Anybody working full time while in school?

NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN · Oct 2, 2008

i work five days a week while in nursing school and 32 hours a week. I also work part-time for a nursing agency. So its do-able. So far I've been getting A's. Just gotta prioritize and manage your time well.

l.a.m.b, ADN, RN · Oct 2, 2008

take a look at your grades. if they are good and you have a good study routine going, go for it. if they are so so then dont even risk it. it also depends what is expected of you which varies by semester, lecture and theory wise. sometimes you have to do community projects, write papers, or re-do a careplan with eats away that extra time. sometimes the content gets harder or theres a test every week. currently im working 24 hrs a week and i can not, and will not work more.

sb8686 · Oct 3, 2008

I work for Medassurant. Check out the website. Pay is good and they are very flexible.... hedis reviews :nuke:

RN2BMU2009 · Oct 3, 2008

Wow!!! Where do you guys go to school at? I can only manage every other weekend.

intensity_too · Oct 3, 2008

I work 40 hours a week, 5 days a week.

My job is as a night auditor at a hotel, so I get some free time during my nights at work to study and read. If I had a job where I couldn't do school work while working . . . there is no way I could do it!!

corgimomRN2b · Oct 3, 2008

I'm in nursing school right now. i only work 1 day a week, a 12 hour shift. but i've been thinking about going back to work full time.. three 12 hr shifts a week. anyone else currently working that much while in school?

I work full-time (40+ hours per week) and attend class in the evening with my clinicals being on the weekends (both Saturday and Sunday) plus I am 49 years old.

If I can do it, anyone can do it! You just have to be organized and have a good support system.

Good luck! :up:

Esther2007 · Oct 3, 2008

I have been working fulltime while in nursing school. I have one semester left and have a 3.4 average. I am taking Med Surg IV and expecting no less than an A for the semester. It is not easy, but I find a way to understand the material rather than memorizing. I also became an expert at the test taking strategies, which have helped for me. If I can do it, you can too.

mama_d, BSN, RN · Oct 3, 2008

I'm just doing pre-reqs now, but am working four to five 12 hr shifts/week and have a family. It sucks but I'm making it work somehow! We have to have my OT to make it...I'm NOT looking forward to doing clinicals and working at all...I'm sure by then I'll have to cut down to only one extra shift a week, if that.

sunray12 · Oct 4, 2008

I work ft but I'm still in the prereqs phase and thinking ahead to how I'll do when I'm in nursing school hopefully next year. I see a lot of school's recommending that people don't work or don't work ft which isn't practical for everyone so I'm glad to hear that it (working) can be done.

JustPlainJenn · Oct 6, 2008

I'm working 40-48hrs per week (3-11) while taking the fundamentals course (4 hrs lecture/16hrs clinical) and I'm realllllllllly struggling. Not working or even cutting back work hours is not an option for me and my family. The instructors expect us to be "flexible" (ie: they don't finish teaching skills in lab so they call a "mandatory lab extention" for the next day which is not a scheduled school day) and not allowing us to pick up patient assignments until 4pm the night before clinical (class gets over at 2pm that day for me!) and be expected to write the care plan for 7 the next morning. :banghead:

But, despite all the hurdles, I'm getting (most of) it done. However, It does mean skipping group study sessions, extra time in the library (the only place to view the assigned mandatory videos) and sleep :yawn: The hardest part for me is conceding to the fact that I probably won't get straight A's - I've always been a perfectionist when it comes to school. In the grand scheme of things, a B, or even a C, isn't the end of the world. Passing the NCLEX is what counts. You have to do what works for you...... maybe the answer is finding a PT job that has tuition reimbursement:nurse:

rukia · Oct 7, 2008

I work 40 hours a week, 5 days a week.
My job is as a night auditor at a hotel, so I get some free time during my nights at work to study and read. If I had a job where I couldn't do school work while working . . . there is no way I could do it!!

That makes two of us! I'm a night auditor as well. There is no way I could do everything required of me if I was not able to do school work at work overnight. And I'm only in my pre-reqs!