barrybender

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1. Nurses wages...

   barrybender posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just to get a run across the board, what kind of annual wages do most RNs in your areas earn? Around here it gets to be about $30k per year. Is that average or not?

2. Community College Nurse: Good to go or in the toilet bowl?

   barrybender replied to barrybender's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you everyone for your input on my behalf. I'm closing this topic now to make sure everyone else gets plenty of replies to theirs. Thank you again. Good luck everyone.

3. Community College Nurse: Good to go or in the toilet bowl?

   barrybender replied to barrybender's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your advice. Seeing as your pretty close to me really helps, too. You probably know a lot about the job market in this area. Single mom of two, eh? My wife is expecting twins, so I have to work nights AND go to school at the same ti...

4. Community College Nurse: Good to go or in the toilet bowl?

   barrybender posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey everybody. I'm really new to this site (like 30 minutes new) and I'm going to start courses toward a degree in nursing. Now the school I plan on attending is a community college. Based on the overall experience, are community college graduates...

5. ARMY nursing for this new male grad? good or bad?

   barrybender replied to brehon's topic in General Nursing

   Well, here's the breakdown. If you go into the army as a nurse, you'll be an officer, because you have a degree. You can choose to enlist if you want, but you'll get screwed even more. After you go through all your basic courses (Officer Basic Cou...