I have been a nurse for 7 years and I have worked mainly ICU and ER and I know for a fact I could not work MS without killing myself. Maybe you should give it the 6 months (with a preceptor) and then ask for a transfer to another department. There...
What I did was work full time and take classes at night for 2 years (all the pre-requisites) and paid off all debts. Then I worked partime evenings and took the final four semesters of nursing during the day. There is also financial aid, scholars...
My grandmother has that "big mouth" syndrome too. I also work agency at all the hospitals here and know a lot of people in the Er's and ICU's so there is usually at least one or two people who know I'm a nurse. Otherwise if i don't know them I only...