Good morning! I have a question I'd like to run by this community. The short version is, I'd like the summers off for the next five years while my kids are still young, but want to begin to pursue nursing, should I go for an associate RN on a part time schedule I've planned out that will take about five years with summers off, or could I become a CNA and somehow ask for summers off?
To further explain.....
I've been a stay-at-home mom/homeschooling mom for over ten years, but now my kids are in school. In fact, I got married straight out of high school and have mostly been home since! I have very little work experience, my part time job now is working for family. My husband supports us well so I am free to take summers off with the kids and want to utilize that. If I were to go to school for an associates I could control my schedule, but a friend also suggested that becoming a CNA may be a good way to start - a little less of a commitment and an earlier entrance into the workforce. But, again, I don't want to work summers until my kids are perhaps teens. Is it at all possible to ask for summers off as a CNA? Or should I take the other route of part time school, in which case I wouldn't begin work until my youngest is about 14?
Thanks for feedback!
Jessica