Question on college hours/working hours. How much is too much?

[youngandnursing]

Hi everyone. I am a recent LPN grad, taking my boards in a month. I am currently taking 12 hours of the 67 prerequisites I need at Tulsa Community College. I will start working 3 12's on the weekends at a LTAC hospital. I have to get 67 hours of prerequisites at TCC in order to transfer into the University of Oklahoma LPN-BSN program, I ALSO need to have "one year of clinical experience as a licensed nurse" in order to be accepted. So I pretty much cannot forego work while I am accumulating my credit hours at TCC.

I was wondering, how many credit hours can you handle while working full time? I was thinking (mistakingly) of taking 15 hours next semester but people have been telling me that doing so will make me go insane. lol. So what are your thoughts? How many hours should I take next semester? What if I worked only 2 12's? Could I take 15 hours then?

Thanks

[David Offenbaker, BSN, RN]

Do what makes you feel comfortable. If you think working 3 12-hour shifts and going to school full-time isn't too much, then stick with that. For me, working full-time and taking 15 hours would be too much.

Currently, I am taking 14 hours in RN school and working 24 hours at an LTAC as well. I'm currently looking to get into home health to lessen the stress load of work. I'm sure you can attest that LTAC's can be rather stressful :-)

Dave