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I just started the LPN program yesterday and needless to say - it is a bit overwhelming. I had planned on working while in the program to help support myself and my son (I'm also a single father), but most people I have talked to advise against it, especially If I want to maintain a 85%+ average like the the instructors recommend. Here is the clincher - I'm currently working as a Pharmacy Technician which took me 6 months to obtain (certification plus job hunting, etc). In my eyes, LPN is a better job all around than Pharm. tech and being an LPN would lead me to much more opporitunity... If I quit my job to focus just on school I WILL have support and approval from some of my family which is good. I also have enough money saved to for me to eek by the school year, and I really don't NEED this pharm. tech job. I just won't have the EXTRA money i'd be making while working in the pharmacy. and I would also have the feeling of giving up, because there are other people who do it all and get through. ANY ADVICE???
I will be starting PN school Sept 24, I have my AUA/ CNA & thankfully I have found an agency that has a lot of shifts available. It is nice to get a call several times a day & I choose when I want to work & where I want to go. I like that freedom & the pay is daily, which is nice. Hopefully, the places I have gone will get my foot in the door when I become licensed. Possible look for agency job for $$ support. Goodluck!
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