Hello! I am curious to know if anyone has attempted nursing school while having a newborn baby? I am currently getting ready to start taking my last pre-req course before I apply for nursing school which starts this fall. I found out in January that my husband and I are expecting our second child, and have a toddler who will be 2 in July. I am hammering out the pre-req's, getting my GPA and points toward nursing school as high as possible, but now I am worrying and trying to decide what to do before it's too late to apply. My baby is due in September, the same month that nursing school starts. This is assuming that I am accepted. The only pre-req I have left is chemistry which, long story short, should have been taken care of a long time ago but I was not made aware of by my advisor until the last advising day this past fall quarter. Any spring credits that I take don't apply toward my pre-req's on my application... Chemistry is a must-have. Obviously this is a problem. However, I could potentially be accepted in the 2nd round of application reviews. My GPA is a 3.6 and I have not had to retake any classes that would count against me, so I stand a fairly good chance of getting in during the 2nd round if I do apply.
I am wondering if I should apply anyway and just see if I get accepted? However, I am worried that if I do get in and can't handle the stresses of having a newborn on top of a hectic school schedule that I'll fail out. I want to be an RN so bad I can taste it. I know that this is what I was meant to do. I'm starting to lean toward waiting a year and applying later once both babies are a bit older. I'll also have all the required courses out of the way at that time. The only thing I'm not real excited about is waiting another year. I'm 27 now. It's not like I'm fresh out of high school and attending a 4-year college where I would be a graduated RN, BSN by the time I was 22... Any advice from those who've been there? Thank you!
