mena24

What hours do you work? 12 hour shifts or 8 hour shifts? Do you work full-time or part time or PRN? What area of nursing do you work in? If you have children how do you factor that into your schedule as far as child-care? Just curious. :wink2: I'm still a nursing student but my husband and I are talking about the future and how exactly we'll handle child-care, my hours etc.

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I applied for the Summer semester. I have a 198. I'm nervous.

I'm not assuming that I will be accepted to the R.N. program my first try but after speaking to my counselor and telling her the scores I received on the NAT and my GPA, she said I will have a very good chance of being admitted this May. I got an A.S. in Medical Assisting instead of a certificate because prior to starting classes for medical assisting I had taken general education classes at a university, so I was close enough to an A.S. already that I figured I might as well take a few extra classes to get it instead of a certificate. I don't know about the pay differential as I am yet to work in the field. I had to take a speech class, basic A&P, medical terminology, a math class, biology on top of my more clinical classes. I've decided to wait a month to see if I'm accepted and if not I will start working as an MA until I am. Another factor is the fact that I injured my knee 3 months ago and it's still giving me troubles. I had an MRI today so I'll talk to the doctor next week about the results and see if I will even be able to do a job where I am standing for a long time or if I need surgery.

I have an AS in Medical Assisting, however I have never worked as one. Right after I graduated I started going to school full time, taking pre-requisites for the RN program. I'm finishing up my last 2 pre-reqs right now and I applied to start the RN program this May. However, now I'm doubting if this is really what I want to do. I already have about $25,000 in student loans and since I won't be able to work while I'm in the RN program I'll be adding to that with more. Also, my husband is in the Navy so there is no guarantee we'll be staying where we are currently stationed long enough for me to complete the program. I am seriously considering quitting school and working full time as a MA to pay off some of my loans and then returning to school later. Maybe even doing a bachelor's online in health care management or something. So what would you do? Keep going in school or start working to pay off some debt. How do you know that nursing is really what you want to do?? :innerconf (Also, if it matters I'm 20 years old, married w/ no kids)