How many hours do you work?

racing-mom4, BSN, RN · Mar 14, 2008

I went to school full time and worked the minimum at work to maintain my insurance. 20 hours a week. I worked every saturday night 7p-7am for 3 years and then one shift a week 7-3. Some semesters I either had work or school every single day. I also did some weekend clinicals!

I was fortunate enough to have a very caring boss who worked around my school schedule.

Best of luck, it is hard, but doable.

nurseofalltrades · Mar 14, 2008

I went thru an evening and weekend part-time program. I worked full-time 7am-3:30pm. I still had time to study, but it was tough....u have to get used to functioning on a lot less sleep!!!! :specs:

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Mar 14, 2008

I attended a full-time LVN program with hours of 8:30am to 3pm Monday through Friday. Clinical rotations occurred at various times, such as 3 to 11pm three days per week. I quit my well-paying job at a factory to pursue school full-time. I basically lived off my savings and collected state unemployment payments during part of that time.

lvnandmomx3 · Mar 14, 2008

My school was from 8:00 til 2:30. Clinical anywhere from 6am til 11 pm depending on what 8 hr shift you got placed at ( we did not have much say in it). I worked through the school (federal work study) I worked 20hrs a week. It was hard. I'm also a single mom of 3 ( youngest was a little over yr at the time). It can be done, you just have to have structure and disapline(sp?).

MiaKeaRN · Mar 14, 2008

I work 40-45 hours per week, daylight hours. I attend class in the evenings and do clinicals on Saturdays. It is difficult and some weeks I want to just give up, because I am so tired from working and studying that I can't see straight. I won't let it get the best of me....I've worked too hard to get this far and know that there will be a light at the end of the tunnel when I graduate next May. *wine

plumrn, BSN, RN · Mar 15, 2008

I went to class/clinicals Mon-Thur, and worked 0645-2315 on Fridays and Saturdays. Sunday was my only day off and I used it to do all the papers and studying for school. It worked for me. I was really tired when I got home at midnight on Saturday nights!

Ms Kylee · Mar 15, 2008

I have class or clinical MTW 1800-2130, and 0645-1500 every other weekend. I work daylight on class/clinical days and 3-11 on my not school days. I have to work 40 hours. It's tough some weeks, especially when you have a test that night and you forgot and scheduled yourself for daylight that day, so you can't study.

I graduate next Feb.

2bnurseforce1 · Mar 15, 2008

Hi guys thanks for all your advice. I'm just trying to decide what's best for me. I work in a hospital and my job is very very very stressful, and my manager is down our backs every second of the day.:angryfire I really hate my job but can't afford to quit, my DH is also a student and graduates this may with a Bacholer degree in elementary education. so until he starts full time at a school money is tight. I don't think I can handle the full time working and nursing school although I work full time now and go to school ( and trust me my grades are suffering) so I think I will be cutting my hours down to 3 days in the week and every other weekend. I would love to hear more from everyone that has continued to work full time or part time while in school.