I just finished my nursing program and am finally getting "pinned" in January. All I can tell you is that being in this program was harder on my family than working full time in another field ever was....the only advice I can give you is to keep plugging away and it will be over before you know it....My kids are happy it is over but yet miss what they used to get away with when only with their Dad. However you look at it , it is very stressful on your family. This has been tremendously stressful on my family and I hope it gets better once I take the Nclex and get to work....Let me know if I can be of any help to you and good luck!!