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1. All NY State ADN's and Students

   rasmu replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in Activism

   To become an RN in New York State you would typically get either a 2 year Associate degree in nursing or a 4 year BSN degree. There is a lot of other discussion on this website about what the difference is between the two, but out in the working worl...

2. Student Loan Spinoff: How much?

   rasmu replied to luckymichelle's topic in General Students

   The Federal Student Aid Web site lists a series of conditions, where Perkins loans can be cancelled: http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/repaying_loans/2003_2004/english/loan-discharge-cancellation.htm Person working as a "Full-time nurse ...

3. All NY State ADN's and Students

   rasmu replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in Activism

   Unfortunately, I am a resident of New York state, and so this might affect me.If you read some of my other posts, you will see that I am 39 years old and that because of the amount of student loan debt which I already carry, a B.S.N. degree may not b...

4. Student Loan Spinoff: How much?

   rasmu replied to luckymichelle's topic in General Students

   Your question is very reasonable. In my own case, I am a career changer. I've worked as a computer programmer for most of the past 20 years, and am going to start school full-time this Fall at the age of 40 to train as a registered nurse. I currently...

5. Too Many Nurses?

   rasmu replied to LilStudent's topic in General Nursing

   I'm aware of the history of the job market in nursing over the past 20 - 25 years, and I am aware that every time in the past that somebody warned about a surplus of nurses, the surplus never developed. But this time things may be different. The curr...

6. Sending nurses over from India???

   rasmu replied to linfull's topic in General Nursing

   everyone should read this recent article from the times of india. it was written for an indian audience. it talks about how indian businessmen are gearing up to target the u.s. healthcare job market. i've been hearing more and more talk about how c...