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Thank you April and to everyone, I really really appreciate everything and all advice and sugguestions. I have 2 more weeks until my pre entrnce exam. I have been studing the verbal section for a while now and need to get on the math. I am a person that gets so nervous to take leaps, espceailly after my son is born. Sorry I have another question, if I didnt take all my pre reqs yet and want in the furture to be a RN, do I have to go back and take them? Erika

Hi Katie and thanks for the reply. I knew that would come out wrong, I didn't mean to say I do nothing. I do everything! LOL! Because being with my son is, and has been the most wonderful thing. We sacrifice big time, but everthing and every sacrifice is worth it. He will be going to school before I know it and it scares the heck out of me. He started to go to pre schhol for more socializaion, since I dont know many people with kids his age, actually I only know one. ITs just such a big decsion, thanks for your input. Erika :)

wow! Everyone has such good points! No one really puts there name at the end, so I will just say your registered names. Is anyone a LPN or are all of you a RN? Katfish, every time I say thats is it Im going, I look at my son and say, no way I cant! I dont want to miss anything! I never had! I cant stomach the feeling of missing times with him. But it will 3 nights a week. And for 2 days he will be in pre school from 1-4 so i will have some time to study. And then I say ok I will do it after I have kids, but I am at this point, where I am doing nothing! And I feel and want to do something. I feel like I am in a pinball game going back and forth with pros and cons! If I dont go this september that is it for a few years. Also it would be a huge age gap for our kids, but again you have to do what is best. Also has anyone gone to school and waited to work a year or so and if so, have you had any trouble getting a job or remembering???? Thank you to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Erika

Thank you for your response. What is a LVN? is it a licensed visiting nurse? My husband and mom support me. My husband is afaid of how we will afford the payemnts after I graduate and if I will make enough, since the school is alot of money, since its a tech school. I have to be for class for 5pm. I dont have anyone to watch my son. My husband gets home for like between 5-6pm, so I need to figure it out. ITs so hard when you have no one. Thanks again, Erika

Hey Everyone, I hope Im posting this in the right area. I am tearing myself up inside on the decision to become a LPN. I go in about a week to take the pre entrance exam, but I have a millions what ifs in my head. I have a 2.5 year old son and married and planning to buy a house next year. Right now we live in a in-law apartment so we dont pay much rent, and I work 2 days a week because I dont have any help to watch my son, and daycare is too much. I always wanted to be in the health care field, a good amount of my family are doctors and nurses. I'm wondering if I should wait until I am older, after we have all our children to go to school or go now? When I tell my friends I am in the mist of registering for nursning school and they find out its for a LPN I feel like they are looking at me funny and then they say oh, what about a RN? The program is 22 months long and 3 nights a week and ALOT of online work Im told. I can only go to school part time and nights because of my son. I wish I could find a part time night program to become a RN, but I also need to finish some prerequites and that would take me a long time doing it part time, I think I need like 10 more classes. Im nervous, I wont have enough time to study, or enough time for my son. Sometimes I want to slap myself and say "Erika you need to do this for you and your family" and sometimes I wake up and say there is no way you can do this. I would love to have another child but I would need to wait until we get another place and to finish school and then after school I want to stay home for a bit with the baby, and hope to start slow possbily part time. Will I forget evethtning that I learned? Do I have to take the big exam every year? Is it worth it to become a LPN or should I wait and hope I can become a RN? IS there a bridge course to become LPN to RN? Are there good jobs for LPN out there and do they pay good? I know this is veryyyy long and I really appreciate any advice or help I can get. Thank you again, Erika