findingnemo
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Let see if I can remember correctly... 2nd shift diff (like from 11a-11p) 10% then 3rd shift (3p-3a or 7p-7a) 15% of base pay. Education assistance up to $3000 a year to take classes (like getting your masters, or certifications), great nurse internship (lasting 6 months- 18 months depending on where you work in the hospital), hospital matches your input into your 401 retirement, good health care, vision, dental, etc etc the list goes on and on..... These are really important factors when I picked where to work out of school. Also the hospital I work at is a Magnet hospital which says a great deal about the organization and it's employees. I personally only want to work in hospitals that are NOT for profit just based on experience for clinicals, family, etc.
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I just graduated from KU's nursing program this May. I went to JCCC my first 2 years (which I think was the best way to go) I saved so much money on tutition, books, living expenses (cause I was able to live at home) that I was able to save up enough to not have to take out a single penny of financial aide. Which might not seem like a big deal but everyone girl I knew is coming out of school has tens of thosands of dollars in school loans, which takes years and years to pay off. I work with nurses who have been out of school for 10 years that are still paying off their loans and are not even close to paying them off yet. KU has one of the best practicum experience in the city. You will spend 320 hours your final semester working along side one nurse in an area that interests you after graduation. This is the longest practicum in the city. Some schools only do 24 hours!! It really helped prepare me to put everything I had learned into practice. And from my experences so far working as a GN I have heard how much more prepared I am than other GN from other schools. It just shows it your confidence of your own abilities. Good luck with KU!