I’ve been a nurse for 5 years. I truly love my job and enjoy doing it. I’m in medsurg. I thought with time I’d find my calling but have not. I am very fortunate to work 2 jobs in great hospitals. With that said I hope this doesn’t offend anyone.
But I’m tired of working two jobs and am ready to find something else and be able to pay my bills without having to work this many hours. Yes nursing salary is great but have a lot of other outstanding debt and am wanting to not stress.
I'm at a cross roads... do I go back to school? (Take on my more debt). If I do what route do I take? I’ve talked to many NPs and other nurses who have received their masters. Still having a hard time figuring it out.
Or are there any certifications I can take to increase my salary? I’ve looked into medical sales and slightly looked into nursing consult work?
That’s pretty good. Yeah my organization is cheap. They are a “Christian hospital” but they rip us off at every turn. Most of us employees have disdain for the false Christians.
Oh thats terrible, yeah my place is a rehabilitation place and I was surprised the benefits they gave. For the nurses they pay their loans back and do tuition assistance for further education and they pay 500$ towards daycare and a monthly maid service. And the starting pay is 38+ but since I work for them they said once I graduate they would give me more since I have more experience it’s awesome
Oh thats terrible, yeah my place is a rehabilitation place and I was surprised the benefits they gave. For the nurses they pay their loans back and do tuition assistance for further education and they pay 500$ towards daycare and a monthly maid service. And the starting pay is 38+ but since I work for them they said once I graduate they would give me more since I have more experience it’s awesome
Your employer is brilliant! You wont find anything like that around here.
Yeah because they are competing with hospitals around here to get nurses to work for them. I want to do hospital nursing but I can’t do weekends or nights. My employer said I could do days and week days so I’m happy. Washington state we have good opportunities for nursing
Yeah because they are competing with hospitals around here to get nurses to work for them. I want to do hospital nursing but I can’t do weekends or nights. My employer said I could do days and week days so I’m happy. Washington state we have good opportunities for nursing
Coming from someone who did medical devices prior to nursing school...don't do that. The travel was awful and there are so many things with that that aren't going to be a long term solution for you. That field is full of turn over. Long term plan, yeah grad school is great. Short term plan: move. Move to a higher paying area (west coast) and get a job at a university hospital that will pay a significant if not most of your expenses to go back to school when you're ready. So many posts giving you crap for needing to work two jobs, which is ridiculous. Sometimes thats how it is. No one on here knows what your debt is (or what area you are living/working in) and most nurses I've known before I moved had to work two jobs or live with roommates, and they also worked at great hospitals that were considered high paying for our area in a large city. Most of my coworkers who have worked in other states, specifically Florida, often have told me they had to do this as they got paid garbage. This was my biggest concern coming out of school in the midwest. I moved immediately to the west coast and got a job at university hospital that pays for grad school. I make almost* 6 figures working 36 hours a week only (my housing is cheaper here than it would have been had I stayed in the midwest) and I am a fairly new nurse, so don't let anyone tell you on here that its not doable.
If I could have found a "great hospital" in my area. I may have considered inpatient after graduation. Where do you find those? Do they still exist?
ArmyRntoMD, BSN, RN
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That’s pretty good. Yeah my organization is cheap. They are a “Christian hospital” but they rip us off at every turn. Most of us employees have disdain for the false Christians.