Balancing being a nurse and a wife

leslie :-D · Sep 24, 2007

my husband is the one who literally pushed me, to apply to nsg school.

i had applied when i was right out of high school, but flunked 1 of the prereq's.

i lost all confidence.

fast-forward to my 30's...

it was hubby who saw my need to do something else.

he kept on pressuring me to apply, even finding the perfect school.

he played mr. mum while i attended, and was the greatest support in my life.

and he still is.

he appreciates my earning capacity, knowing it's only going to benefit our family.

it helps that he's very secure in himself.

leslie

MzMouse · Sep 24, 2007

My husband was extremely supportive of me going to nursing school. It was difficult for him to deal with me in school full-time; either in class, clinicals or studying. He was used to have more of my time. But we got through it just fine.

He did, does, and probably will always make more than I do, so that wasn't an issue. I don't think he would mind if I made more anyway.

RNLaborNurse4U · Sep 24, 2007

I was in an abusive marriage when I was going to nursing school. My ex husband was totally unsupportive of me going to college. Though, he did like the idea of the money I would be bringing home when I started working fulltime! Bully for him, I saved my money that first summer, and left his sorry ass.

My current relationship - my boyfriend doesn't seem to mind that my job tends to be a major part of my life, nor does he seem to mind that I make more money than he does.

It is hard, however, to balance out parenting and the unusual shifts we have to work as nurses. I've missed a lot of things in my kids lives, unfortunately.

Sassybottom · Sep 24, 2007

I would think that a husband would feel proud that his wife was earning a good living. I make more than my husband and he loves it!

He is also very supportive ...

The only problem is that working has interfered with my ability to run the household - which I am not happy about

Sabby_NC · Sep 24, 2007

No worries like you said it all boils down to balance and priorities eh?

My man is my life.

My job is the reason I get up of a morning.

Kind of a win win situation :)

rnmomtobe2010 · Sep 25, 2007

My first hubby was abusive and wasn't supportive of me going to school at all. My new stud muffin is all for it. I go to school, go crazy with the kids, cook , clean, etc and he works and supports the family.

Ruby Vee, BSN · Sep 25, 2007

my abusive ex-husband encouraged me to go to school -- i guess he believed i couldn't leave him in the middle of school. wrong! i'm married to a wonderful, supportive man now and for the first time in my life, i have a husband is is making more than i am! ($.02/hour -- he's a nurse, too!) but for the first 11 years of our relationship, i made more and he didn't mind a bit.

Jo Dirt · Sep 25, 2007

My husband was supportive of me through nursing school because it meant financial security to him, but by the time it was over and I graduated he made it to the point it was almost the end of us. IT actgually was the final straw but he kept clinging to me because I'm his meal ticket. So, it's like we're here but not here...

Cmariehart · Sep 25, 2007

Not sure if this counts but what the heck, I'm half way towards getting married.

Met fiancee while I was about half way through school to be an LPN and he pushed me to finish it.. Now he's pushing me to go get my RN...

He's pretty good about me making more money than he does... He has a list of "pretty" things he wants after I get my RN...

( big screen tv for football, lazy boy chair, and new computer )

We don't get to spend alot of time together so we usually try to make the best of the time we got.... It's working out pretty good........