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hello,i am new here and i need some advice.

i am about to start lpn school in september and iwanted to know if i can do it....... a little background......

i recently had a baby, the baby was born 11 weeks premature so i got to spend sometime in the nicu and see first hand the wonderful jobs that nurses do day in day out. i was told by the doctor that i can not take the baby to a babysitter until she is 6months corrected age that made me quit my job that i was making 50k a year tostay home with the baby. The lpn class start 5pm to 9 pm for 13 months. My husband and idecided that i should go to school in the evening and work as a cna from 11 to 7 in the morning while he stay with the baby during this time and when i get home then he goes to work and comes back at 4pm. school is m-f and work is going to be like 36 hours a week. do u guys think this is doable or i am setting myself up to fail. please advice

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If he plans to care for the baby when you're in school and working, then go to work himself, when do you plan to sleep?

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It is hard to work, go to school, and have a family. It can be done as you will find that many of us on here have done just that. Do you have someone who could come into your house, say a family member to help out with the baby also? My hub's step-brother et his wife had a baby premature et the grandma came in the house to help out because baby could not go out of the house for the first almost year, due to problems that she had. She just turned one in May et started going on trips out et about in April. This might help you get some sleep that will be very much needed. Just a thought. Good luck!!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, ER, L&D, ICU, OR, Educator.
school is m-f and work is going to be like 36 hours a week.

It took me a moment to realize what you were saying! I should blush to interpret what you wrote the way I did. (Can you tell I listened to a lot of b****ing today?)

Anyway...is babe healthy, or are there health worries too? You may be spreading yourself too thin. Sleep is a necessary things to humans and properly functioning brains, and you'll need your brain to function in school.

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It took me a moment to realize what you were saying! I should blush to interpret what you wrote the way I did. (Can you tell I listened to a lot of b****ing today?)

:lol2: I had to read it twice myself!

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I think it's too much to do nursing school, work 36 hours a week, study and try to find time to sleep. I like another poster's suggestion that you recruit a family member to help with the baby so you can get that all-important study and sleep time in.

Along another line, you have to think, too, about the kind of strain that load will put on a marriage.

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That's like working 3 full time jobs....baby, school, and work. It can be done, but you're setting yourself up for a rough time. Also note that if you want to work NICU, you'll have to become an RN which means more schoolling. I would set up a plan that makes you work a llittle less if you can afford it.

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thanks to all who responded it is greatly appreciated.

My husband and i have no family here so we have to do it alone unless they grant my mom and mother inlaw visas then i will be really glad. My baby is really healthy she has no health issues at all. she eats every 4 hours so i will be able to get some sleep between feeds. the reason why i want to work full time is to be able to get health insurance for the family, my husband is self employed . i believe i can do it i worked 2 jobs and went to school full time while i was getting my bachelors degree.

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My baby is really healthy she has no health issues at all. she eats every 4 hours so i will be able to get some sleep between feeds. the reason why i want to work full time is to be able to get health insurance for the family, my husband is self employed . i believe i can do it i worked 2 jobs and went to school full time while i was getting my bachelors degree.

Babies don't sleep the whole time in between feeds as they get older. Schooling will get harder and your sleep will get shorter.

You didn't have a baby when you worked 2 jobs and got your Bachelor's. Throwing a baby into the equation changes things like you would not believe!!!

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Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.

Honestly? I think it would be extremely difficult.

That baby isn't going to sleep all the time for long. Also, you have to consider that the quality of your sleep will be less if you have one ear open for her all the time.

I'm not saying give up on your desire to be a nurse, but delaying it for a while might be wise.

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You didn't have a baby when you worked 2 jobs and got your Bachelor's. Throwing a baby into the equation changes things like you would not believe!!!

TazziRN is exactly right. You asked if you were setting yourself up for failure. It's highly likely. Children have a way of getting sick at the most inconvenient times, such as the day you have clinical. We can only miss two clinical days during a semester. Any more than that and you have to repeat the semester.

If I may, let's ask members a different question: Is there anyone out there who completed LVN school while caring for an infant without household help and while working 36 hours weekly?

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Well sort of... I am in school full-time working on my BSN while working full-time as an international flight attendant/translator. I have three children ages 6,8, and 10. I do have full-time live-in help as well as lots of support from family and friends. It is very difficult but doable if you are completely motivated, focused, healthy, and can comprehend the material the first time around since there simply isn't enough time to re-read the enormous amount of material.

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