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1. How to get your RN if you work a full time shift based job?

   xstalkrx posted a topic in General Nursing

   If you are working as a firefighter/paramedic which is 24 hours on, 48 hours off, is there a way to obtain your RN in your off time? Obviously, there is no way you could attend a conventional college because of the 24/48 work schedule.

2. If you decide to start travel nursing after a year of working at home...

   xstalkrx replied to xstalkrx's topic in Travel

   I shouldnt have used the word "near". I have started the degree plan but I'm not really near completion. I am interested in being a paramedic/firefighter and enjoy emergency medicine. However, nursing is a more solid career path.

3. If you decide to start travel nursing after a year of working at home...

   xstalkrx replied to xstalkrx's topic in Travel

   I AM in the DFW area. Please explain all of these things to me.

4. Do they count your 36 hours as 40 hours?

   xstalkrx replied to xstalkrx's topic in General Nursing

   ***!?

5. Do they count your 36 hours as 40 hours?

   xstalkrx posted a topic in General Nursing

   I know that in some jobs if you work 36 hours they count it as 40. Was wondering if it works that way in nursing? If you work 3, 12 hour shifts, do they count as 36? Also, while on the subject, do you usually work more than 36?

6. If you decide to start travel nursing after a year of working at home...

   xstalkrx replied to xstalkrx's topic in Travel

   what is blackballed...what is group one...what are the hidden costs of travel nursing...what is "agency" ?

7. If you decide to start travel nursing after a year of working at home...

   xstalkrx posted a topic in Travel

   Do you essentially burn your bridges at home? I mean...lets say you start off fresh out of college as an RN and you start making 21.50 at your local hospital. Then after a year you are making like 24.50 at the local hospital. Then you decide you wan...

8. Where is the money at?

   xstalkrx replied to xstalkrx's topic in General Nursing

   Just did some searching and found out about the travel nursing option which is much more lucrative. Looking for these types of insights.

9. Where is the money at?

   xstalkrx posted a topic in General Nursing

   Fresh out of rn school...with rn license...the hospitals here in the DFW,TX area pay 21.50 an hour. 23.50 after 6 months. Thats between 40-45 grand a year. Are there better options for new nurses?

10. Joining the army to obtain my RN or BSN??

    xstalkrx replied to xstalkrx's topic in Government

    Call me crazy but I'd like to do boot camp and all.

11. Joining the army to obtain my RN or BSN??

    xstalkrx replied to xstalkrx's topic in Government

12. Joining the army to obtain my RN or BSN??

    xstalkrx replied to xstalkrx's topic in Government

    So I can't select RN or BSN as a MOS? I have to enlist first? What would I enlist as? Gah....

13. Joining the army to obtain my RN or BSN??

    xstalkrx posted a topic in Government

    Can you do this? Can you join the army and have them send you to school to get your rn or bsn? I can get into the nursing program here at my local college but wouldnt it benefit me to do it through the army? Advice please. How does all this work. ...