Nursing student weekend warrior, how realistic?

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Hello Nurses, Murses, and Student Nurses. I am trying to get your views for those of you who did it. I just got into a wonderful nursing program in my city and really excited to begin the journey however I am a bit worrying over my finances so I want to ask you all. I am lucky I qualify for a grant that will cover most of my classes and books but my personal bills are left to me. I crunched the numbers and need about $1100 a month (I am single and share an apartment with my best friend:). Right now I work as a front desk at a residential building and have to keep it going. I work second shift 3-11:00 pm sat and Sun but now there's an opportunity to pick up some hours 7-11:00 pm on Saturday and I am a bit worried this won't leave me enough time to study. What do you think? is it realistic to work 24 hours a week as opposed to 16 hours a week while in Nursing school? The alternative would be to accept 5k per year in federal loans to supplement and I am really torn over this as I really want to graduate debt free. Thanks for reading me.

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It will entirely depend on what kind of a studen you are. While others could work full time and attend nursing school, some cannot even fathom the thought of it. I would tell you to go thru the route of no debt at all. With that comes the warning that doing both will leave you with few hours to study and feeling exhausted all the time. But if you are a diligent student and plan well you will make it thru. Do keep one job though. Good luck :)

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but i see that just like 20 ml injection one time , two time , third and fourth time in IV for BUBBLES. These bubbles goes into vein, but no harmful till now. i am so scared. These bubbles entered into heart in what time. No symptoms i feel of air embolism. My heart beat about 110 to 130. what can i do. please suggest me.

You must de-air your heart with a 14g angiocath directly into your r atrium.

*This​ is not sound medical advice. Also.. why are you injecting air into yourself? And start a new post, don't hijack this one.

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I always set my schedule up to where I work on the weekends (24-36 hours/week) and go to school and work on school stuff during the week. My grades aren't the best but I'm passing and I don't have any debt so far.

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I think that is totally reasonable as long as you are able to get enough sleep before clinical/classes. If you have to be at clinical at 7 AM the day after working until 11 PM it could be an issue, depending on how much sleep you need to function well. I work 25 hours a week and am a mom of two and its a struggle but I get it done. I don't know what your job responsibilities are, but it sounds like if you are working at a front desk you might be able to get in some study time at work too. My best advice would be to set aside time to study and to really study during that time (i.e. don't let yourself get distracted), in other words, make the most of the time you do have. You could always work the extra hours during the first semester and cut back if needed later. Even if you can swing it without loans for 1 semester, that is $2500 plus interest that you don't have to pay back later. :) Good luck!

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Right now I work as a front desk at a residential building and have to keep it going. I work second shift 3-11:00 pm sat and Sun but now there's an opportunity to pick up some hours 7-11:00 pm on Saturday and I am a bit worried this won't leave me enough time to study. What do you think? is it realistic to work 24 hours a week as opposed to 16 hours a week while in Nursing school?

I'm confused -- you say that you're currently working 3-11p on Saturdays, but you have the chance to pick up 7-11p Saturdays? How is that not working two jobs at the same time, and how would you manage that? What am I missing here?

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It depends on your goals and your abilities. I could probably have passed through nursing school and worked full time or upper part time, but I wanted to get A's so I didn't have an issue getting into graduate school

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Doable but not easy.

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