Help! I apply to BSN program next week-part-time or full-time?

[Sarahjane6083]

Hello,

I'd like to first thank you all for your time & advice!

Here it goes... I apply to the BSN program next week. I am 11 weeks pregnant. I am having a hard time deciding what to do as far as part time versus full time track goes. I originally was planning to apply to the full time track. Which would start 8/2015 and finish 5/2017 the part time starts 8/2015 and ends 5/2018. Clinical's start the first semester for full time and the second for part time. Full time has summers off part time goes through summers. I have support of my fiancé and mom who is coming to stay with me once baby is born and up until the first semester ends. My due date is 11/26/2015. I am torn because I have been in school since 2011, getting my AA degree and switching majors. I'm anxious to get started and to finish! It seems like the part time is the most logical, but I'm having a very hard time with the additional year of schooling, which seems like a life time & kills me to think about it! I am a dedicated student with a 4.0 so I'm not worried about the dedication. I could really use advice from anyone who was pregnant during nursing school!! Your encouragement & advice is much appreciated! As well as any concerns.

Thank you!

Sarah

[BeachsideRN, ASN]

I think you should sit down and talk with an advisor at the school. They will better know the demands of the program and help you choose what is best for you

[notnursezelda]

in the program I am in, we can switch from full time to part time, and back. There is even a night/weekend track. So I have seen students, pregnant or otherwise with family issues or work troubles, switch back and forth, as their schedule demands.

Now as the previous poster said, talk to advising, see how demanding the program is. Talk to other students that go there, at the school or online on the forum if you can find anyone, they can give you some insight too. At the end of the day, its your choice and what you think you can handle. And any nursing program is lot too handle. It requires time. Maybe you want the winter and summer breaks for family time with you new baby after a crazy full time semester, or maybe you rather have a smaller schedule so you can still make time throughout. It's all about your priorities and what you think is best.