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what does your weekly life schedule consist of being a nursing student including class, study, home life please?:uhoh3:

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LPN student here! Ok, here's my schedule:

Mon Tues Wed - Clinical's 6:30am-12:30pm

Thurs Fri - Class 8am-2pm

EVERY DAY at least 2 hours of study after school, 4+ hours of study on Sat and Sun

I also am a single mom of twin 10 y.o., work part-time and am in a serious relationship. I have about 9 months left of school.

Ugh, that's alot on paper!....I suddenly feel very overworked and overtired....sniff, sniff...:uhoh3:

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Specializes in Medical/Surgical.

Well I can't speak for others but my life during school was super busy. I attended a 4 yr BSN program and the first 2 yrs were just classes. The last 2 years were full of clinical rotations and I was BUSY. I had clinical days twice a week Tues/Thurs. The times varied depending if it was morning or evening clinical. I would be up as early as 4:30 am sometimes to take the school shuttle or public trans to get to our assigned hospitals in the city and would not get back to my apt until 5pm sometimes. Those days were so draining. The rest of the week MWF I had lecture class and then I also went home and worked the weekends as a PCT/student tech.

For me I usually studied MWF when I was in my "school" mode. There was so much reading for each class! MWF I studied b/c after clinicals and work...I was so tired and never wanted to do anything! I was always trying to catch up on my sleep...but I still had time to participate in club activities etc. At the same time I definitely didn't feel like I had that great of a social life either. My boyfriend and family definitely helped me through.

So it really depends on what you decide to do. I personally thrive on a busy lifestyle as it keeps me on my toes. It sounds like a lot but if you are able to balance things like work, school, family, friends, and make it work. It will be good practice for when you become a nurse and are balancing all the crazy things that can happen to you on your shift!!

Hope this helps and good luck to you! :balloons:

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Hey there,

I am in a BSN program and am currently taking 16 credit hrs (4 courses). On Mon and Wed I'm in class from 12-6; on Tues from 12-4; on Thurs from 8-4 and on Thurs evening I go to the hospital for a few hours to prepare for clinicals on Friday (gather patient's labs and other information) and then I have to go home and do some more clinical preparation by looking up medications which is then all entered on a clinical prep form that I will take to the hospital on Fri ; On Fri I'm in clinicals from 7:30-11:30. Next quarter clinicals will be all day long.

In addition, On Fri, Sat, and Sun, I work 3rd shift which is 11p-7a.

Somewhere in between I study, write papers, and on occasion find some time to spend with family and friends.

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Specializes in Peds, PICU, Home health, Dialysis.

Accelerated BSN student here. Here is my schedule this semester:

Mon: Class 8 - 12:30. Work 1 - 5:30. Study a few hours that night.

Tue: Class 8 - 11:50. Go to hospital and get patient information right after. Work 1:30 - 5:30. Study and type up care plan that night.

Wed: Clinicals 6:30 - 2:30. Do a few more hours of studying that night.

Thur: Work 7 - 6 and get patient information from hospital for clinicals.

Fri: Clinicals 6:30 - 2:30. Work 3:00 - 6:00.

Saturdays & Sundays are dedicated to catch up on studying and prepare for lecture on mon & tue.

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Moved to the General Nursing Student Discussion.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I'm an LVN who is currently attending prerequisite classes for a local RN program. I suppose my schedule is more simplified due to the fact that I have no spouse or children.

Saturday: 16 hour work shift from 6am to 10pm

Sunday: 16 hour work shift from 6am to 10pm

Monday: no work; school at my local community college

Tuesday: no work; school at my local community college

Wednesday: no work; school at my local community college

Thursday: no work; school at my local community college

Friday: no work or school

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I have 2 kids ages 7 & 11. I work all nite Fri and Sat 7a-7p.

Clinical Monday 7-4 come home cook dinner, help kids with homework, put kids to bed, do my homework/study. Tues the same thing. Wed off from school, catch up on housework and read and study. Thur class 9-3, come home cook, help kids with homework. Do my homework study.

Fridays school 9-3 come home cook, eat, go to work 12 hours, yes NO SLEEP.

But last year

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I always made sure that my home work was done the day it was assigned. I read every reading assignment that was given to us from beginning to end. I tried to get all my papers done when the assignment was first given to us and not to procrastinate. I always tried to feep my weekends homework free unless I had a test on Monday. I did homework immediately after school on monday through friday and would not allow myself to do anything else until it was complete. And boy let me tell you did I enjoy homework-free weekends. No one else understood how I did it. But it definitely kept me sane.

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Specializes in Urgent Care.

Monday- Clinicals 6:30-12:30, then clinical paperwork for HOURS. If I finish, I take my kids to cub scouts at 6:30pm

Tuesday- Clinical 6:30-2:30- pick kids up from school, help with their homework, dinner, laundry, then homework for me when they go to bed

Wed- No school- get reading done, work, kids

Thursday- class 8:30-12- work, kids in between, maybe an hour of studying

Friday- work, family, housekeeping, study

Sat- study catchup, family day

Sunday-work 10 hours

I took an online summer course, so I don't have class on Fridays. It helps ALOT!!!

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Specializes in Emergency medicine.

M-F school 0800 - 1330

work 4 on 2 off 2200 - 0600 days change

study when I can

have 3 children at home still 19-14-9 yrs old

see my wife as much as possible

I cook for the family

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ABSN student here, semester 2/5 but first of clinicals

M: class 7:30/8 (we come in early if we have an exam) - 4

T: off - study, laundry, errands, etc.

W: clinical 6:30-2ish, come home, attempt to study

R: class 7:30/8 - 2:30, come home, attempt to study

F: work 10-4, usually do something w/my husband Fri night

Sa: work 10-6, come home, study

Su: off - study all day long, but slightly less intensely with TV on

I also cook all the meals at my house - except my husband occasionally grills on Sundays - and do all the laundry and shopping. The house is never clean, since I'm too busy and he's one of those guys who always throws his pants, socks, etc. on the living room floor. I don't have any kids, but only a few people in my program actually do. I am planning on quitting my job in the very near future - I'm a bartender, and that maybe $200/week I make is getting to be less and less worth it as I get more and more tired and stressed. Also, our clinical days will increase each semester, but we don't get our patients until morning of so there's no prep to do the night before. We do our care plans and stuff later.

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