in the ER as I was working about 22 hours a week at my old job.

CardioTrans, BSN, RN · Oct 26, 2005

I left my position as a supervisor when I went back to grad school. I couldnt continue to work 8-5, M-F then be on administrative call for a wk at a time and concentrate on school. Many, many hours of reading and work involved in an FNP program. I now work 3-12's in CCU. I dont regret it one bit.

limcarr · Oct 30, 2005

I am fulltime at work and full-time with a GNP program. My courses are on-line, which I think is harder than traditional classroom. I thank God for the 12 hour shifts, or I'd be defeated.:crash_com:typing

RuralNP4KIDS · Oct 31, 2005

I am working FT as the director of Maternal Child Health,Oncology and Nursing Education and doing an online program MSN in Healthcare Systems Management at Loyola University New Orleans It has been going well and I graduate in the spring. Don't get me wrong..........It has not been easy. I have not gone on vacation without my laptop (including taking the kids to Disney World) since June 2005. But now the director for ED/ICU resigned and I am interim director for those depts as well. Well I am keeping my head above water (barely) and burning the candle at both ends ALL the time (perhaps sometimes in the middle too). I am keeping my eye on the spring and graduation. There is light at the end of the tunnel. I am also praying HR will recruit the right person for ED/ICU.

You have to do what is best for you. I know I would not be able to do this if I did not attend an online program. I don't have time to go to traditional classes and spend time with my daughters (9 & 12) and DH. I do most of my work after they go to bed and one day on the weekend is dedicated to laundry and schoolwork. Please call before you come to visit! I need an hour to shove the clutter in a closet and vaccum!

Yes I am considering applying to Rush in Chicago for their online ND program but I think my family needs a break. Maybe when the youngest goes to high school....................:)

frpeho · Nov 24, 2005

I'm in an MSN program at CA State University Los Angeles, to be a Nurse Educator. I work 24 hours a week in a pedi out-patient clinic, and sometimes one day a week as a lactation consultant. The course takes two years. After December 8, 2005 I hit the half way mark. What slows me down is that I have Lupus (SLE),Scleraderma, etc. So I'm always tired and sometimes can't think straight! Anyway keep marching forward! :uhoh3:

BGSRN · Nov 30, 2005

I am currently only taking one class but work 3 12hours shifts and 2 full days of clinical a week as an adjunct facility for a BSN program. Next semester I will be taking 2 classes so will have to cut down my adjunct faculty postion to 1 day a week. It is not easy and I have ended up using some vacation time to make ends meet time wise.

BeachNurse · Dec 1, 2005

I'm in an MSN program at CA State University Los Angeles, to be a Nurse Educator. I work 24 hours a week in a pedi out-patient clinic, and sometimes one day a week as a lactation consultant. The course takes two years. After December 8, 2005 I hit the half way mark. What slows me down is that I have Lupus (SLE),Scleraderma, etc. So I'm always tired and sometimes can't think straight! Anyway keep marching forward!

I will be going back to school soon and I work a full-time job and also PRN most weekends. I know that I will have to cut out the PRN stuff once I get into the full swing of school. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia. The fatigue and the brain fog get to me too...but I don't let it hold me down!!