wiggingout

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1. Can you make a living starting a non-profit?

   wiggingout posted a topic in Entrepreneurs

   I'm a psych nurse and artist/musician. It's always been my dream to make a living being involved in the music/arts world. That didn't pan out, so I turned to my second passion, caring for others, particularly those with mental health issues. I'm very...

2. What is psych nursing really like???

   wiggingout replied to ifhn10's topic in Psychiatric

   yikes, i typically can't stand people on here calling out others for going into nursing for a particular reason (e.g. "Shame on you for becoming a nurse for any reason other that it's your one true passion). I think it's perfectly fine to enter the...

3. Hourly vs. Benefits

   wiggingout replied to wiggingout's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the insight! After learning more about benefits this last week, I definitely think people take them for granted often. Heck, I always have. I've always just looked concerned myself with hourly salary and health coverage...never really thou...

4. Hourly vs. Benefits

   wiggingout replied to wiggingout's topic in General Nursing

   We have been living almost exclusively off of my wife's salary which was right around 23/hr. We weren't just getting by, either - we paid off both cars and are moving into a cheaper home within the next year. I'm almost 100% going to accept the offe...

5. Hourly vs. Benefits

   wiggingout replied to wiggingout's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry, like I said, I'm totally new to benefits (especially retirement) so I'm running it by some friends who work for the state. From my understanding, I have 2 options to choose from: Opt 1 - Employer will match up to 12%, and if I leave anytime b...

6. Hourly vs. Benefits

   wiggingout replied to wiggingout's topic in General Nursing

   Anyone else? What's typical as far as vacation/sick days/holidays?

7. Hourly vs. Benefits

   wiggingout replied to wiggingout's topic in General Nursing

   Awesome, thanks for the info. Yep, definitely the job I was looking for. It's the state psych hospital and it's what I've wanted to do from the start. Like I said, it's never been about the money - I'm just starting to realize, given my benefits, I ...

8. Hourly vs. Benefits

   wiggingout posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been offered an RN job for my state. It's basically exactly where I wanted to be in nursing, so I wasn't worried about it paying considerably less than the jobs offered to my peers. But, when I tell people about the offer, I am constantly bei...

9. Need advice on new job ASAP

   wiggingout replied to wiggingout's topic in Psychiatric

   thanks a ton for the responses (btw, I didn't move this to the Psych Nursing forum - i thought it was a pretty general question). Anyways, I basically had to let them know by today so I decided to take the sure thing - starting in March. I asked spec...

10. Need advice on new job ASAP

    wiggingout replied to wiggingout's topic in Psychiatric

    just wanted to clarify - I didn't say ASAP to be pushy (I always feel that acronym comes across as pushy, digitally) - I actually have to let them know tomorrow. As far as taking the job now - I'm not quite sure what that means (hopefully find out a ...

11. Need advice on new job ASAP

    wiggingout posted a topic in Psychiatric

    So, I've been offered a state psych job. HR just called today to officially offer it to me after finishing my background check. When she asked if I had any questions, I mentioned that my wife is due to give birth to our first child feb. She said thi...