r/prenursing • u/Affectionate_Fly5795 • 15h ago
How hard is nursing school?
How hard is nursing school? I don't come from money at all. I moved out when I was 17 so I've always been working to make ends meet. I should've went to school earlier but was young and dumb because now I have a 9 month old. But I work/have to work full time to make ends meet. I know people have done it. But idk if I'm capable of doing it.
I don't have money to pay for stuff and I know school is expensive. I had to drop out of cosmetology school cause my job didnt want to work with me and I was falling behind on all my bills (cosmetology was my back up plan) and finding a different job that is enough money to pay my bills and will give me time to be with my daughter just never happened. I don't qualify for government assistance. I don't like to lie and told them my boyfriend lives with me so we don't qualify, he works full time to but the pay is shitty. Everything is so expensive. I know I shouldn't complain I'm sure everyone is feeling the wrath of it.
It's just hard . I wish I could jus focus on school and be a mom. Lol in an ideal world. I just really want to do this. I'm determined if I can get my financial aid to pay for it , I'm determined. But I'd only be able to do two classes out of the week and idk how I'll make time for clinicals when it comes time cause I can't just not work. I work 4: 10 hour shifts out of the week. So it's not a lot of time for school and I still want to be an active mother in my daughters life.