sarahbmorgan

Hi all! I am new to allnurses, so I apologize if this has been answered before. I am starting school on the 20th of this month. I have ~5 classes left until I can apply to the ASN program at my school. I am taking the NLN in August. I currently work FT (7A-7P) at the local hospital. The other PCT that is in the other day shift position graciously helped me with my schedule and is working every Tuesday and Thursday this summer and I'm working every Saturday for her. The only problem is once I take A&P, I will need three days off a week. (Tuesday, Thursday, and either Monday or Wednesday.) I can't ask her to do that for me, it's not fair. I have worked FT nights in an ER before and went to school FT. It wasn't pretty, but I did well in school and kept up working. I know of one nursing student who took out a lot of loans and just lived off of those while in school and another nurse who I work with did waitressing on the weekends. Either way, my husband and I can't just live off of his salary. We will need some source of income from my end. My question to you is: what do you do for work (or money) while in school? Was it hard? How did you cope?