Any other students who are mothers?

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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I'm a nursing-school-hopeful. Already finished my two-year degree, and I'm working on nursing pre-reqs right now. If all goes as planned, I will start nursing school Fall 2014 (though because I still have some pre-reqs I would be ok with starting Spring 2015).

My biggest concern and challenge while in school is that I'm also a mother! It is no small task, for sure. I also work in a clinic part-time - so balancing all these roles it so hard. I couldn't do it without the help of my husband.

It'd be nice to build a nice support system of other moms in school.

I have a one year old, three year old and an eight year old. I"ll be done with pre-reqs in the spring and start my BSN program in the Summer hopefully. I am currently taking 15 credits per semester. My Husband has them on my school days and he works days I'm not in class so ALL my studying and homework is done once they go to bed after 8:30.I won't give up my time with them during the day to study, they couldn't even tell you I was in school besides me going to class. I typically stay up until 1-2 then I'm back up at 6AM to start the day. It's tough but I believe its worth it.

I'm a stay-at-home mom of a little couple: a 3-year-old girl and 15-months-old boy. Almost done with my pre-req. I will start nursing program next summer.

I am a mother to three awesome kids. The oldest is 3, the middle is 2, and My youngest was born 6 weeks ago. I applied to the nursing school at Miami Dade if I get in I will start in January. Thank G-d I have a lot of help from family and it's because of them that I finished all my pre-reqs so quickly.

I am currently in nursing school and am a mom of 2. It's not easy, but with good time management it can be done! I have my kids help me study by quizzing me while we drive to school or while I'm making dinner. Having a good support system is very important, too. You will definitely have "mom guilt" at times, but it will be so worth it in the end. Good luck!

I started nursing school (RN) when my daughter was 4 and a half. I graduated 2 weeks after her 7th birthday. It has probably been the longest 2 1/2 years of my entire life. Doing it as a single mother made it so much harder, especially when there is not much of any support system. I don't come from a family of educated people. I come from a family who doesn't understand why I would go to school, when I could get a perfectly good minimum wage job somewhere like they all did. I love them but there are certain traits that I will never pass down to my daughter or any other children in the future. I was very lucky that my daughter's father wanted me to do better, so he selflessly paid my bills and gas the last year of nursing school so that I could quit work.

Reality hit me after graduation and couldn't believe how much time had passed since I started the program. Nursing school saw kindergarten come and go, and 1st grade passed like it never even happened. 7 lost teeth, 2 grades, and quite a few inches later I finally feel like a proper mother again. I was lucky to graduate at the beginning of her summer break and got to spend each and every single day enjoying the world together. Her starting school in the fall really tugged at my heart.

No one is more proud of my accomplishments than she is, and at the end of the day, that's the opinion that matters the absolute most!

There is no missing class or clinical for a sick child. There is no attending awards assemblies that they are crying for you to attend. I was lucky to make it to 1 required teacher conference. Nursing school as a mother (esp a single mother) is going to be one of the hardest things you have ever done. But when it's done its done! My daughter has now become very responsible and independent. I showed her that if you want to be something then you can work hard and accomplish it, no excuses. And now we will have much better lives because of it

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I'm a father to a beautiful 14 1/2 month old daughter. I remember having my my wife hold my A&P II flashcards during the middle stages of labor so I could study for a test early that next week. I also completed Calculus homework until we ran into problems and she was wheeled into an emergency C-Section.

My wife and family are my inspiration for nursing school. Without them, I would have never been on the Dean's List as many times as I have, nor would I have been accepted into nursing school in the first place!

You gals (and dudes) who are working this journey right along side me are a continual source of motivation and encouragement. Its not easy to make it through school as it is, but there is an additional certain 'dynamic' when kiddos and family are involved.

I salute all of you! ;)

I am a mother! I have a 5 year old girl and started my prereqs when she was a little under 2. I am now in my 3rd semester of a BSN program. It is defiantly not easy, but it is going to be so worth it! Good luck to you!

Not yet, but considering becoming one. Maybe I'm crazy. I'm 26 and getting married in June and NS will hopefully start spring 2015. I just don't know if I want to wait til I'm 30+ to start a family. Has anyone had a kid during NS? Is it always a huge setback (as in needing to drop/repeat a term)? IDK, I know it would be really hard but it would be pretty hard as a working nurse too
WAIT! Don't rush things. Get school done first. I got my BSN while single and childless and it was STILL tough. Sure it can be done, but it would be extremely difficult. I regret not getting my MSN right away. Now I am pursuing that with a 7 year old and 3 year old while working 0.7. Again, much easier childless. Now my family and I will have to make a lot of sacrifices that could have been avoided had I not put it off. In the end, it will mean a better life for my family and me. I have had a REALLY bad week as a floor RN which reaffirms my need to further my education. The thought of doing this for another 34 years sounds miserable. I love most aspects of my job, but the completely unwarranted verbal abuse I have dealt with from patients and their families recently is really wearing me down.

That's me! school full time, work full time (midnights), a 16 month old and an 8 year old, a hubby, two cats, and a house. It's rough, but worth it. Make a schdule and stick to it.

Specializes in PACU, presurgical testing.

You can do it, but you are right that it will take a lot of support from home to do it. My kids were 5 and 8 when I started, and I lived over an hour from my school. I had class all day, drove 2.5 hours a day, spent time with my husband and kids when I got home, then started my homework at about 9:30 pm (took a lot of online exams at 10 pm with a cup of tea and a kid whining about not being able to fall asleep... and I had to ignore it and let my husband deal with it!). The first semester I didn't clean the bathroom from January to March and eventually had to hire a cleaning service to come every other week or the house would have been condemned. Without my husband and my mother-in-law, it would have been impossible. But it was 2 years of our lives, and now that it's over, I have a per diem job and a lot more time to spend with my family.

Specializes in Hospice.

If you want it bad enough you will be able to do it. I worked full time at a hospital as a PCA (night shift) and had a husband and 3 teenagers. But don't think because they were teenagers it was easier it definitely wasn't. I didn't have to worry about a babysitter but I did have to worry where they were. My son who was 15 started getting in trouble at school and then got his girlfriend pregnant so I was also a grandma-to-be. I debated many nights whether I should drop out of school and finally I decided I had to be an example to my son. If I could stay in school and succeed with everything going on around me then so could he. He is now 24, works everyday and has full custody of his son. It all worked out in the end.

I have a 4 year old and a six year old....I agree I could not do this at all with my crazy supportive husband (altho it was a shock to his world when I started school how much things changed around here from me handling everything to more balance between us...it was a huge adjustment) and I couldn't do it without his parents who have been more than happy to pick up the slack when my husband and I are both gone....carting my kids to and from baseball practices and games...and cheer...and whatever....keeping them on short notice and entertaining them so i can study.

I will say school is SO much harder this time around that it was before I had kids.....it was much easier when I could just sit down and study no interruptions.....and when I didn't have that mom guilt of feeling like I am neglecting my kids when I have to make them entertain themselves so I can get some homework done.

I plan to apply in January for the fall 2014 nursing program

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