trying to start my dream career with kids

[jmkdimples]

Hi

I truly want to start nursing school, but I have some issues, my children and my obligation to still make and income. I wanted to ask anyone who was in the situation of wanting to go to nursing school having small children under 5, and bring some money home how did you do it ? I don't know where to begin please help

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

hello and

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i moved your thread to the nursing career advice forum for a better response.

good luck with your plans to become a nurse and we hope you enjoy allnurses!!!!

[jmkdimples]

thank you !!!!!!!

i KNOW i SPELLED A FEW WORDS WRONG , BUT I REALLY NEED HELP TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT!!!!!

[penthes]

I really can relate to your situation. I am a guy, and not really knowing your full situation, can't address everything. I decided to go into nursing and being the main bread winner of the family had a hard time. I worked full time but my wife was able to keep the kids.

If you have any way of providing child care without cost, that is about the only way you can do it. I worked full time and went to school. I was thankful that the nursing school let me take half load for several semesters. They were fairly flexible about it. Clinicals were hard. Often I had to work 8 hours, catch a nap and then to 8 or even 12 hours of clinicals. Sleep was very short, and my wife took the brunt of child rearing for most of the time. It was the most stressful time of my life, and was stressful for everyone else, too.

So, about the only advice I can offer is to find a way to care for the children with little or no cost, and be prepared to be very tired for a couple of years. It was worth it to me, but it took me a year to recover from it fully. Best of luck.

[hikernurse]

I worked and had a family (including a small baby) when I started NS. Yep, it was hard, but I'm an RN now .

I always had homework with me. Whenever I had downtime at work, even only a couple of minutes, I read or studied. I remember once on a school break I was leaving the house for an errand and I heard my toddler yelling at me to wait as he dragged my big med/surg book across the floor. Even he knew I never left home without school work .

You'll get there, just be willing to let a lot of things go. You'll be surprised at how many important things become unimportant when you no longer have time to do them. Focus on family, then school, then work and most importantly, get enough sleep. Otherwise you'll get sick and really get behind .