Need advice: Bills and nursing school!

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I'm starting nursing school this June, YAY! However, I am also moving into an apartment with my boyfriend before then. This will be the first time we've ever left our parent's homes and gotten our own place.

Can anyone out there give me advice or tell me your own experience with going to nursing school and having to work full time to pay bills? I'm wondering if I should just stay home and not move out until I graudate - which will be in December 2011.

Please send me your personal stories and advice!

FYI: We are both currently saving money

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Specializes in MICU.

Where will you be working and at what time? Is the work stressful?

How strict will your schedule be?

Will you be able to call in to work if something important for school comes up?

How tight will your budget be? Who will be responsible for what portion of the bills?

Is your boyfriend willing to support you if you find that you can't work at go to school?

How well do you function without regular sleep?

Just some things to think about, coming from a 4th semester student who is still working 25-30hrs a week at night.

It is very very hard to find a balance, I still haven't worked it out.

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I'm starting nursing school this June, YAY! However, I am also moving into an apartment with my boyfriend before then. This will be the first time we've ever left our parent's homes and gotten our own place.

Can anyone out there give me advice or tell me your own experience with going to nursing school and having to work full time to pay bills? I'm wondering if I should just stay home and not move out until I graudate - which will be in December 2011.

Please send me your personal stories and advice!

FYI: We are both currently saving money

NS is a lot im in my second semester and i didnt see people from my first they either worked or had kids so you ell me what got them to mess up either one or the other my teacher told us that if we dont have to work NOT TO WORK!!! also metioned that relaionships will come in conflict true for me i ge so annoyed in any thing and everything cause im so worried in studing and when i study theres not enough time TO STUDY!!!. i quit my job as it is living with my father but it is still a lot to do read textbook read clinical book, go to clinicals go to lecture ,do online NCLEX questions do case studies,make notecards etc i is much .as i dont jog anymore or hangout i used to live with my girlfriend ,but i kicked her out she was doing drugs and being a cheater this hurted me as i loved her 6years(yup still together im oone of those LOL) are you ready for the unexpected to happend while you in NS? any little bump on the road if your not strong will make u mess up. if you loss your job or have to quit thats valuble time that u could have added to your studies.ALL THE TIME COUNTS. i sometimes have to take micronaps at 1am just to finish oh yea careplans something youll get to know preety soon. good luck and if you ask me i suggest you wait and move ou when you get throught this hell that will be all worth it at the end good luck (excuse my spelling as i dont want to bother unless im being graded on )

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Well I'll be working at a hospital I HOPE! I have a friend who is about to graduate from NS and she worked at a hospital... He can afford all the bills on his own I believe... so maybe I won't move out... All I know is that there are people who have NS + Kids + Family + Bills + Work and somehow they make it through. That just makes me think I can handle NS and working. But of course, I've worked TOO HARD to get this far so I'll probably post pone moving out... But again, if anyone else has more advice/person stories on what they did and how they made it all work, POST!

THANKS!:redpinkhe

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

I think if you get along with your parents and the current system isn't broke, don't fix it. Save yourself the struggle and finish school first. Yes, lots of people make full time work, families and nursing school work for them. They will be the first to tell you how hard it is and how much of their lives it sucked up. Enjoy being young and not having to live under that kind of stress. It comes all on its own soon enough! If your parents and your boyfriend both are flexible then just remain where you are and finish up. It will go by SO fast.

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Specializes in ICU.

I think your relationship with your boyfriend will have a much better chance of surviving if you stay with your parents until you are done with school. Moving in with someone can add a whole new dimension to the relationship that adds it's own conflicts and stressors, particularly if this is the first time living on your own. Throw in the demands of nursing school and it could be a little much to deal with. Both your relationship and school work could suffer.

If the parents are cool with it, stay home and reap the benefits of always knowing you will have a roof over your head, utilities at your disposal and food on your plate. Nursing school is hard enough without all the additional worries that rent and bills bring. Most people only do it b/c they have to :)

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tfleuter - THANK YOU!

Staying at home was and is my first choice, however... my stepdad is an alcoholic and I CANT stand him... if I could just never talk to him unless I absolutely had to, that would be a dream come true... he's the only reason why I am considering moving out.

I believe that living together while in school would add other stresses that are unnecessary at this time for the both of us. It's just that he's 26 years old and wants to move out - but doesn't know if he can do it on his own exactly... I just wish I could do it all!

Staying at home is probably going to be what I'll do... if that's how God plans it. I guess I'll just move out only if I really HAVE to... here's praying that it doesn't HAVE to end up like that!

THANKS AGAIN!:cheers:

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I understand the issues u mentioned but your father being a drunk and u staying with him would have you be stress free from having to work and pay bills that will require u to work full time based on your spending lifestyle. but then again your dad is also another stressor, add me up at facebook got sum great links on ma page and we can share ideas on nursing curricula as the NCLEX can be just anything but what jst one institution teaches bye

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Wow. It sounds like you have a lot of stress. I don't blame you for wanting to get away from your Stepdad. Maybe just live there and stay away from the house as much as possible. Go to the library a lot. They tell us not to work in nursing school. It really is a lot of work. I'm almost done with Nursing Process I.

Good luck!

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Thanks to everyone who's responded!

I guess I should have mentioned that I've completed all my undergraduate work so all I have to take are my actual nursing classes...but I know that's STILL a load!

I have other reasons I'll prob. stay home now, but that's truly okay with me now :-)

Thanks again to EVERYONE! And good luck to all of you in NS and in your careers and lives, GOD BLESS YOU! :redpinkhe

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Specializes in ARMY MEDIC.

It is hard trying to find a good balance between work ,nursing school and if any time is left fun. I work at a job I hate but which pays well with little to no thought involved, but this helps because my brain can focus on the tasks at hand (nursing school). I would say go for it if you know that you are focused and responsible enough to handle alot at one time, there will be days when you and your boyfriend may not see eye to eye or when you are so stressed out that you dont want to be around anyone, it helps to have a partner that is understanding, good luck with what you decide

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