Very confused at this point!

ixchel · Jul 22, 2016

It sounds like you already have your answer by the tone of your post. Corrections is hard, and it will suck your soul right out of your ear.

wisconsin89 · Jul 22, 2016

A big concern of mine is how am I going to make ends meet working part time for $12 hr? How do people do it? I envy some people that go to school and their parents pay for it.. they have no idea how good they have it. I understand they are stressed out about schooling too, but to not have to worry about the financial part of it would be amazing!

anathema, ADN, RN · Jul 22, 2016

You can apply for scholarships and fill out a FAFSA to help fund your school bill. That is how I am able to fund my schooling, but I am going to a community college that doesn't cost much. What is the price of tuition where you are wanting to go to school? With the way my school has the nursing program set up it takes 3 years to graduate with your ADN. It costs about $15,000 total, and I have had to pay very little towards that. My husband is able to support our family on his income for the most part, so I only have to work per diem. If you have to work, you can always go the loan route.

Shagce1 · Jul 22, 2016

Financial aid. Scholarships. Work another six months to a year at corrections and try to save up some money. Cut out anything miscellaneous out of your budget you don't need or can get for cheaper. It's hard. But doable.

LPNtoRNin2016OH, LPN · Jul 23, 2016

It would be quite hard to live on $12/hr part time. I was 19 when I went to lpn school, I made about $12 as an STNA and only worked PT. I used a student a loan and still ate ramen noodles most meals lol. Have you done any pre reqs yet? If not, do all the non science course online and start saving money so that when the nursing part comes around you can afford to live on little pay.

Natasha A., CNA, LVN · Jul 23, 2016

Hi Wisconsin, I stumbled across your post on the nurse student forum. What part of Wisconsin are you located? Southwest?

File for fasfa and get the pell grant and seog grant will help pay for school ...take non science pre reqs only with CLEP exams. saves you ton of money. google clep exams. take science classes online if your school accepts if not take it only at a community college . community college has wait list BUT to get first priority to sign up for classes before everyone is join EOP&S program. Hope this helps

NICUismylife, ADN, BSN, RN · Jul 23, 2016

Financial Aid and scholarships, or even student loans. Yes, you'll go into a bit of debt, but if you go to a community college, it shouldn't cost too much, and starting to earn that higher salary sooner will more than make up for what it costs now. When I quit my job to focus on school, I ended up getting more money in scholarships than I would have earned if I'd continued to work! (granted I was working part-time and only earning about $7000/year), but still. Between scholarships and financial aid, I end up getting around $8000 per school year on average which is more than my school expenses, so I have some for living expenses too.

windsurfer8, BSN, RN · Jul 23, 2016

Do not assume everyone with a BSN had "their parents pay for it". I was thrown out of my house at 16 and was on my own. I lived on couches to finish HS and joined the military and used the GI bill for school. I made choices...I didn't have children. You did. Children cost money.

Instead of telling us all what you don't have how about focus on getting done what you need to. If you hate your life and job then you either change it or you don't. Maybe your boyfriend needs to step up and do more for the good of the group? Maybe you need to save everything you can for a year and use that to live on. Create a budget and figure out a way. Prioritize and execute.

AvaRose · Jul 24, 2016

I managed making $8.65/hr and only working on average 20 hours per week. Even now while I wait to take NCLEX and get my license I am only making $10/hour and averaging about 30 hours per week. You just have to cut back and scrimp. I pretty much tossed all my stuff, cut out unnecessary bills (including rent since I sucked it up and moved in with my mom to save money on rent and utilities), and stopped going out or doing anything entertainment related. Now I'm used to living on about $300 a month. It will suck when I have to start paying rent again but hopefully I'll find a nice tiny studio apartment since I have no furniture or anything...

wisconsin89 · Jul 24, 2016

I never said everyone with a BSN had their parents pay for it. If you have nothing positive to say, keep your opinions to yourself. I was looking for advice, not to get criticized. And by the way I do know there are people who have it worse than me so don't give me a pep talk about your life in comparison to mine.

WanderingWilder, ASN · Jul 25, 2016

Do not assume everyone with a BSN had "their parents pay for it". I was thrown out of my house at 16 and was on my own. I lived on couches to finish HS and joined the military and used the GI bill for school. I made choices...I didn't have children. You did. Children cost money.
Instead of telling us all what you don't have how about focus on getting done what you need to. If you hate your life and job then you either change it or you don't. Maybe your boyfriend needs to step up and do more for the good of the group? Maybe you need to save everything you can for a year and use that to live on. Create a budget and figure out a way. Prioritize and execute.

Did you actually read her post. She clearly states that she doesn't have any children. She never said everyone with a degree had their parents pay for it. She said she envys people who did.