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Plastic surgery nurse - Yuck!! I hate anything related to the OR. Perioperative nurse - Did I mention that I hate the OR? Reproductive nurse - Hmmm...I wouldn't mind that (I'm an L&D nurse). Legal nurse consultant - Sure, why not? Maybe this quiz is only 50% great?

Try rural Texas. Get a year or so of experience under your belt and then you can move back to the big city. I couldn't find a job back home (I'm from GA), so I moved to rural TX for work. Best decision I ever made. I would stay away from the border towns too, if at all possible. Look for smaller towns around at least 40 min from the border. South TX has nurses from all over the globe because no one really wants to move here. Experience is experience and you can write your own ticket in a couple of years.

You can apply for federal jobs at usajobs.gov. Your job code is 0610 (RN). I got a civilian job with an RN Diploma at an army hospital. The process is sloooooow, but it's worth it! Do an advanced search with the job code and filter for the state of GA. Several federal agencies hire nurses. Good luck!

Don't freak out! You may be able to pay off this balance within 5-6 years, 10 years being the being the maximum because interest is going to eat you alive after that. I had that amount of debt after attending law school and nursing school. After my RN diploma, I saved up enough cash to pay for my BSN. Two months later, I got an even better job opportunity! Nursing is a great profession that even if you don't love it, there are many avenues available and you may find something you like. Plus, there are always opportunities for overtime or a second job. Make a budget. How long do you want to pay on these loans? I wanted to do it for five years. I'm a second degree student and I don't have forever. So that's $20,000 a year or $1670 a month. Believe it or not, it's doable. Live like a student during those years. Cut back on eating out, entertainment, expensive cell phone plans, don't buy a new car. Live below your means. Even though my original goal was five years, I've decided to go back for my MSN and pay cash for that. I plan to work 2-3 PRN shifts a month to help save up for a year. Unfortunately, this will push my loan payoff date by another year, but I'm okay with that. I will be debt free in 2015, one year before I complete my MSN! Consolidate your federal loans and/or your private loans so you can reduce your payment. Check out Dave Ramsey and Suze Orman. They give great advice for getting out of debt. When you start chuncking away at the debt, it's a great feeling! I hope some of this helps. If you want more information on my personal, monthly budget, please feel free to send me a PM. Good luck! :)

100 miles one way. If traffic is good, it'll take two hours. If it's bad, it can take up to three hours. At least I'm able to sleep at the hospital for a couple of days so I just make the commute once a week. I was also a new grad. Now, I have two years experience and I got a great job offer, hopefully starting soon! I'm so excited to be working in town and sleeping in my own bed!

I'm sorry about your situation. I'm from GA and couldn't find a job in the entire state! I literally went down the list of state hospitals and applied for jobs. I received a call from one hospital in my hometown and I didn't have enough experience for the position, and they had hired several travel nurses to pick up the slack. After 8 months of uncertainty, I began looking for jobs in Texas. Two weeks later, I had a job offer. I hate that I had to move so far from home in order to find a job, but Texas has been pretty good to me.

Yes, your two years of experience as an ADN will count as 1 year towards pay, retirement, promotion, etc.

I applied to a rural Tx hospital online because I was working as a tech with an RN license in NC. No full-time positions in NC, unfortunately. The hospital called me and offered to fly me out for an interview and put me up in a hotel room. Don't forget to look at hospitals about an hour away from the big cities, they tend to have more vacancies and more willing to hire new grads. I didn't get any responses from hospitals in large cities, but I received prompt repsonses from rural hospitals.

From what I understand, many nursing programs are more concerned with your science/pre-req classes than other classes. The programs that I applied to only calculated the gpa using science/pre-req classes. They didn't even look at my classes that didn't transfer credit.

Kennesaw State offers a PCT course through their continuing education program. I believe it's one day a week. I think you have to be a CNA first. Isn't it similar to medical assistant? I think you could go to Columbus Tech for medical assistant.

Darton College in Albany, GA has a part-time ADN and an online ADN program.

Mercy School of Nursing in Charlotte, NC is a diploma program You can do a search on the NLNAC website of accredited diploma programs

I didn't attend the ASN program there but I did go there for a year to take pre-reqs -what would you like to know?

Hi, Do you have a link to the article? I wonder if she's waiting for the "perfect job?"

Wow for 6 months - maybe that's for a year? They're offering $150k for 12 months to firefighters (or for people would like to go over there and be firefighters).

Did the people at the Georgia Board of Nursing tell you this? I haven't heard anything like that. LPN licensure application

Timing - I wanted to begin nursing school sometime before Fall 2008. I had been working on pre-req's since Spring 06. I completed pre-req's Fall 07. Entrance Exams - I applied to an ABSN program in my home state that required the TEAS pre-test. I took the TEAS pre-test. I wanted to apply to other schools in my state, but some required the NLN pre-test and some required the Evolve Reach - 2 test. That's too many tests just to be granted an interview of which only 20-40 people were selected. I chose my diploma program because I'll finish it by the time I would've started one of thos ABSN programs or ADN programs. At least I'll be able to work in my field and have my employer help deray the costs of getting a BSN and MSN.

If you're willing to work in AL, Summit Hospital in Phenix City relies heavily on LPNs. (An LPN who works there told me this.)

I keep telling myself that some things take more time than others. I spent 2 years taking pre-req classes at a technical college and university (there was a semester I was enrolled at both schools at the same time while working full-time!) I finally finished and I'll be starting my hospital diploma program next week. I want to get a Master's, but I don't know what my speciality will be, so I chose this route. Even though I already have a BBA, I wanted the hospital diploma due to the amount of individual attention the school gives its students as well as the heavy clinical aspect. Also, the school is paying for my tuition. After I finish, I'll go straight for the BSN as well. The same hospital will pay for that. Hopefully by then, I'll know what speciality to study for my Master's.

They probably had a lot of applicants and are still working through it. Hang in there! I applied for Summer 08 and I'm counting down the days until I know for sure whether or not I've been accepted. I applied for the accelerated program.

YES! I applied to start either an accelerated BSN program Summer '08 or a hospital diploma program in January '08. I should hear from both programs by the end of November.

http://www.tricare.mil/mtf/ List of military medical centers.

I just completed A&P I last week with an A! :balloons: A&P II doesn't start until July 9th. I'm taking it online since I'm tired of going to class three days a week for 2-3 hours at a time (we're on the quarter system). I'm going to start reading the book early.

Unfortunately, California doesn't have any "accredited" diploma programs. You can search for programs through the accreditation agency for diploma programs: http://www.nlnac.org/Forms/directory_search.htm

Stop by one of the "Promove" offices (promove.com) - they'll help you find a place for free.