Nursing School

[Reneeangel12]

I'm almost finished with my pre-req's and applying to a local nursing school. Can anyone tell me about the clinical aspect. As most of you know, being a working Mom is hard, but is it realistic to work three days a week and do clinical's in the evening. I'm an older student and want to be true to myself in the big picture. Any feedback is much appreciated:)

Onward and upward.

[JMCP]

You are at the mercy of your school. At my school we didn't chose our clinical sites but was a literary system. Sometimes an evening/night shift was not available. Our school thought that it was a disservice to get a night shift since we don't see family, doctors and other health professionals at night thus don't get a good view of the nurse'a role.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

Evenings will be near impossible for the lower level students, as the Instructor has to be with you. We allow seniors to be precepted by the staff nurses, which allows the instructor to only check up on them but not be here all day. Seniors frequently request evening, weekends and that is fine with us as we are open 24/7.

[NurseKellyKMo]

I'm sorry to say, but evening clinical rotation is a rare thing when you are first starting. It's possible to still work, most of the people in my class worked through school. Just make sure you run your schedule as efficiently as possible. Make very good use of your time.

[elkpark]

There are some evening/weekend nursing programs specifically designed for working folks. Maybe this is what the OP is talking about. (Other than that, OP, I would guess you will have a hard time getting evening clinicals.)