Any LVN'S or RN'S here?

[LilLexieLu]

I worked part time as a pharmacy tech while I was in LPN school. I was a pharmacy tech for over 5 years before I started nursing. It was fine, just gotta find the balance. I worked as many hours as I could handle and still managed to graduate with honors. I think it's a mindset thing. If you want it bad enough, it'll happen. I did eat, sleep, and breathe nursing notes. I even took my books and notes to work with me to study in slow time.

[Sugar's Mom]

Originally Posted by cindy0721

may i ask ..did any of you work at least part time while going to school... I am doing my LVN first and i might have to work part time at nights.... has anyone been through this ?

i worked full time in a factory. carried 18 hours a semester. tried to raise a small family, used days off and vacations and unpaid leave for classes i couldn't get at night. that's when I took my nursing. They had a program especially designed for working adults.

[cockerduchess]

Originally Posted by nvnvgirl

I worked full time while I was going to school. But I worked in the hospital and if I'd worked a double shift (this was back in the days of 8 hour shifts), sometimes my teachers would be easy on me, LOL. Also, I had already taken all the usual prerequisites before I got into the nursing program, so I only had my nursing classes to deal with. I think it might be harder if you have to take EVERYTHING you need for a degree AND work, but I know a lot of the other students in my class were doing it. I was glad that I'd already gotten everything else out of the way first!

I wish my dh's teacher would consider that he works full time, he's and EMT and somedays he would work and have to be @ school the next day even if he had been up all night all students are treated equally amd most of the don't work at all!

[nvnvgirl]

Originally Posted by cockerduchess

I wish my dh's teacher would consider that he works full time, he's and EMT and somedays he would work and have to be @ school the next day even if he had been up all night all students are treated equally amd most of the don't work at all!

Well, as any nursing student can attest to, there's always at least one of your instructors that's a bear to deal with; some are just sticklers for doing things exactly by the "book", but I think after the first year, they do lighten up a little as long as you demonstrate that you know what you're doing and get your stuff done on time. I found that even the most intimidating instructors really just wanted to make sure that you are learning along with the rest of the class or not making mistakes. When I was going thru school, I thought they were just mean (until I really got to know them), but when I think about it, they had a bunch of student nurses that they needed to keep an eye on and be responsible for, working with sick people or infections or medication administration, and it's ultimately their rear that's on the line if someone screws up. And actually, at least in my case; I think a little fear and pushing was a good tactic, LOL. Once you've got that license, you realize how much it really means to you and you really appreciate the instructors a lot more than when they're standing over you watching you prepare a syringe, LOL.