Single mom needs help to go to nursing school?

Question

Does anyone know of any grants/monies avaliable for single mothers going to nursing school or any other helpful info??

Answer 1

yeah, there are TONS of grants & scholarships available on line. most are found at single parents sites and even corporations offer them. Some help with school, some allow you pay your bills.

1) contact your local county college and ask for financial aid department. they have some that will help
2) contact your local hospitals (in your county or nearby counties) and ask 'what department can i talk to who may have information on nursing help; grants scholarships.
3) contact your state nursing (or medical) board. they have a list of ones available.
4) go to fastweb (link is below) and take the time to fill out the info. they get back to you about scholarships/grants they have on their data base.
5) go to single mom sites and look for a links page. sometimes its also in grants page.
6) do a google search for 'single mom scholarships' 'single mom nurse' etc.

i know this is a large list of links, but take your time and pick through them. you will find more grants and scholarships if you do. there is also a child support calculator online, and custody/child support info at these divorce sites (just click on your state then the section you want).

Now, you have a lot of phone calls to make...

Stay strong… you can do it!!!
single mom of 4 :)

email me if you need more or cant find what you need.

Answer 2

All depends on the nursing program. what kind is it? 4 year bachelor's degree or 2 year associates? If its a 4 year program, how will they be doing the classes? Usually, they require that you take the liberal arts core coursework for the bachelor's degree before you get into the actual nursing part. Some schools do it the other way around. For most 2 year programs, the first semester or two doesn't have any clinicals. Since you say that you got accepted I assume this to mean that you've completed your prerequisites already. In any of these scenarios, for at least the first semester you will have just lectures and nursing lab (they will send you there to practice stuff on dummies before you start working with real patients). You really won't have a problem with time until you have to start going to clinicals. You will have a LOT of reading to do for those first two Nursing Process classes---and I mean A LOT; many chapters of the textbook each week. Will YOU be able to split your time between taking care of your kids and doing all this studying? I know people who have done it, so it IS possible. What I'm getting at here is that nursing school will demand a HUGE chunk of your time, from the very beginning all the way through. And it gets more challenging as you move from the nursing process courses to the med surg courses. You have to get up early in the morning to get to the hospital where you will do your clinicals. You have to study, study, study. And you have to go to the lab to practice, practice, practice your nursing skills. I wouldn't say its impossible but its going to be a real challenge to do it as a single parent when your kids are that young. You're going to need help. How will your daughter get to the bus on those mornings when you have to go to clinical? And as you said, who will stay with your son until the day care place opens to take him there? My suggestion is to start socializing in the neighborhood and make some friends so that maybe one of them will be willing to help you out.

Answer 3

talk to your college, the financial aid dept or registrar will have all available scholarships. Also choose a mom friendly college that has on site child care if possible.

Answer 4

Please try: http://www.nursingmasters.com They have lots of good information financial aid on various nursing degrees both Bachelors and Masters