Where Did you Work While in School? Pay & Hours.

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I'm going to start nursing school in January, and I'm excited but sooooo nervous. I'm nervous about doing something so new, and worrying about passing each test. I've been a home daycare provider for the last 2 years and make pretty decent money for living in SC (approx $600-$700 every week). Anyway, I'm quitting daycare to go to Nursing school and will get the max Federal Student Loan available which will give me around $10K for the year. It's not enough for us to get by on, we'll need to get help from our parents unfortunately. I thought about get a personal loan, and I'm a bit too scared to do that because that will rack up a pretty big debt after school! So I thought maybe I could try and do some babysitting as needed. I do have a CNA license good for another 2 years (just renewed it), but I don't think working as a CNA will be as flexible for me or as stress free. With babysitting I can still be in my home or their's and bring books with me to study if needed.

*I'm sure many of you worked while in school, so where did you work, how many hours a week, and if you don't mind saying... how much did you make? Thanks so much!! :D

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Specializes in Pulmonary med/surg/telemetry.

I'm currently in nursing school and I work as a medical transcriptionist from home. The pay is based on production (per line) so the money can be really good. It's great because it's the most flexible job I can think of. If I want more work I just type more and if I don't and need to get some studying done I just don't take anymore.

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I'm currently in nursing school and I work as a medical transcriptionist from home. The pay is based on production (per line) so the money can be really good. It's great because it's the most flexible job I can think of. If I want more work I just type more and if I don't and need to get some studying done I just don't take anymore.

You have to go through school to be a medical transcriptionist right? Sounds like a great job for flexibility :nuke:

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Specializes in ER/Trauma.

My various jobs I held through Nursing school:

* Janitor

* Food service worker (which often included a combination of janitor, busboy, waiter, dishwasher, garbage disposal)

* Consultant for the University's IT department (job could range anywhere between fixing people's computers to sorting print jobs in the libraries).

Pay was minimal wage.

Working hours? Well, let's just say that between school and work (and ZERO social life) I ate on the run, shaved-showered-brushed teeth at the same time and averaged about 3 hours of sleep q 24 hrs...

cheers,

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I was an international flight attendant and translator through nursing school. I flew out Friday evenings and came back Sunday afternoons. My base hourly pay is $40.00 per hour plus differentials for language, international, and position pay. I have some seniority though, with 22 years.

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I worked at a hotel, which was great because I was able to sit at the desk and study. I got paid $11/hr.

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Specializes in psych,maternity, ltc, clinic.

I was a home health aide and then did an internship the summer before my last semester on a postpartum floor and stayed on there as a clinical assistant my last summer. Dont remember pay, but not great.

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I worked as a CNA. I lived at home with my parents, so the money easily covered schooling, car repair, insurance, clothes etc.

My sister went back to school at a later age and lived in her own apartment and worked weekends and a couple of nights a week at a residential facility for troubled teens as a patient care tech.

The money was enough to pay her bills.

She got a scholarship for the community college.

The teens were good sleepers most nights, so she did a lot of studying at night.

My sister also never had a day off for two years when full-time school was combined with a full time job.

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I bartended for about $15 an hour with tips - but if my husband hadn't gotten transferred and I could have stayed at my old bar, it would have been more like $30/h. Since my pay was so much less here, and since he started making more halfway through my program, I quit my job entirely. The extra cash wasn't worth being gone all week for school and all weekend for work. When I did work, I did 2-3 8h shifts on weekends.

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Specializes in Pulmonary med/surg/telemetry.
You have to go through school to be a medical transcriptionist right? Sounds like a great job for flexibility :nuke:

There are medical transcription programs, but whether you need to be certified or not will depend on the company where you apply. When I applied for the job I already had my nursing prereqs completed which was more than enough education to test for the position, (where I work you have to do a test tape to get an interview).

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Just after dinosaurs roamed... I worked as an aide before certi. came into being. i worked Fri, and Sat. night shift. and worked Tues. and Thurs. afternoon in the hospital lab washing test tubes and inputting into a computer all the path. reports.

Started on Night shift $1.35/hr. lab 1.50, but that was a year later. Don;t remember how much I was making as an aide then.

I am now retired and my retirement is not much more, so I work on call and will see about something else to bring $$ in.

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Specializes in A myriad of specialties.

I attended nursing school out of state and in exchange for waiving my out-of-state tuition(so I earned no cash per se), I worked as a concessions manager for the baseball and basketball games 2-3 times a week in the evening. I also had a part-time work-study (that's what it was called back in the 80's)job in the campus bookstore. I think I made minimum wage at the time.

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