Biting off more than I can chew??

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Specializes in Clinical Partner and CNA.

I am so excited to have just been offered a job as a student nurse at a local hospital. We have quiet a few nursing programs around and after graduation it is very competitive!! So I was stoked to get this opportunity. I am also nervous, I am going into my 3rd semester (which I have heard is the hardest) and I have 2 young boys. I am going to work prn, but my manager wants me to work at least 2 days every 2 weeks. Not a lot I know, but still. I have very little help with my boys, my husband works 3rd shift in law enforcement and has court, etc. during the day. Can anyone offer any advice on working, going to school full time, with kids?? How to you make time for everything while staying organized?? Am I biting off more than I can chew??

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Specializes in PCT: Cardiac Telemetry Unit.

I think it's really what YOU think you can handle. I'm a FT, PREGNANT (lol) employee at a hospital, and will be starting the Nursing Program next month! I know several nurses who went through school with children, working (at least part-time) and succeeded.However, everyone is different... but if you're working PRN they can't really MAKE you work more than the PRN Requirement.. which I'm sure is MUCH less than 2 days every 2 weeks. I've found even in my Drug Dosage Calculations Class, that working in the field really makes things "click" so - for me it's a benefit working in the hospital. Good Luck:yelclap:

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I'm in nursing school and work two police jobs, lol. That plus class takes up a lot of time. There's a new lady in my life too so that's going to top my list more than school so I'm pretty happy right now. School can be whatever it becomes. I've done very well so far, but I'm going to bump it even further down the priority list since I've become "re-satisfied" with my current career choice. I went through some burn out after having been promoted a few years ago, but I resigned that job and took another rookie job and more recently a part-time job, lol (because I wanted to bring home what I used to make!)

My only advice really is to listen in class and figure out what is important to each teacher. Gauging their personality will have a lot to do with knowing what's on the tests. The better you become at determining what will be on there the less overall time you'll have to study. Also, I've found that I can select an answer based on what I feel the teacher would put as the answer even though that answer may not seem like the best one, and it seems to work wonders. I never discovered that when I was getting my first degree what seems like forever ago.

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I'm in nursing school and work two police jobs, lol. That plus class takes up a lot of time. There's a new lady in my life too so that's going to top my list more than school so I'm pretty happy right now. School can be whatever it becomes. I've done very well so far, but I'm going to bump it even further down the priority list since I've become "re-satisfied" with my current career choice. I went through some burn out after having been promoted a few years ago, but I resigned that job and took another rookie job and more recently a part-time job, lol (because I wanted to bring home what I used to make!)

My only advice really is to listen in class and figure out what is important to each teacher. Gauging their personality will have a lot to do with knowing what's on the tests. The better you become at determining what will be on there the less overall time you'll have to study. Also, I've found that I can select an answer based on what I feel the teacher would put as the answer even though that answer may not seem like the best one, and it seems to work wonders. I never discovered that when I was getting my first degree what seems like forever ago.

NS AND W Police jobs?!

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NS AND W Police jobs?!

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Yes, W, lol.

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Anyone can do it with a good support system and/or lots of money set aside for daycare/babysitting fees.

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I think you really have to look at your marks during the first two semesters and ask yourself how easy you found the theoretical content and practice so far. I'm not sure what your program syllabus entails, but third and fourth semesters were super hard in my program, because the strenuous course content was exacerbated by the stress of my weekly practicum. I found that success during these semesters determined our success in the program and overall completion. Some students failed during these semesters, only because things go so darn fast when you're attending school and doing your practical component. Before you know it, its the end of your semester and everythings due.

Personally, with two kids, I wouldn't even think of taking on a job. You're already taking on a very respectable workload of full-time school and childrearing. Why jeopardize what you've achieved so far. Taking this job isn't going to make a big difference in your life. Finishing school and becoming a nurse, on the other hand, will. Good luck, the choice is ultimately yours. Only you know the answer :)!

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