Is it realistic to work full time and attend ADN school?

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I am very happy to be accepted to my schools ADN program. It is competitive and I worked hard to get in.

My problem is, I also have a full time job which provides me with health benefits. I am young but it is still important to me to be medically covered.

My program is a hybrid 2-day per week. One day is classroom and one day is a 12 hour clinical.

I want to be in a position where I can really learn, not just cram for tests. I feel like working full time makes me manage my acedemic time unwisely, leading to cramming.

My job will give me off the two days I need, but cannot promise me any extra days off, 4x10 shifts, 32 hours a week, or anything like that which would allow me to stay fulltime but have more personal/study time.

1. Is it realistic to work 5 days a week while in a hybrid nursing program?

2. Are there any other opportunities for health insurance if I need to drop full time? This is Florida/USA. I'm assuming I could go on the ACA marketplace and get something subsidized but I've heard the plans are expensive and high deductable. (This is only hearsay, please correct if i'm wrong)

Thanks

I've got a very good position lined up..not sure how i even fell into it, but it's irrelevant. Ill be doing remote work for a family construction company during school a couple hours a day and all day on weekends. Should be able to make enough to pay the monthly tuition bill for my BSN. Granted it will cut in to study time, but i'll have to manage my time or i'll fail out. Simple as that. Some people don't have a choice and have to work and/or go into debt regardless.

I had previously considered working as a CNA or patient care tech. That wouldve been extremely stressful no doubt. I imagine it's doable, but very, very difficult if you're trying to keep loan cost down.

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