Frustrated: cant find a nursing school with classes to accommodate full time day workers

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I'm frustrated with trying to locate a school in my area (Georgia)with evening/night classes. I have a bachelors and masters degree with a career. But I have always wanted to be a nurse or NP. Now that I'm motivated to pursue this field, I'm knee deep in a 9-5 Monday through Friday job. Quitting my job is not feasible. I need my job to pay bills because I have no support, no spouse or family that can assist. I'm the main provider for my elderly mother as well. My employer will reimburse me for tuition as I currently work for a hospital system in a allied health position, but they cannot give me a leave with pay, as expected. I don't know what to do. I need some sound advice or inspiration from anyone going through or has gone through my situation.

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I would try posting this in the Georgia section, someone might have a better idea of a local school. If you have a masters I would recommend a direct-entry MSN program. I would search for a program like that. Good luck.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Sounds like you might need to change jobs. Something more flexible, weekends only - something not M-F 9-5.

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Specializes in mental health / psychiatic nursing.

Unfortunately it sounds like your job and nursing school are not currently compatible. The vast majority of nursing programs are full-time days. Perhaps some one local to Georgia will know of a part-time/evening program.

If your job is able to allow you to go part-time or switch hours that would be great otherwise you may have to look at the options for a new/different job. This may mean needing to save a significant amount of money before starting school so you can afford to work part-time, or finding a job that is week-end/evenings only where you can work full time in school.

If now is not a good time to quit this job, you may need to defer your nursing school dreams until a more suitable time.

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There is a distance learning online ADN program in Tampa, FL. I am currently enrolled there and although I am local, a lot of my classmates are from different states. AL & GA mainly but I even know someone who travels from CA. The program is all done online however you are required to come to campus one weekend a month for labs/clinicals.

I was in the same boat. I had to keep a full-time mon-fri 8-5 job to keep up with my bills and take care of my kids. This school was the only school that could fit around my schedule. Let me know if you are willing to travel to FL once a month. I will let you know the name of school.

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Yes... finally someone that understands me!!! I'm definitely willing to travel for clinical. Please let me know the name of the school. Thank you!

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Medical Prep Institute of Tampa Bay. I will tell you now that it is not the greatest school but it is accelerated. ADN program is 15 months long so things are fast paced. It is a kind of new school so they do not have the most up-to-date items and clinical sites are currently only at nursing homes & ALFs as theyre working being partnered with a hospital. If you are truly just trying to get that RN after your name then this is the best option considering the situation you are in with work. It was not my first choice school but rather my only choice. Bills do not pay themselves and not everyone is fortunate enough to have someone financially support them while they're in nursing school. Good luck!!! Let me know if you decide to enroll.

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I read a lot of negative reviews on this school í ½í¸”

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I read a lot of negative reviews on this school ������

But if the school gets you the chance to sit for NCLEX, isn't that what counts?

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But if the school gets you the chance to sit for NCLEX, isn't that what counts?

There is a lot more that "counts." A quick look at the website indicates that the school has neither regional academic nor national nursing accreditation. The cost of the ADN program (for an unaccredited program with questionable clinical sites) is somewhere between $22k and $25k (I can't really figure out how they're doing their math). The heartwarming paragraph on the main website page about their "partnerships" and how careful they are about what facilities they partner with in order to maintain their high standards and maintain the "identity" of their program takes you to a "Partnerships" page that simply says "To be announced." There are sections of the website written in broken English that makes me wonder seriously about the educational level of whoever wrote the website. Their NCLEX pass rates are nothing to write home about: 2014, 80.0%; 2015, 84.21%; 2016, 86.96%; and 2017, 78.57. There are some interesting complaints about the school floating around online.

This is not a school I would want to see anyone I know or care about get involved with.

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I would run far far away from that Tampa school. I also read the comments / reviews on the school and they were pretty horrifying across the board except for some 5 stars with no comments that looked like they were probably put in by "fake" students. I noticed that many of the students complained that they were restricted from sitting for the NCLEX by the school because they refused to send their paperwork to the BON. It looked to me like they cherry pick graduates to sit for NCLEX to keep their rates where they are (which as someone pointed out aren't super great. If you notice, the person who recommended that school then posted a new thread about how she does NO clinicals in a hospital and only does 12 hours a month of clinicals...!!!! I will just warn you that if you go to this school I can almost guarantee that 2 years from now you will sorely regret that money spent. You are much better off looking for a job that can work around a school schedule. Run away now -- do not waste your money on this school!

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I totally agree...if it sounds too good to be true than it is. After doing my research and seeing the reviews, I was like "no way I'm gonna do that"

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