3girlsandababy

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1. Salary question??

   3girlsandababy replied to maggijo's topic in Career Support

   thanks for your honesty. it's not my primary motivation but salary and job stability is a concern for me as a mother. my friend in medicine has warned me time and time again that nursing is a "thankless" job. you feel good for doing it but your work ...

2. Salary question??

   3girlsandababy replied to maggijo's topic in Career Support

   that's great and was a smart move! i hope i can make nursing work for me like you did

3. Salary question??

   3girlsandababy replied to maggijo's topic in Career Support

   wow that's great! how do you go from $18 to $24 in one year!??? what area are you in.

4. Salary question??

   3girlsandababy replied to maggijo's topic in Career Support

   i have a friend in the field in kc and she said the nurses start off at $19-20 an hour (with no experience and 8 weeks of orientation) but there's potential to make more.............. for example if you work the weekends (fri, sat & sun) which wo...

5. Salary question??

   3girlsandababy replied to maggijo's topic in Career Support

   small world maggijo. i'm in st. louis too! i thought nurses made waaaaaaaaaaaay more. my friend works in chicago (higher pay rate of course) but she earned 66K last year working part-time and picking up an extra shift here and there. maybe the night ...

6. Abbreviations List

   3girlsandababy posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi. Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I'm wondering if there is an abbreviation list on this site for commonly used abbreviations (outside of direct medical abbreviations). I've been here a few days but I don't know many definitions for words ...

7. Salary question??

   3girlsandababy replied to maggijo's topic in Career Support

   250K sounds like a deal. hopefully the prices will continue to fall within the next 2 years.

8. tips to getting a job out of state

   3girlsandababy replied to dlaura22's topic in Career Support

   I thought it was tradition for the hiring company to fly you out for an interview (at least that's what happened at my old non-nursing job)? I would request they fly me out there. It shouldn't be on the interviewee. Good luck!

9. Salary question??

   3girlsandababy replied to maggijo's topic in Career Support

   thanks sooooooooooo much! gotta love the real estate market

10. Salary question??

    3girlsandababy replied to maggijo's topic in Career Support

    Sorry for the dumb question but what does per diem mean? Is that what you're paid and hour or a different type of pay? in addition to??? Also, is Central California a bad area? Hubby and I live in the Midwest and would eventually like to move to Cali...