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When does spring semester start? Is there a mandatory meeting we need to attend prior to the semester starting or anything like that? Thanks!

Anyone else checking their email first thing every morning?

Interesting, thank you. I didn't realize you get paid more at a nursing home facility that's good to know. I was kind of thinking the same thing you were that there were more factors involved then simply getting pigeon-holed.

Is it true that you can get pigeon-holed if you dont work at a hospital right away after graduation? I heard from a nurse once who worked at a long term care facility after school that she was never able to get a job at a hospital because she got pigeon-holed. If I decide to work at a clinic or something after school (perhaps part of a nurse corps loan repayment program) I'm worried that I wont be able to get a job at a hospital afterwards. I'm interested in your feedback. Thanks, Christine

Hi everyone, I was hoping to get some feedback on a decision I'm trying to make. I am going to go to a Cal State University to get my bachelor's in Nursing, I'll need about $30,000 in direct Stafford loans to get my degree in approx 2 years (ABSN programs). My goal is to work for 1.5-2 yrs in a specific department/floor to specialize and then do travel nursing. I know that there are lots of public service repayment programs for nurses that allow you to to sign up to work in an undeserved area for like a year to get some debt forgiven. In a lot of these cases you are working in a clinic and I'm not sure what the pay would be but I'm guessing not as good as a large hospital (especially magnet which I have some connections to). Is it worth taking a year to work in a clinic to forgive some loans or do you make so much less annually that you would actually be better off working at a Magnet hospital making more money and just pay off the loan yourself? That way I'm working toward my goal of specializing then travel nursing? BTW I am planning on deducting my student loan interest (you can deduct up to $2500 annually if you make under ~65k which I will once I contribute to my 401K) from my taxes so it's basically a 0% interest rate on my loans. Best regards, Christine Crahan