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I work at a small rural hospital as a unit secretary. I work 40+ hours per week during the summer.
When school starts, I drop down to 32, the lowest I can go and still be able to pay my mortgage.
I wish I could work less, but I seem to do well in school because I know I don't have all the time other people do, so I can't procrastinate.
It works.
I am currently working 40 hours per week in an LTC dementia unit as an NAC. My pre-reqs I have been taking one class per quarter & still working full-time. Once I start the program, I will drop to part time (I hope!!) but I will have full-time daycare so I don't know......
Alison, NAC & future CRNA (I hope!)
Eastern WA
Currently, I work as a Dangerous Goods specialist for FedEx about 40 hours a week.
I just finished a Bachelor's in Political Science, and have decided to switch to nursing school, which my wife is starting with me this fall.
When school starts, I'll do the DG for 3 hours, 4 nights a week (12 hours), then work about 6 hours every saturday.
At my school, after 3 semesters, you can take the NCLEX-PN to become a LPN. When I do this, I would like to get a part-time job as a LPN and drop, or almost stop the work at FedEx while I'm doing my last two semesters at school to become a RN.
Love-A-Nurse
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at present, where are you working and how many hours? if you are already in school, did you stop or start working and or did you add or drop hours?
if you will be a student in the fall, will you work or not and how may hours are you anticipatiing working?
what does your school reccommend for hours to work, if any? let us know which program you are currently in or will be in.
i will be working sat and sun in ltc as a lpn weekly which will be 24 hours as i start rn clinical this fall.
trying to make converstaion on this forum! lol