first RN paycheck?

Conqueror+, BSN, RN · Mar 31, 2015

Made a stank face because after 15 years as an LPN the bump was negligible

seanynjboy, BSN · Mar 31, 2015

I never cashed it...I framed it. JUST KIDDING!!!

used to pay bills lol :)

nauticaburt561 · Mar 31, 2015

Thank you so much , every since I was a little girl I've always wanted to be a nurse it practically runs in the family, my aunt was a travel nurse(BSN) . My other aunt is a RN and my mom is a Nurse also . I love helping people and just thinking about the lives that I will help makes me motivated to get it done . I looked at it in a way whereas the sooner Im done with nursing school the sooner I can save lives.

Missa96 · Mar 31, 2015

With my first paycheck, I took my four children grocery shopping and we filled our cart with all the goodies we wanted. Not all junk food either. Just good food. They also got new socks and shoes. It was very exciting.

Katie71275 · Mar 31, 2015

Paid my bills. As a mom of 4....we've got plenty of those.

Ruby Vee, BSN · Mar 31, 2015

I bought a brand new car . . . before that, I'd been driving cars that I'd bought at the junk yard after people sold them for scap.

Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN · Mar 31, 2015

OP, you're awesome! :up:

I paid rent with mine. That was a joyful expense because my husband and I basically lived apart my last semester of nursing school; he hadn't been able to find a job in our area and had to go to the nearest metro area. (His BS degree was in Finance, and didn't get *any* relevant job until he'd gotten his MBA.) He came home on weekends and stayed at Extended Stay America during the week. Once I didn't have NS tying me down, our daughter and I joined him. :)

And then we took our toddler out for ice cream.

abc123RN · Mar 31, 2015

First LPN check I bought a dishwasher, first RN check we bough a bedroom suite. Boring yes but needed.

Farawyn · Mar 31, 2015

Credit cards, mortgage. I don't remember buying anything "for" myself. Pretty pathetic.

springchick1, ADN, RN · Mar 31, 2015

I was so used to living off of what I had been making that when I got my first RN check, I took the difference and put it in my savings account. I've done it every paycheck since I started getting nurses pay (which has just been since January:)). Not very exciting but it will be there if I need it!

littlepeopleRNICU · Mar 31, 2015

Down payment on a new car. Wasn't planned this way, but mine completely died at the time, and would've been too expensive to fix. It was an older car, and pretty much everything needed to be replaced under the hood to get it up and running again!

flyersfan88 · Mar 31, 2015

My first paycheck was only for 1 week because of how the pay period fell when I started. I just remember laughing in relief because my loan money I lived on in school was just about gone (someone was looking out for me when I took out that extra little bit of money for "just in case" ), and I knew I'd have enough to make my car payment and eat for the next 2 weeks.

My first full check....probably bills/scrubs....even 8 months later in still stuck on poor student mindset and have a hard time splurging.