Working fulltime while in school

[ameliagal]

I'm in my 2nd semester of my RN program and working 38-40hrs/wk. I work 10pm-7am Tues,thurs,fri,sat, and sun. I have class tues 10am-4pm and Thursdays 7-430pm. I'm only taking nursing classes, (only 2), I already finished a bachelors this past summer I can't seem to get any studying done, I set an alarm when I get home from work so I don't sleep the whole day, I try to get in the bed by 8am and up by 130 or 2pm so I can read, but I can only get a chapter or 2 read a day then its time to go back to bed to get ready for work. Currently I'm caught up on all my readings cause of a snow day:yes: We haven't gotten to anything too intense yet, but the semester just started. I worked the same hours last semester too but class was 9am-11am Tuesday and 9am-12pm Thursday and practice lab was right after and I didn't have to make extra trips to school. We have practice lab sessions that just started too, but they're only on mon&fri from 1-4pm. This is the clinical semester where we're learning blood draws, ivs,etc. I need the practice, I don't want to fail. Not working/cutting my hours back isn't an option( I need the money:uhoh3:), no aid from school while except for loans which I declined. I'm paying everything cash right now and I don't want to take a loan out or be any type of debit when I graduate. Maybe I'm doing this the hard way, I can't get any type of care partner/nurse tech job til I successful pass this semester. Right now I'm at night time stocker at a local grocery store in my town. Pretty good pay and consistent hours. I'm single, no kids and I'm living at home. Any advice for people in my shoes?? Where are these success stories I hear about, you know people working 2 ft jobs with husband, kids and bills and making top notch grades??I asked the clinical coordinator if she could extend hours on other days of the week, the only time that worked was Monday or wed morning from 830am-9am. My plan is to get some sort of nurse tech job starting in may when classes end working 12/hr shifts 4 days a week and I can pay off this fall and next spring. The pay at my schools hospital for nursing kids is 13.50/hr. I still have a long way to go, the program ends May 2016, thank goodness. I waited along time for this, rejection letter after rejection letter and now that it's finally here, I just want it to be over and done with..

[ellie23]

First congratulations on getting into nursing school. That in itself is a great achievement. As for working full time, it is hard, but not impossible to work through nursing school. My advise is to find a way to study that works for you. I have a 45 min-1 hr commute to work, so I would record my lectures and listen to them over and over again. Also I downloaded the power points to my I pod and go over them whenever I had a chance. Like I said it wasn't easy and I didn't get a whole lot of sleep during 4th semester, but it is possible to work full time and do well in nursing school. Best of luck to you.