Working and School

Wanting2BeAnLPN · Aug 1, 2007

I will be starting LPN school next month. I am going to have to continue working. How many hours would you say is possible to work a week and still have study time? Also, how many hours of studying a day do you think you need to do? My program is M-Fri 8-4:30.

I forgot to list the first semester classes. They are:Anat. & Phys.NutritionMental Health ConceptsHuman Life SpanFundamental of Nursing IThanks!! :)

Spartan05 · Aug 2, 2007

I forgot to list the first semester classes. They are:Anat. & Phys.NutritionMental Health ConceptsHuman Life SpanFundamental of Nursing IThanks!! :)

First off, congrats on getting started with your classes, Anatomy and Physiology should be really interesting and may be the toughest classes. I wanted to give you advice and reassure you that you could work while you take classes but to be honest I don't feel like I really know enough about your situation to answer that.

I know that no matter what the specifics are, probably the biggest factor you should weigh is how skilled you are at time management. I have been talking to lots of people about balancing my full-time job with 13 credits this fall and lots of people have told me it can be done. People balance work with kids and other priorities all the time. With that being said, if this is your first semester you may want to sort of reassess how you feel about the amount of time you can work after you have been in class for a few weeks. By that time you should have a better idea of how much study time you will need for each class.

Good luck!

Spartan

mshep12 · Aug 7, 2007

Hey, most of what I have to contribute goes along with what the post above me mentions. Mainly, wait for awhile once you're in school and find an understanding employer (easier said than done, I know). If your schedule has to be changed for school maybe b/c of a lab or clinical (later on) your employer will accept that it's something you can't avoid.

And the most important thing is that you keep yourself on schedule obviously. Schedule everything down to the half hour if you need to. I know if I don't say before I sit down to study that I'll only take a break at this time and for this long I'll negotiate with myself and waste a ton of time just saying 'five more minutes' of tv or reading or whatever it is. if you manage your time wisely you'll have time to get the hours in for work and then even just get back to your normal life. lol, your 'normal' life will still exist! it just might be less active than before, but it's there if you work to keep it.