I'm having an "aw shit" moment...

i think u should have the kids first while u are young, u will have more time to spend on youre career when they are grown and they start school at like 5 so u cold do your school while they are at school.

 

I remember in the 80's we were told that "soon" an RN wouldnt be able to get a job without a BSN. It hasn't happened yet. We were told that LPN's were being phased out. Hasn't happened yet where I have worked- FL and NC.

Many people get a CNA and work while going to nursing school. Some of the schools put people with CNA or LPN experience at the top of the list for acceptance into an RN program.
In any case, there is a real shortage of nurses and it's always been easy for me to find a job.

 

Here, you have to take a 2 year BSN course for the RN course. After you have that, then you start to earn your actual nursing diploma.
Yeah, there's that same thing here with the LPN's....there's a course specifically set aside for LPN's wanting to become RNs....like I said earlier.....

 

Here in the US, to be a Certified Nurse Midwife requires a master's degree. So you would most likely need a BSN, or at the very least, your RN for an RN-MSN bridge program. As other's have pointed out, nursing provides a lot of options in terms of shifts. For example, you could work 7 to 3, and be able to pick your kids up from school. Or you could even due 10 or 12 hour shifts, leaving you with 3 or 4 days off a week. You could also work part-time, or per diem, but that as not recomended when you are just starting out.

 

I am an LPN and have been for 6 years. Was the best choice I made. I make 23.00 and hour doing rehab. I paid 3500.00 for school. My sister-in-law is an RN in the city and makes 32 in the NICU. Not really a big difference as far as nursing salaries go. I have never been refused a job. I did Agency work and was staffed all over. Hospitals, nursing homes, rehab facilities. The idea that LPN,LVN's are being phased out shows up from time to time. But it is never true. They ALWAYS need nurses. I have worked in NJ, PA, CA, and am moving to Maine, to go to midwifery school. Your nursing training may afffect the midwife you want to be. If you want to be a nurse midwife, you have a LOT of school ahead, and there is talk of the Nurse midwifery board requiring doctorates of future practitioners. But you are in Canada and there a different set of rules. You can get more info from midwiferytoday.com on canadain practice. In my opinion, if you are looking to support your family now and make $$ go to LPN school. You won't regret it. Plus it will cut about a year off your RN advancement if you decide to become a nurse midwife in the future. I work 2 , 12 hour shifts a week and get paid for 3 . Full time with benefits. I have off 5 days a week and this year will make around 40,000. Not bad for an LPN. Your nursing degree is what you make of it and if you want to only work in the nursing homes, that's great. But YOU will be the one to limit your job potential. I have LPN friends that work every job, from ICU to ER to the morgue.There are only a handful of procedures an RN can do, that my present state doesn't allow me to do. I could go on and on about the Nurse-Midwife issue. But as far as the LPN , it was the BEST choice I made for myself.

 

lola~ that's kinda what I was thinking.
I have decided to do LPN and wait to do RN later. Like Holly said, my brain ain't goin no where, lol
Anyway, kids and all aside, Cody is going to do a heavy course, and if we doth attemp University degrees at the same time, the chances of sucseeding is nill. So this is turning out to be the best decision. And it's a major plus that I don't have to pay for it at all. I feel good about this decision.
I have all the time in the world to go back and do RN and midwifery when my kids are grown. But my priorities lie with family, not work.
thanks for all the help all