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Hello, all. I was wondering whether anyone had any information or insight into pay rates at the two big hospitals in the Palm Springs area -- Eisenhower Medical Center and Desert Regional Medical Center. I'm considering relocating to Palm Springs i...

Whispera and Gnursjr2......I greatly appreciate your insight and comments. Whispera,you've kind of confirmed and supported what I've been thinking. I should add a couple of things. First, my ER has an incredibly high number of very acute (mostly su...

I have greatly enjoyed reading this thread. I can relate, in many respects, with the original poster. I am a *relatively* new-grad RN. I went straight from nursing school into an extremely high-acuity ER/trauma center. The experience I have gaine...

Hey all. I'm a new-grad RN (graduated from nursing school last August) with six months' experience in the ER now under my belt. I work in a very busy, extremely high-acuity 50-bed ER/level II trauma center. It's been a fairly good experience, in t...

Hey, Poet. Thanks for the fast reply, wise words, and honest thoughts. FYI, I talked to 4 different folks about this, only one of whom was previously an OR nurse. (I work with her now in the ER.) So I realize that's just one RN's an opinion. Howe...

Hey there, everyone. My heart goes out to all new grads in California (my beloved home state). I read the boards here and it's shocking to see how tough the job market is for new RNs on the West Coast. However, don't think for one single minute th...

I just have to chime in here as well. I graduated in August from UMSL's accelerated BSN program (which was a terrific experience). I did most of my clinicals at various BJC hospitals, notably Barnes and Children's (where I did my peds rotation and ...

Hey, congrats to all the GNs (and soon-to-be GNs) who've hired for the SSM Futures program. That's fantastic! I'm graduating from UMSL's accelerated program next week, and I'll be starting with SSM in the Futures class in October. I was hired direct...

LOL....that's generally true. We have a great exception here - St. Louis Children's Hospital. It's like Disney World in there.....amazing place.

Hey, Nicki. Thanks very, very much. Really helpful information, even if I am 2 years or so away from relocating to Palm Springs. It kind of surprised me to learn that Eisenhower pays less than Desert Regional.....mostly since Eisenhower is a not-f...

Jammin....not sure what hospitals you're talking about, but that pay scale is not what's in place at any of the big ones in St. Louis. They all start new grads at just over $20 an hour, NOT including night, weekend differentials, etc. And there's a...

Hey, Rrrachel83 and others. As a native California, I feel your pain. Your situation must truly suck. Let me toss out a suggestion, however. If any of you are able to relocate, you may want to give that a lot of thought. There are plenty of larg...

Berns, I can answer that question. I'm a senior nursing student just finishing up my BSN, and I also received a generous scholarship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. I was awarded the money by my school (the University of Missouri - St. Loui...

There are three outstanding nursing schools in St. Louis, if you're wanting to earn a BSN (as opposed to a two-year degree). Goldfarb/Barnes is very good. I have a friend who's in their accelerated program there now, and he is very happy. SLU is f...

Just turned 49 here (making a major life change after a 25-year career in media relations/corporate communications). I'm in the accelerated BSN program at the University of Missour - St. Louis. In our class of 60 or so, 7 of us are guys. Average a...

Hey there, Terence. Welcome to the forum and the world of pre-nursing. It is absolutely *not* correct that you do not or will not qualify for student loans because you already have a bachelor's degree in another field. You will NOT be eligible for ...

Great information. Just curious about being paid 12 hours of straight time, as you put it. I'd thought, incorrectly I guess, that the labor laws in California required employers in the state to pay overtime for any time worked over 8 hours in a sin...

Your numbers are wrong for UMSL. You're not factoring in the extra $150 per credit hour that's assessed on all nursing classes at the university. So the cost is much closer to Barnes (though admittedly, Barnes is a bit higher).

Hey there! I think that what you're doing is fantastic, and I'm sure you'll do really well. I'm also starting over, but I'm 48 years old, not 33. Until May I was a communications executive with The Walt Disney Company in Los Angeles. Now, I'm a fu...

Hey gang......Nursing student here just wondering about something and thought I'd ask on the board. Do nurses who move into management (nurse managers, to use the generic term) work more standard, M-F 9-5 hours? Or do they work the 3-12's shifts th...

Hello there and welcome to the forum! Your background tracks mine pretty closely, although I'm a good year or so ahead of you. About twenty years ago I finished graduate school with a master's degree in journalism from a well-known Ivy League unive...

I know it's a bit late to jump in here, but I just wanted to tell you that I think you absolutely made the right decision. I'm currently finishing up a 3-hour stats class here. I'm pulling an A in the class, but I don't think there's any way I coul...

I finished the course in four months. I don't believe there's any way you could take a *legitimate* online course of this type and finish it in 4 weeks.

All exams are multiple choice. There are two different kinds of exams. There are 15 open-book online exams, each of which correspond to the 15 lessons in the text. They're not too bad, particularly because they're open book. Then, there are also t...

BYU Online. Great experience. Harder than I thought, but I've really enjoyed the class. elearn.byu.edu