Should I work

[tkins02]

I plan on attending UPMC LPN Program during the fall of 2007. What should I do for employment? Are there any stipend for us as there are for RN's recieving one form of loan forgiveness. :angryfire

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I attended a full-time LVN program last year from 8:30am to 3pm Monday through Friday. One of the students worked graveyard shifts as a CNA from 11pm to 7am. No one else worked since the program was so vigorous and compressed.

Also, your school schedule will not remain the same. Some hospitals do not accept students for clinical rotations during the daytime hours, so you might need to be to school from 3pm to 11pm or for other odd hours.

[Fiona59]

My classmates who worked worked part time and most employers were accomodating once clinicals started. Several worked for Safeway on weekends as there were no clinicals then and they could get 15 hours in on those days.

Some worked late evenings in bars and Starbucks.

If you can manage on part time wages you should be able to find something even if its in an all night gas station.

Good luck