Phillip1988

I know that when I finish school that I'll have to work nights. I'm not too excited about it but I know if I work in a hospital I'll have to do it. If you have a bsn or msn you can try getting a management job which is normally day shifts but those jobs come with a lot of stress.

I will work night shifts. I work mostly nights at my current job. I need the job so I'll do whatever but I would prefer days.

I know this may be impossible but I'm going to try to avoid night shifts. I hate working nights. I don't care if they pay me more. Am I the only one that feels this way?

I know it won't be RN experience but it will be nursing experience.It will alllow me to have a job and make money while I'm in school. That 1st year of the ADN program is going to dry my money out because I'm going to have to stop working full time and work part time instead. It's also good because when I pass the NCLEX-RN and get a job as an RN It won't be my first time around the block working as a nurse.

I'll look into it's a good oppurtunity. would graduate from an ADN pogram with a year of experience under my belt. I could also make money while in school.

I was wondering if I could work as an LPN(after passing the NXLEX-PN) during my last of an Associates degree program. I was told that in some states you aren't allowed to do that. I'm not sure what the state of Florida's rules are regarding that.

If you can pay for the bridge program I'd say go for it. It's never too late in life to further your education. If you were 70 years old and wanted to do a bridge program I'd encourage you.

Thank you for the different opinion noahsmama. I just want to know how many hours I can work while in the program. I'm young, single, and live on my own so I have to work to support myself while in school. This route will allow me to be done with school faster. If I worked my current job and went to school for the next four years that would be pure hell. Either way it'll be rough. My job now wouldn't work with my school schedule for 4 years.

That's why I think I'm going to look at the plan of study for the program. I don't want to start it and then have to back down to the regular program because I couldn't handle it.

How many classes do you have to take every semester to finish a fast track program on time?

I was wondering the same thing. I want to do the fast track but I'm not sure how much time it will require. I work a lot and I wasn't sure if I could handle it or not. I was looking into the Valencia/UCF fast track program.

I just don't get it. If someone that worked for me was going to school I would be happy for them. My boss thinks that if she tells me that I have to go down to part time that I won't go to school and continue to work there full time. She's very wrong if she thinks I would give up school to work for her. I'm excited about nursing because I know that if I was in school to get my B.S.N, M.S.N or doctorate degree my employer would be supportive.

I'm in the same boat. I work a full time job that requires me to have an open availability 6 days a week .I can't do that while in school. My boss is very nasty about schedule requests. I may be forced to work part time. My boss hates it when she knows her employees are leaving to do something else. I don't care if they make me work part time I'm going to school. I'll hate making less money but in 2 years I'll be making double what I make now.