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Hi everyone! I currently am transitioning back to working in my resident state. I had been travel nursing this past year, but decided to come back home as I have to help look after my parents who are getting older and facing different health issues. ...

I am wondering if the lodging stipend and meals and incidentals stipend are together in one rate or is it separate? For example, let's say according to the GSA website Oklahoma City lodging rate is $95 and then $59 for meals and incidentals. What I a...

Thank you very much. Your explanation was very helfpul. I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

Try applying to places outside of the acute care hospital such as long-term care areas like nursing home, facilities for people with developmental disabilities, and rehab facilities. The more desirable places that own would want to be wil require a y...

I would have to agree with KatieMI. I have been in this sumilar situation as a new grad and while I am usually someone who is the utmost optimistic and giving encouraging words for someone to press on against the odds I think it may be a good idea to...

Hello everyone, I am wondering what is the salary range for private duty positions in the Houston area? I am looking into private duty and some applications as for desired salary. Being that I worked in the hospital before I am not sure what the sala...

Thank you very much this helps a lot for now! I just need a change of pace so I am gonna go for it and do my best! I will be sure to ask more questions if anything comes up!

Do shifts tend to be 8 hour shifts or 12 hour shifts? Or does it just depend? Which does 12 hours shifts, Maxim, Epic, or PSA?

I think that is quite doable. :) Just keep doing what you have already been doing! Keep organized, keep a schedule, prioritize, and stick to it! I think you will do fine.

Hello everyone, I welcome any and all advice/tips/constructive criticism of my resume below and I also have a few specific areas of concern. If it helps to know, I have approximately 1 year of experience and I wish to go into ambulatory/outpatient ca...

I could be wrong, but one thing that I might suggest is leaving out the part "State Nursing License, Pending NCLEX exam- anticipated June 2013". I just personally would not put the word 'license' anywhere on my resume until I actually had it. Being a...

Before my last semester in school I researched a bit about the major facilities in my area for when their graduate nurse residencies opened up. I put the dates all down and went from there with their application process. For those I had no prior esti...

Alright so I have been on a med-surg unit for several months now just right out of nursing school. I had been having issues with time management since my original orientation, but it seems as though I did not get the type of specific feedback that I ...

I keep things clean because I do not want people to get the wrong impression and that covers anything related to professionalism. I don't care to post where I work or what I do and therefore do not because it is none of anyone else's business. I'm a ...

Hi manzi fly I had posted in the thread earlier but it was on that day that the website lost some data. I was all emotional at the time and basically my post was about how you made me feel better about prepartin to take one of if not the most importa...

Hello all! I'm posting this here because I wanted an RN's opinion on this (not another student like myself). Alright so I am a nursing student in my last semester of clinicals. In my management clinical I have worked with several nurses all of who we...

Also somethings you can do to get ready for school would be: Get your finances in order regarding how you will pay for school, housing, transportation etc... because trust me this is the last thing you want to worry about while in nursing school. Be ...

Hi pips9 I did not do my prereqs at UH, however I would suggest stopping by the school, bring along your converson grid and the course catalog for UH main or simply a course list from their site, so that you can clarify which class is the appropriate...

I have come across this site called NP that states that travel nurses don't earn as much as they could because the agencies usually keep a good portion of the contract "bill rate". NP offers a program where you get to keep 80-90% of the contract bill...

Were you getting the pain in the back or on the front of your hand or wrist? Was it a stinging, burning pain or something else. I'm wondering because I'm getting CTS and it would be great to hear that a brace really helped someone else. How long did ...

It depends on the type of loan you apply for with Sallie Mae. As I mentioned in my previous post. Different companies offer different loans. Also it really depends on your school whether you can get the type of private loan that is sent directly to y...

In case you don't already have the study guide, here's the site where you can buy it. It is found here. >>> http://www.eriproduct.com/detail.aspx?ID=1 In addition to this study guide a practice test is offered on the website that I also...

I'd say we're both right, however I see now that I didn't know the difference between those two loan types. Thanks for clarifying. : )

NYDreamer did you apply for the Tuition Answer loan or the Student Signature loan from Sallie Mae?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that Sallie Mae doesn't send the loan directly to the borrower. Just thought I'd bring it up as you were also looking for a direct loan, dconners.