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Thanks so much to everybody. I am single, so moving to where there is a part-time program such as PA or CA may be possible, although what I have heard and seen of California is that living cost is pretty high.

windsurfer8 and RunBabyRN, Thank you for the comments. I did a job search on Indeed.com for Houston LVNs, and it returned quite a few results (658 to be exact), not all of which are full-time. I read on another post here that there are some online-lecture/arrange-your-own-clinicals programs. I found one that may fit that description over the weekend, so I will have to call during the week. I am seriously cutting expenses starting now - downsizing the car, the apartment, the utilities, everything and more. I have to have a 2 bedroom (just not an expensive one) - I'm a non-custodial parent, and my daughter is 13 - needs her own room. Thanks again.

I teach high school math and want to become a nurse. So two questions really. First, does anyone know if there are any part-time programs out there - LVN or ADN (RN), so I could continue to eat while schooling? Second, since I am not in bachelor's degree mode any more, rather in real-world working mode, (know what I mean?), how would you complete a nursing program full-time - financially speaking - in terms of the personal expenses, even if your bills aren't huge? Work part time, with private loans to cover the rest? Will banks make loans for personal expenses while in school? (I did not take any loans while in undergrad) Not sure how this works. Thanks so very much for everybody's kind consideration and thoughts.