Working during program?

NurseSpeedy, ADN, LPN, RN · Jun 1, 2018

Will it be easier to complete a program not working? Yes, that's obvious. I heard this speech from both my LPN and RN programs. Plenty of people are successful working full time and going to school. Life doesn't stop because of school and tuition is another added expense. It can be a challenge at times and sleep will be a luxury, but it's only for a short time and then you are done. If you are able to get your FT hours condensed into fewer actual days this may help (such as 3-4 days instead of 5).

Honestly, the marital conflict would be my biggest concern. If hubby isn't on board with the idea now, it's likely he's going to put up more resistance as your program progresses and demands more of your time. I would strongly suggest talking to him about his issues with you returning to school and work through those first before beginning school. I have seen some couples split up due to issues arising from school. My husband was originally on board but had issues the last quarter. We worked out but it was not an additional stress I needed to deal with during that time.

Mt2989 · Jun 1, 2018

My work schedule is Mon-fri 630-2pm. I found an evening LPN program at Galen which is also part time that would work best. It'll take much longer to get to RN but it's what has to be done! I also have a 2 year old. Yeah my hubby is mostly not for it because he wants to live debt free and doesn't value education. He's known about man desire to pursue education since before we were married though! Of course we will talk about it before it actually happens again. I guess that leads to another question...would you recommend getting rid of past school debt before going back to school? There aren't many job opportunities with a BA in psych hence why I want to become a nurse. Is it worth all the school debt?