dawn8207

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1. Nursing jobs in your area....

   dawn8207 replied to gabrielle76's topic in General Nursing

   I live in kentucky and am currently in nursing school. There are several hospitals around here but only a total of 10 open full-time job postings within 5 local hospitals. One of the local hospitals just laid off a bunch of people (some nurses) and...

2. Torn between going back to work or finishing Nursing school...

   dawn8207 replied to dawn8207's topic in General Students

   Thank you all for all your advise. I have made my decision to stay in school with the help of all your inspiring messages. I have found out also that Obama has increased the amount of student loans that a person can get, so I am going to max everyt...

3. Torn between going back to work or finishing Nursing school...

   dawn8207 replied to dawn8207's topic in General Students

   I've looked into some nursing homes websites but didn't see anything. I may have to just go to some places and see if they are hiring.

4. Torn between going back to work or finishing Nursing school...

   dawn8207 replied to dawn8207's topic in General Students

   Yeah...I have one student loan from Wackovia. I'll use that route as a last resort if I have to. I really don't like those types of loans to be honest.

5. Advice for someone brand new to Nursing.

   dawn8207 replied to brandn's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I recommend finding NCLEX books and try to answer as many nursing questions as possible. Nursing Tests are very different than any other type of test that you will take in college. I was absolutely shocked the first time that I took a nursing test....

6. Torn between going back to work or finishing Nursing school...

   dawn8207 replied to dawn8207's topic in General Students

   Thanks for the encouragement. I really appreciate it :)

7. Torn between going back to work or finishing Nursing school...

   dawn8207 posted a topic in General Students

   I need some advice. I am a second year student in a Nursing program. I am currently dual enrolled in an RN and BSN program. I was laid off from my previous job and decided to start back into school. Last year, I was able to draw unemployment whil...

8. Leaving full time job to go to nursing school...

   dawn8207 replied to Krazy4pedsRN's topic in General Nursing

   I left my full-time job with excellent benefits to go back to nursing school. I wish I would have seriously considered things a lot more before I made that leap. Jobs are harder to come by in the healthcare field than what people let on. I am curr...