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Can you work 3 days a week an be off 4??

Hows the pay? ? What's the average starting salary? ?

Hows life if you have a family vs a nurse??

What's the average pay check?

Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.
2 year program. Yes we will move I'm in north Carolina

If you are getting a 2 year degree then doing other things to help your RN application stand out would be useful. Work as a nurse's aide or tech while in school. Do a summer internship in a hospital. Volunteer. Take your classes seriously and try to keep your GPA up.

Well how will I have time to get my Cna?? What's a good gpa?? Easiest way to get intern???

Tech what's a tech how do I become one?

Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.
Well how will I have time to get my Cna?? What's a good gpa?? Easiest way to get intern???

Many nursing homes will train you to be a CNA. A tech is a nurse's aide (not necessarily certified) that works in the hospital and has a few more skills than ADL"s, such as drawing blood.

A good GPA is going to be at least passing, but I would aim for A's. It may not always happen, but if you are trying your best and applying yourself then that is a start.

Many hospitals will offer internships during the summer to nursing students already in a nursing program. You would see these positions advertised on facility's career listings or through their nurse recruitment office

Thank you so much! I can't wait to help and save people's lives!!!!Do you recommend this as a very good career in demand??

Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
Thank you so much! I can't wait to help and save people's lives!!!!Do you recommend this as a very good career in demand??

There is no nursing shortage and there are many new grads who have been searching for their first nursing job for the past year or two. Try reading some of these recent threads:

https://allnurses.com/first-year-afte...ds-807795.html

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing...es-808314.html

https://allnurses.com/first-year-afte...es-807138.html

https://allnurses.com/first-year-afte...ed-795256.html

https://allnurses.com/first-year-afte...rn-491919.html

https://allnurses.com/first-year-afte...ew-807670.html

https://allnurses.com/first-year-afte...no-657903.html

Specializes in Med/surg, Tele, educator, FNP.

It's not as in demand As before in the last few years most new grads can't get jobs right away. Job is not easy and takes a lot of sacrifice. Make sure you aren't just doing it for job security and money cause you may end up miserable in the long run.... Just saying

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Specializes in Cardiac.

I work the weekend program at my hospital, I work Fri-Sunday, 12 hrs shifts. I have Mon-Thursday off. I was able to bid on this job after being off orientation 1 full year, and I got it. I make about $34.00 and hour. I work at a hospital in PA, so there I've answered your question. Also, yes there are many ADN nurses that work the weekends as well. I have 2 bachelor degrees one being my BSN. Good luck. I am quite comfortable, I have extra money and we have two kids. My husband has a good job as well. Hope this helped you. Good luck.

Specializes in Oncology.
Can you work 3 days a week an be off 4??

Hows the pay? ? What's the average starting salary? ?

Hows life if you have a family vs a nurse??

What's the average pay check?

I used to work 2 days on, 2 days off, etc., etc., and I always got holidays and weekends it seemed. Not fun. I was on nights. My family life suffered. The pay is... well it gets me by. Nothing to write home about. I now work 5 days a week, weekdays only, 7:30 Am to 5 PM, pay is not as good but I need holidays and weekends and am not nocturnal so what can you do.

Specializes in Pedi.
Thank you so much! I can't wait to help and save people's lives!!!!Do you recommend this as a very good career in demand??

Nursing is currently not as "in demand" as people believe. New grads in my state struggle to obtain employment and, up here, with a 2 year degree obtaining a job in the hospital is next to impossible. I do not know what the job market is like in North Carolina nor does anyone know what it will be like when you finish your program.

A family with two nurse parents can live a good life... when I worked in the hospital I had a colleague whose husband was the Nurse Manager of a Neuro ICU in the hospital next door. They lived in an expensive town and had three children- both of their sons played hockey which is not an unexpensive sport. My colleague worked per diem for many years and when she accepted a permanent position, it was only 20 hrs/week. These people both also had close to 25 years experience as nurses so they made more money than inexperienced people. I have no doubt that my colleague, who worked 20 hrs/week was taking home as much if not more money than I was working 36 hrs/week.

Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.
Can you work 3 days a week an be off 4??

Hows the pay? ? What's the average starting salary? ?

Hows life if you have a family vs a nurse??

What's the average pay check?

1. Yes. However your exact schedule needs to meet the facility's staffing needs, so don't expect that it will always be 3-in-row-on with 4 off, or the same 3 shifts every week.

2. Depends on where you work, what you do, your education, your experience, your negotiating skills, and plain old chance.

3. Can depend a lot on where/when/what you work. Family life is always possible.

However there may need to be compromise on one/all sides. For example, if being there for your family is the most important thing and you're only willing to work weekday days, you have severely limited a lot of your job prospects. Nothing wrong with your only wanting to work weekday days, but employers don't have to kow-tow to you. You may have to work for a lower hourly rate or in a specialty/setting you don't really like.

Likewise, if you love working nights, you really need the support of your family behind you, because you'll be sacrificing some family time either to work or to sleep. If you SO/kids aren't supportive, it can lead to a lot of family tension.

4. See #2. Also throw in how many hours you work a week. Full-time is 36-40 hours a week. Part-time is under 36/40. Per-diem hours can be anything from 0-40 or more but per-diem work is not guaranteed: you may get 40 hours one week, none the next, only 15 in the week after.

OT laws vary by state: some require you go over X hours a day to get OT; others only count OT after you go over X hours a week.

Specializes in Med/Surg, Oncology, Epic CT.

I have a question for some that recently graduated here. Since this is the topic to ask, are some of you able to pay your regular bills (car, rent, cellphone, etc..) and your student loans and still have some left over to save for extras?

Specializes in being a Credible Source.

Pay will also depend how much you work.

One of my colleagues pulled down about $135,000 last year but he works a ton of OT. Another colleague who is higher on the scale but works no OT at all pulled down just shy of $80,000 last year.

Bedside nurses are, by and large, non-exempt, hourly employees which means that the monthly pay depends on how many shifts you work.

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