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  1. What courses if any are you taking this summer?

    editor2rn replied to williams3929's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    One 11-week summer session: Microbiology Pharmacology (online) Working full-time and my daughter is out of school. I'll be ready for lock-up by August!

  2. Natural Birth Friendly Nursing?

    editor2rn replied to missjennmb's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, I can laugh now, especially when I think of the covert way I had to get the breast pump. The lactation consultant set up a time on Sunday afternoon, when no one would be around, for my husband to...

  3. Natural Birth Friendly Nursing?

    editor2rn replied to missjennmb's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Neither is La Leche giving me a 15-minute lecture on why I should put my screaming colicky infant back on my cracked, bleeding nipples while I sit in the pit of PPD, planning my suicide. Thank...

  4. Just Completed My First Year Successfully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    editor2rn replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Nursing

    YEEEEEE-HAW!

  5. Noticing a trend here

    editor2rn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    lol! when i taught elementary school in the inner city, my colleagues and i would have made the papers if anyone from the public had heard our after-school vents. we sounded like we hated kids,...

  6. Noticing a trend here

    editor2rn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    YES! As a pre-nursing student, I value this board immensely. My first degree is in education, and I earned it in the days before Internet was available. It was very difficult to find information on...

  7. How to solve the shortage of new grad jobs?

    editor2rn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the focus on profit; that's understood in business, which is what hospitals are. On the flipside, I have to think that hiring new grads would help in the short term, too. Once they're...

  8. How to solve the shortage of new grad jobs?

    editor2rn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    I'd agree with this statement. Also, regarding the cost of training, that's an issue for employers in any industry. When I hire contractors, I always look first to those who are trained and most...

  9. How to solve the shortage of new grad jobs?

    editor2rn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    Trace_element, can you expand on this? At this point I'm interested in ICU as a long-range goal. Do you mean acute care jobs as a new grad, or do you mean lack of positions for nurses at any

  10. How to solve the shortage of new grad jobs?

    editor2rn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    No problem! I understand. When I was an undergraduate one of my favorite professors used to tell teaching students that if they wanted to be a teacher to have summers off, they'd find the school year...

  11. How to solve the shortage of new grad jobs?

    editor2rn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    Around here bilingual special ed and teaching the emotionally disturbed are usually the areas in need. Other than that, I'd have to have an "in". I thought about speech therapy, but the job market...

  12. How to solve the shortage of new grad jobs?

    editor2rn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    It's not ONLY money for me. If I were offered a nursing job today, I'd take a 50% pay cut. Even if India took all of my work away, I'd be able to find a management position in my field that pays...

  13. How to solve the shortage of new grad jobs?

    editor2rn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, most times they can. As my CPA said, when I was concerned about earning more and thus paying more in taxes, "More money is always

  14. How to solve the shortage of new grad jobs?

    editor2rn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    I'm no economist, but stock dividends are considered taxable in many cases (or at least in my case). According to my CPA, the difference is that stock dividends earn you income without you having to...

  15. How to solve the shortage of new grad jobs?

    editor2rn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 41, with a (very shy) daughter almost in middle school. My husband works for the state, and after many years of crappy pay and benefits, we're hoping for retirement at 52, when he can get another...

  16. How to solve the shortage of new grad jobs?

    editor2rn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    I can relate to the nursing surplus in certain areas, but not as a nurse. Before my daughter was born, I taught school for seven years. Before the big media hype about nurse shortages, there was the...

  17. Website to sell used textbooks?

    editor2rn replied to Sunset87's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've sold books on Amazon and Half.com. You can also sell them on

  18. Unemployement office pays you to go to school

    editor2rn replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have a friend who was laid off in Pennsylvania, and the state helped her pay tuition. There were strict guidelines, and I'm not sure how much of the tuition the state paid, but I know she was really...

  19. Texas Tech RN-BSN??

    editor2rn replied to LUVtxNursing's topic in Texas Nursing

    YIKES! I take that back. I don't know about the RN-BSN program. I was thinking of the second-degree online program.

  20. Texas Tech RN-BSN??

    editor2rn replied to LUVtxNursing's topic in Texas Nursing

    The Tech program requires a commitment NOT to work. I'm not sure how they determine whether a student is working or not, but you have to promise you won't work while in their

  21. GN position

    editor2rn replied to croat's topic in Texas Nursing

    It may help if you tell us where you are in

  22. Decisions, decisions--need course advice please

    editor2rn replied to Scooter321's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with previous posts. If you have no prior chem experience, chances are you won't do well in an accelerated class. Chem can be learned, but the concepts are so unfamiliar to so many that they...

  23. Considering Texas

    editor2rn replied to NYSNOWBUNNY007's topic in Texas Nursing

    Houston and Dallas, in fact I think all of the major cities in Texas, have a cheaper cost of living than Austin. I stopped comparing long ago because it was too depressing. We rented an apartment not...

  24. Considering Texas

    editor2rn replied to NYSNOWBUNNY007's topic in Texas Nursing

    You can find homes cheaper than this for sure in Austin. For example, a three-bedroom home in a decent area with good schools in the burbs might cost $250K (I'm in SW Austin, so I'm quoting prices...

  25. What is your ACC (Austin Community College) Ranking?

    editor2rn replied to ginabanina's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    congratulations to both of you! time to