Dealing With Family, School, and Work Life Balance as an Online RN to BSN Student

Balancing family, school, and a job. is no easy feat.  The balancing act can be done with some planning and organization.  First, make sure you have a good electronic file system.  Create a file for each course using the number and abbreviation for the name.  You can file material by week or topic (recommended).  Second, determine which social activities are priorities. Birthdays and anniversaries are probably more important than that book club where you haven’t even read the book.

Third, and most importantly WORK AHEAD!  There is always going to be a crisis at work, or at home, it is a matter of when not “if”.  By working ahead, this allows for the unexpected without putting you terribly behind in your RN to BSN Online course work. Working ahead means take a look at what is coming due in the week ahead, and doing that work on your computer to submit later when it is actually due in the online RN to BSN class.  If you feel you are miraculously “caught up” with class work, find one small additional item to do ahead, such as the next week’s discussion.  Again, save the work on your computer, and post when the work is due.  This concept of working ahead will alleviate much of the stress that can be associated with an RN to BSN online program.

For more information go to:   http://sxu.edu/academics/colleges_schools/son/under_programs.asp

Dr. Maggie