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Im an EMT-IV in my hometowns ER. I work full time. I've worked full time while being a full-time student for the past two years. It's been challenging but I've survived. Several of my coworkers aren't very confident about my working full time once school starts. Fact is, I don't have a choice. I pay my own bills and pay for school myself. Is there anyone that has been in my shoes? If so, give me some words of advice?

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I worked full time through nursing school. School and clinicals were M-Th, I worked 3 12's every F-Sun. Not ideal but it can be done. And I do have kids and had my nephew and a foster kid for a while during nursing school too...

All I can say is prioritize what you do in your off time, bring your books to work and study on break if you have to. There will be times you feel like its impossible, I did, take a deep breath, walk away (assuming your studying) and go back 20 minutes later after doing something completely different. If you're an EMT I'm sure you are great at prioritization so it'll just be figuring out a system that works for you. And find a place in your house no one is allowed to disturd you while studying! Good luck. It can be done :)

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Yeah, I feel pretty confident about it. I expect it to be tough. I dont expect to have much, if any, of a social life. I have classes Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, clinicals on Wednesday. Thursdays are my days off of school. I work night shift so I made it to where I'll only need to have every monday and every Tuesday off. About once every other week I may go to work on about 4 hours of sleep, but ive done that plenty of times so im not much worried about that. And I have every other weekend off so I figured that can be used for study catch up times. It's just kind of got me tore up thinking about it from being underestimated.

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