Intensity of NCP LVN program?

hi i am looking into ncp vocational for the 1 year lvn program. i had to drop out of my rn program, sadly, because i never spoke to my kids anymore and was mad if they wanted to eat! since i was doing this for my family long term, it made no sense to pretty much disown them for even 2 years. i'd go 6am to midnight full bore 2-3 days a week, and then just a little less the other days. this includes cooking, etc. i may have had a nervous breakdown if i had kept going. my kids are very high maintenance (health problems, special diets). i did have help, but still had to do a lot. so i thought of the ncp program. is it the same intensity for the 1 year track? keep in mind some others didn't have to work as hard even in chabot where i just quit, but it was still a ton of work for them. (some who had medical backgrounds seemed to struggle a lot less.) my grades were good, but i always have to put in the hours (and hours and hours). just wondering if i could do ncp if i couldn't do chabot. i really liked the patient care and miss the health care world. what do you do if you miss a day because a kid was sick? do you have to make it up? also bad was that i only got 1 credit out of it, because i left after about 2 months. https://allnurses.com/forums/images/smilies/added/banghead.gif perhaps i should've finished the 1st semester anyway, so i'd have those units to transfer.

another idea is to get the certification for ma for now, work awhile, and then think about doing lvn or rn later. i'm 48 though, and might be happy in a doctor's office being a cma, making less but with less debt to start with. our debt is a key factor, so i'm worried about another year of no income as well, so that's why i'm not interested in ncp's part-time program at this time.

thanks,

nancy

hi nancy,

i just started the lvn (full time) program at ncp this month, and it is a lot of work. we have exams monday~thursday for fundamentals. they are very strict on attendance, they take attendance in the am and pm so missing a day would be pretty bad. but, if you are thinking of doing the part-time program then that might work better for you. you must pass every exam with a 75% otherwise you must do make-ups (which isn't fun when you have 4 tests a week on top of that) but on the flip side, if you work hard and study you will be fine. we have had 5 exams so far and i'm passing, despite the fact that i have a 2 year old, i have found balance with my time constraints. good luck to you on whatever path you choose!