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1. The Unemployed RN

   ctantiques replied to diamondeye's topic in Retired

   I believe you will find cost containment is largely responsible for the hiring of tech's over RN's and a whole new market for "how to delegate safely" essays.

2. Already $60K in Debt? Worth it to get an ABSN/BSN?

   ctantiques replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in New York

   With that debt I'd be more likely to get an AD in nursing at a local community college and take the boards after that. There are many options in nursing with the degrees you do have.

3. Is there hope?

   ctantiques replied to WorkinMama's topic in Retired

   I'm in Maryland. I am just starting the course, it's Mount Carmel College of Nursing Online course, which then requires 100 hours of clinical via a pre-ceptorship. I would have started earlier but there were no clinical preceptor ships available to ...

4. Is there hope?

   ctantiques replied to WorkinMama's topic in Retired

   Jobs are evidently quite tight right now. I left in 98 after 21 years of critical care trauma and kept only an inactive license. Up until a couple of years ago there were nursing jobs galore here, when I decided to go back last winter I was going to ...

5. Retired Nurse's...

   ctantiques replied to Keepstanding's topic in Retired

   I worked in Critical Care Trauma for 22 years, left in 1998. I bought and ran an antique shop for 8 years, and spent the last few years taking care of ill parents. I do miss it, and as I'm am healthy and free of most encumbrances at age 55 and am ...