Multicollinearity

This is going to get complicated with federal and state laws.

Federal laws exempt healthcare facilities and allow a 14 day pay period without overtime for 80 hours and less.

Nobody in my undergrad nursing program could get any federal financial aid if they had already earned another undergrad degree.

I sometimes do 7 on 7 off, 12 hour shifts. I cannot imagine 2 weeks on/off unless it's at some remote outpost with a lot of downtime.

Student loans for my ADN and BSN programs. Currently in DNP program, and I'm paying out of my earnings as I go.

We both graduated about the same time - when nursing jobs for new grads became scarce. I had to move for my first nursing job. I commute 3 hours each week for my current nursing job. I graduated with over $70,000 in student loans, so I know pressure. The difference between us and those who throw in the towel is largely attitude and perseverance. A new grad can dwell in negativity due to the genuine hardship finding a job or make his or her own way and create success.

I eat a light snack before going to work. I then eat a full meal at about 2200. I eat when I'm hungry. Lots of fruits and veggies and salads. I have lost weight while working night shift for over a year now, and I've gotten into better shape. I believe it's about maintaining discipline and not giving in to vending machine type of crap food.

Good clarification. I was thinking in comparison to diazepam.

Your facility should be sending out for gas chromatography confirmation testing. Urine tox screening is never considered definitive, only an initial screening. Benzo metabolites should show up on gas chromatogaphy testing if within half-life window periods. Klonopin does have a short half-life. When did he state he last used v. the urine tox test? The other thing to consider is the inmate may be lying, trying to get benzos, possibly to smooth the withdrawal from something else. Or he could be telling the truth.

I would try to avoid a school like PMI if you can. It's expensive, and the reputation isn't that great. These are two bad things in a bad job market. I dropped out of college 3 times many, many years ago. I then returned to school and attended an AZ community college ADN program, and within 3 years of graduation, I'm in a highly-ranked DNP program. Don't let a sketchy history stop you!

And if you are in a doctoral program you had better pay attention and embrace your education because when you get to your oral comps you have to be able to discuss your learning in a scholarly, informed, and intelligent manner. You will be accountable for synthesis of your courses, after they are done.

If you get an ADN you are probably going to have to go rural to get a job. Then you can earn your RN-BSN and get experience, and move back to an urban area if you like.

My DNP adviser recommends quitting one's job when beginning the clinical portion during the last half of the program. He says it's almost impossible to work then. But most do work during the first half of the program (didactic).

No, let's not. Let's keep discussing it until professional nurses realize and admit more education is better for the patients we care for. It may take 20 years - but eventually we will get there and get out of a vocational mindset.

Individual nurses will vary regardless of educational level. Overall, more education is better. I started as an ADN-RN and finished the BSN later. I support BSN for entry to practice.