Is This Realistic?

[color=darkslategray]the first part of the program where you work on getting the rn will likely be intense, but if you have supportive family and are not working, it should be very doable. the msn part you can plan on spending an estimated 4 hours/ graduate credit hour studying (they say). some classes are harder than others, like advanced pathophysiology and pharmacology, for example, where you have to learn facts. theory isn't so bad, except that you likely will have to write some papers. i just started a pmhnp program with family, kids in school, an elderly mother and working part time (prn). so far, so good.

The workload will likely vary from school to school, as well as from term to term.

We polled the students in our Direct Entry MSN program about average hours spent on the program (classroom time, readings, clinicals, clinical prep, writing logs, papers, etc). The responses indicate that the number of hours spent in our program was 40-85 hours a week depending on where a person was in the curriculum (term 1 to term 6).

It is great that you have a supportive family for this new stage in your life.