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Nursing school and working ft?
I've been going back to school, working towards my nursing prereqs. I have a bs in an unrelated field, and work retail managment. Been going to school just pt, while working ft. Was planning on getting accepted into the nursing program in fall, since they have a wait list. Today I just received a letter saying I got in in March! Excited, but wasn't planning on it, and it falls in our busy season in April/begining of May at work. I don't think I can step down yet as planned.
Do you think it would be possible to do the first 8 weeks of nursing while working ft, work normal over summer, then step down to pt for the rest of the nursing program?
Or, am I insane and should just step down in March? When should I tell work? I don't want to get screwed (miss on bonuses I worked hard to earn)
Re: Nursing school and working ft?
Are you saying you'd be going to nursing school FT and working FT? It does sound a bit crazy (this coming from someone working similar crazy hours and doing the same with nursing). Some program advise against it. This would would really depend on your time to study and work. Here, we can't be late for class or clinicals and sometimes you don't get out on time. If this were me I'd take a hard look at what life is going to be life doing that before I decided.
Good luck! And congrats!
I did an accelerated nursing program and managed to work a decent amount even though my program said that it was physically impossible. I still graduated with highest honors.
I definitely think it is do-able but like others said, it depends on the schedule.