Mother/ Wife/ Student

windmill182 · Apr 7, 2011

Time Management. Fortunately, this is only a temporary means to an end. Keep telling yourself that. It will be over with before you know. : ) I don't know how you moms do it, but I praise you. :heartbeat:heartbeat Good luck on getting into the program. I just found out I was accepted for this fall!

my2girlskk · Apr 8, 2011

I could have written your post almost word for word. I work, my kids are almost 4 and 19 mos, school full time, and on top of it all my husband works 3rd shift. I work during the day come home, feed the girls, go to class, and then after my kids are in bed I study. I never study while they're awake. I'm also waiting to hear if I've been accepted to start my nursing program in the fall. I'm a returning student. I got my associates degree for medical assisting right out of high school. I agree its all about time management. I make a daily to do list every Sunday for the next week and that seems to help. Good luck. Take a deep breathe and remember we can do this!

FLhusker · Apr 11, 2011

I'm right there with you. I have 4 kids (youngest is 6) and a part-time business I run out of my home. I just got accepted to a BSN program that starts next month. I'm terrified that my family will be neglected. I know it is only for 2 years, but I don't want to miss 2 years of my kids lives! If it weren't for the support and flexibilty of my husband, I wouldn't be doing this. I just hope I can find other non-traditional students in the same boat in my cohort so that we can support each other. It's scary, and I think I've got something like cold feet going on....but this is really what I want to do so I'll give it my all.

adorable42181 · Apr 12, 2011

FLhusker,

I totally agree with you. I am a mother of five and my youngest is 9 months. Thank GOD for helpful husbands!!!! I also homeschool my kids so I do not know how the fall classes will effect that. But I think kneeology(true prayer), and determinatation will help us make it through NS. Good luck everyone

radicalsenseofhope · Apr 12, 2011

Hi. I'm a homeschooling mother (two kids ages 8 and 10), a wife, and a student as well. I started my journey to nursing way back in 1999 after getting out of the Air Force. I was married but we were kid free at that point. I took one year of nursing prereqs (and already had one year of gen eds out of the way) so I was all ready to apply to the BSN nursing program at Wright State, but I got pregnant spring quarter! I finished up spring and summer quarter and then took some time off to have the baby (with plans in place to go back and apply to nursing school the following spring). Well, I never made it back to school, LOL. I decided to become a stay at home mom.

Many times over the years I've contemplated going back to finish, but it was always just "not the right time." I finished up an associate of arts, took some accounting classes, but always talked myself out of going back to nursing school. Well I finally realized that the right time was never going to come along, LOL, and I'm not getting any younger! So over ten years later, I'm finally back at it. I'm retaking some prereq classes (because some have expired with age, LOL) and then will be applying to the BSN program at Wright State for Fall 2012. I'm so excited to finally be back finishing my dream of becoming a nurse, but like you, worried about juggling all my responsibilities.

My son and I are on a special diet, so I cook most of our food from scratch, so that adds to my workload. My husband is a firefighter/paramedic and works 24 hour shifts every third day, so the plan is that on his days off he is going to be helping out with cooking and household chores. He will also be helping out with homeschooling next year (while I take classes part time) and when I start the nursing program we are likely going to put the kids into public school for 2 yrs. (we are moving to a really good school district). After that we will re-evaluate homeschooling again depending on my work schedule (if I can find a job LOL). It is going to be an interesting transition for my hubby to start taking over some of the cooking, cleaning, and homeschooling.

I've squirreled away a little study nook in the corner of our bedroom so that I can find peace and quiet to study and do my schoolwork. My kids know that they should go to dad first before bothering me when I am in there. So far this is working rather well, of course, my kids are quite a bit older than yours. When I took classes back when my kids were younger I did this same study nook type of thing, but had to take breaks more often so that the little ones could be with mommy for a little bit.

As for keeping sanity, the one thing that helps me is daily yoga practice. It is amazing how taking just a few minutes a day (10-15 minutes) to center and calm yourself pays off in the long run. It helps me keep things in perspective and not get overwhelmed by my enormous to-do lists! My husband and I have also committed ourselves to making time for fun breaks while I'm in nursing school so that we don't all get overstressed.

Wishing you all the best in your journeys! It is going to be tough, but we can juggle for 2 years! :-)

adorable42181 · Apr 12, 2011

I wish we stayed in a good school district, but since we do not I am not sure what I will do for schooling in the Fall. My homeschoolers are older 12,10,8, and 7. It will still be to much to bare I think with going to NS.

lifelearningrn, BSN, RN · Apr 12, 2011

I'm a wife, mother and full time student. One thing that is absolutely necessary is your husband helping out and, quite honestly, doing more than his fair share. What you're doing is for the betterment of your family, correct? It's really important to get him on board and picking up the slack around the house and taking on some of the kid duties so you can be successful. Good luck!

igus2666 · Apr 13, 2011

I’m not a wife or a mother; but I do know how it fell to get stress out sometime. Only advice I can give you is this take a little time for yourself. Like getting your hair done and going shopping; or if all else failed kick everyone out so you can have the house to yourself for a few hours (LOL). Whatever you decide to do I know it will be the right choice for you. GOOD LUCK!!!! :coollook:

RN-4Ever, DNP · Apr 13, 2011

Great Responses! It feels good to connect with others in the same boat. Yes, thank goodness for good husbands. I do at times get the whole house to myself to catchup on some homework.