🩷Teaching Before Working a Night Shift | Homeschool

[@joleihenson8066]

Please post more videos when you are able! I feel really called to nursing but I also want to homeschool my kids

[@thathomeschoolingnurse]

I hear you!! Working on it!!! 🔥❤️

[@anastasiahicks9451]

I would love to hear about how you transition your days on days you go to work. Are you up from early am to 5am the next day, do you nap? How do you handle fatigue and lack of sleep?

[@thathomeschoolingnurse]

@@anastasiahicks9451 I do get help from my parents. On days that I go to work (my first night), I’m usually up between 7a-8a. We have a normal school day that day and I head into work around 430p (my shift is 5p-530a). 95% of the time I don’t nap before work. So yes, I’m up for over 24 hours at a time. On days where I feel the fatigue kick in, I nap for a few hours if my parents are able to drop by the house. Or I take a quick hour nap if my husband is able to cover a bit. But for the most part, naps are few and far between and I just power through.

[@RobiCox-fd1mj]

Just found your page. I’ve had homeschooling on my heart for a couple years now but I’m about to graduate nursing school and will be working nights as well. So I’m trying to figure out what the kids do while you try to sleep a little when you get off your shifts.

[@thathomeschoolingnurse]

@@RobiCox-fd1mj I get help from family for a few hours when I come off a night shift! Sometimes, I don’t have any help and just have to power through it. It is tough but we make it work. If you have connections with other homeschooling moms (like a co-op group), try to create a schedule where they can assist in watching your kids as well, vice versa!

[@millicentatta-yeboah3389]

@@thathomeschoolingnurseI had the same question too! I’m glad you addressed it.

[@camillespraggins95]

Hello, I have a 4 year old and am pregnant with my second baby. I have thought about nursing school but I am worried about raising my kids (homeschooling) and making them the priority and then leaving for 13 hours. Are you exhausted during the day? I am always back and forth on if nursing is the right path or not and is what's best for my kids. Camille L. ❤

[@thathomeschoolingnurse]

Hi Camille! Thanks for your message. I’m grateful i have a lot of support close by. On my off days my parents do help. I sleep about 5-6 hours after each night shift that way I have most of the afternoon and evening with my kids. I know some colleagues aren’t able to function on that little sleep, but for me it’s never been a problem. The field of nursing is so wide that after the education you can create a work schedule that works for you. Per diem roles is something to consider as well…

[@faithlondon5299]

Hey there! Do you get to sleep at all before work?

[@thathomeschoolingnurse]

I do not on my first night in! But I typically sleep 4 to 6 hours after each night shift. Which has amazingly always been enough for me. I plan to do a video soon on that!

[@faithlondon5299]

@@thathomeschoolingnurse please do!!!😊