Nursing and Second Job

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So I am a recent grad and about to have to start paying back my student loans. I am still looking for a job right now but I was wondering you or if you know other nurses work as an RN full-time and work a second job. I am wanting to pick up a second job to help with my monthly loan payment of $825 a month. So basically I am wondering if you all think it would be doable. I also am not married and do not have children.

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Why dont you try looking into the government programs that pay back a portion of your loans by serving some times in need areas. Also native american hospitals offer loan repayment for certain years of service. All these options would be better than working an extra job.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

How much experience do you have? I work full time and PRN. I picked up the PRN gig which is the same specialty as my current full time job after 8 months of experience on my floor (job A). I'd had another 10 months of experience working in different areas. It is possible. I think my PRN job (job B) paid over a dollar more than my full time job at the time but I get shift differentials when I work nights which makes it to $10 an hour more than what I was making at the time at job A. I have since gotten a raise at job A, but still get more at job B. I have just taken a new full time job (job C) which will be a dollar more an hour that job A. The way to make money in nursing is to get a new job (which is not why I took the new job obviously but it was a nice surprise).

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Specializes in ICU.

Wow. $825 a month is more than I pay for my mortgage :woot: I am a NICU nurse so I picked up lots of extra hours as an overqualified overnight babysitter for newborns. Jobs usually paid in cash which was extra nice.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
How much experience do you have?
According to the post, OP is a recent grad with no experience looking for his/her first nursing job.
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Specializes in Pediatrics, Long Term Care.

Sign up for Pay As You Earn and allow them to reduce your student loan payments. $825 is steep, and unless you have dual income or are making EXCELLENT money and have no other bills (insurance, rent/mortgage etc.) it is going to be rough! Coming from another new grad with student loan debt :shy:

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HOLY COW! That's one heck of a loan payment... Can I ask if these are student loans through the Dept of Ed or from a private bank/entity? I've received tons of "student loan" applications from Discover and a couple other companies. If you choose not to answer, no offense will be taken, I'm just curious.

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A lot depends on the shifts you get if you work in a hospital. I work 12s, so plenty of time for a second job. I got hired at my school working as a tech in the Sim lab. It's a lot of fun, not stressful and helps pay the bills. Plus I get to put nurse educator on my resume. You might want to check into something like that.

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