I'm at CCC doing prereqs full time. I leave for school at 8 am and don't get home until at least 530 all week. I am NOT the type of student that can read something once and magically know it, I have to work and work and work at it to understand something.
I do not have a paying job and now my mother (who I live with) is insisting on my getting one but I have no idea how I would possibly be able to get a job and keep the hours she has in mind AND keep my grades up.
I'm feeling very frustrated right now and could use some advice.
I work 40 hrs a week right now and luckily my boss was flexible and let me make up hours on the weekends for a class that was not offered at night. During the fall, I will only be able to work 20 hours a week but have been saving so the money hit should be okay. I will not work during nursing school and will use loans to pay for school (it's my only option right now) and my husband-to-be will be covering our expenses. It will be tight while I'm going through everything but we have been preparing. Once I get a job, I intend to pay off my loan ASAP.
I do have a friend that is working nights at a restaurant while she was taking prerecs and now while she is in nursing school. It's pretty flexible and she can work less hours when school gets tough or pick up shifts when she has more time. Seems to work for her.
Specializes in Neuro, Geriatrics, Progressive Care.
I found a job right when the semester was ending. CNA. So during the summer I will be working full-time hours. When nursing school starts in the fall, the DON has agreed for me to work every other weekend (Saturday and Sunday 2:45-11:08). I have a daycare to keep my darling on the weekends. I think this year will go right. So excited!
staceym
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I work 40 hrs a week right now and luckily my boss was flexible and let me make up hours on the weekends for a class that was not offered at night. During the fall, I will only be able to work 20 hours a week but have been saving so the money hit should be okay. I will not work during nursing school and will use loans to pay for school (it's my only option right now) and my husband-to-be will be covering our expenses. It will be tight while I'm going through everything but we have been preparing. Once I get a job, I intend to pay off my loan ASAP.
I do have a friend that is working nights at a restaurant while she was taking prerecs and now while she is in nursing school. It's pretty flexible and she can work less hours when school gets tough or pick up shifts when she has more time. Seems to work for her.