Nursing School While Holding A 9-5 Job
For many people considering a nursing career, today’s financial realities rule out full time nursing school. Many who would like to enter a nursing school program must do so while maintaining a “regular” job.
Fortunately, while typical nursing programs involve daytime classes, more and more nursing school programs provide courses, nights and on weekends. The schools are becoming more accessible every day. If you have not received your basics yet to be accepted into the program, you can get most of your “basic” classes through a ‘CLEPing’ program or even by taking classes at night!
You’ll want to check out your local colleges and universities for more information.Talk to the nursing department’s adviser at the community college to ask what the hours will be like if you participate in their degree program.
Once you get into clinicals and start doing actual hospital training, things might be different. There will be situations when you don’t know if you will be finished in 3 hours or 8 hours. It can be difficult hard at that point to even hold a “regular” job, because there is also much work and studying involved outside of the classroom.
The first thing you need to do is take a look at the courses you will required to take during the length of the program. Are the classes online, are they at night? It also would not hurt to speak to someone at that school. They should be able to advise you of when the classes are offered and the future schedules. They will be your best resource. If they do not have classes at night or online, try to find a program that does. That way you will have a better shot of being able to work and take classes at the same time.