Is an LPN job hard?

Good idea to become an LPN, then vet school while earning money? Will I have time for a job while studying?

• I'm graduating 1 year early from highschool. Vet is the ultimate goal here. I come from a single parent household with a brother, so I don't have any financial support for education. I was thinking of living at home when I graduate and taking a Licensed Practical Nurse course. It costs $5800 (tuition, fees, books, etc) and is 12 months in length. Then moving south, getting a part time job as an LPN making around $24 (instead of Mcdonalds for half that) while doing my pre-vet studies for two years. Finally, move to Alberta (stay there for a year and work, save money and gain residency and then go into actual vet school) or apply to Saskatchewan and get my 4 year DVM degree while working. Is it worth it to get the LPN licensing and then continue to become a vet? Will I even have time to work and study? Will I be able to work in another province if I did my LPN course here?

• Answer:

  1st off, in California people at McDonalds don't get paid $12 p/hr, where ever you are, you're lucky 2nd, think carefully about jumping from human science to animal science 3rd, I worked full time and went to school full time (working toward my first degree)...I'm past 30 yrs old. If I can do it anyone can.