Curious, whats your job while in school?

letsseehere · Nov 19, 2009

I work 40+ hrs per week as a property manager (apartments) and will be taking my pre-reqs online or at night. It will be slower than I like, but I dont have the guts to quit my job just yet. My residents, friends, and family are getting laid off left and right, but Im lucky enough to have job security...

But Im looking forward to being a full-time student someday! Loan applications will be the "swearing in" for nursing school... :)

MzRN2B · Nov 19, 2009

Right now, I work two part-times. One is 25hrs per week overnight and the other is 10-15 hours per week afterschool. This is be changing soon and I will be eliminating the 10hr job and replacing it with another 25hr job. This will give me about 50hrs per week. I'm not looking forward to this, but I am looking forward to the money. I will be finishing pre-reqs next semester, full-time. I'm nervous but motivated. I hope to be in NS in Fall 2010.

FLmomof5 · Nov 19, 2009

Bach's in EE and I work 40+ hrs per week. Pre-reqs were done online. I am enrolled in the EVE/WE NS and am just finishing up 2nd term. :)

3rdgenRN2B · Nov 19, 2009

Wife/mom/florist...so my job never ends!!!!

Seriously tho, at my florist job I work 40 hours a week and I'll be cutting that back to about 36 hours in the spring when I start pre-reqs.

I just graduated in May with my associates in general studies. I was going to go back and finish my bachelors in something, but decided to follow my heart and start chipping away at getting into nursing school.

emmasma · Nov 20, 2009

I am a CNA, 32 hours right now, but I am looking for a weekend option job before classes start. I would make the same money and work only 2 days. If that works out I may study full time instead of half time.

newbiepnp, MSN, RN, NP, CNS · Nov 24, 2009

I'm a webmaster at an engineering firm and cut back to 32 hours a week when I started my summer session in Chemistry. Never went back to more than 36 since. I'm looking forward to not working and going to school. That'll be a first since high school.

starlightak · Nov 24, 2009

I work 40 hours/week as a flight operations for an airline and I'm also a wife and a mom of 2 kids. I don't do well in A&PI though.

CBsMommy · Nov 25, 2009

I was working 50+ hours per week in the mortgage industry so there was no way that I could study during the day. I took my pre-reqs slowly (usually 2 classes at a time) but it's def. doable. I am also a single mom to a little boy. I've just recently quit working as I start the actual nursing program this Jan. 2010. I now have way too much free time on my hands and can't wait for school to start!

cebollita · Nov 25, 2009

I have been working part time at an arts and crafts shop, and in January, when my pre-req's begin, I'm going to keep working there on weekends.

shrimpchips, LPN · Nov 26, 2009

I'm currently a patient care nursing assistant, but I just got a job as a nurse tech at a hospital that is only 10 minutes away from me (the hospital that I work as a PCNA at is about an hour away!). I can also do a lot more as a nurse tech (foleys, blood draws, trach suctioning/care, dressing changes including sterile etc...just nothing pertaining to assessments, meds or IV's). A PCNA is basically just a glorified nurse's aide...I do very basic patient care along with vital signs and blood sugars. I turn patients every 2 hours that need it (to prevent skin breakdown), get things for patients (such as fresh water or a blanket or help them up to the bathroom), collect I/O's...I can put patients on telemetry monitors. I can also discontinue IV's and foley's, but I cannot insert them.

xyra · Dec 2, 2009

I currently work a weekend shift and I will be starting nursing school next month. I work Saturdays 8am to midnight and Sundays 8am to midnight (I swear, it will be heaven if I get three 12 hour shifts after graduation, lol). I work in a group home setting with those who have developmental disabilities and require 24/7 support. I do get free time if I am not working on goals and the clients are relaxing, and I usually have from 8pm to midnight to myself at work, so that is always a good time to get some serious studying in.

Even though I hate working every weekend, it works well with school and I can study a lot throughout the week. I will have to figure out how to change my hours though, because starting in February I will have 6:30am clinicals on Mondays and I have a one hour commute to school.