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A question for all of those who have had their dates changed and credit checked- did those two things occur on the same date? I have had my dates changed on July 12th but no credit check yet.....thanks

Can I plea the 5th on this one?

I was up late last night thinking I was working tonight-I got cancelled. I know its stressful when you are waiting to find out. GOOD LUCK!!! Bill

I don't know that much about the program other than it is supposed to be very competitive. A buddy of mine looked into it and they said that most people will have 3-5 years of high acuity ICU experience, not sure about GPA and stuff. I did some cont...

One thing that helped me in my BSN program was to dictate the lecture notes (pharm, patho, med surg) onto tape and then listen to them when I was driving in the car. I had a long drive, 45 minutes each way, so it was quite helpful. Going through th...

You're best bet would be to contact some schools to see what they think about that kind of experience. As far as the opportunity to live in Ireland for a few years I would be all over that if it works out. Even if it does'nt it may still be worth i...

Yes I believe that is correct, the rest comes in the form of a Grad Plus loan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_PLUS For my program I believe they set the COA @ about 57k for the first year and 47k for the second. So you get about 20k through staff...

The definition of COA is in relation to Federal Student Loans. I am inquiring about private/alternative loans, they use the phrase cost of education. When I talked to Chase the seemed to pull that amount (1,500-30k) from a list or something. Is th...

Hey just want to thank everyone for this useful thread, I have learned a lot about loans through it. Anyway one of the things that has been confusing about alternative loans is what criteria they use to determine how much you get. For example the ...

Sorry if my now deleted post was a little inflammatory. It just seems like there is a better way to answer that question than the way piper did. Some people may not be trying to "skirt" anything, they are simply asking a question for which they do ...

I will be 36 @ the start of the program in May of 2008, 38 when I am done. Anesthesia is one of those areas where people can work for a long time if they desire. When I worked in the OR some time ago (prior to nursing) there were many anesthesiolog...

By the time I start in May 2008 I will have about 7.5 years of experience. I have not worked in the ICU, but have experience in around 15 ERs of varying levels as a Traveler. Prior to nursing school I had worked in the OR as an assiatant to the RN...

I applied to one school and got in- Saint Mary's University. They also require a $1,000 dollar deposit. While I really enjoyed living in the Portland Oregon area I am looking forward to relocating to Minneapolis- I have heard nothing but positive t...

Hello everyone, I am thinking about doing some per diem/ travel nursing in Phoenix or Tucson this fall/winter. I have heard that things are pretty wide open down there, is that true? Has anyone had trouble finding work? Let me know what you think,...

Where do you live? I know of a great CPA in the Portland OR area. PM me if you are interested.

Where do you live? I know of a great CPA in the Portland OR area. PM me if you are interested.

Being an employee (w-2) should not effect the write-offs that you do while working as an independent contractor/sole proprietor (1099). I think that you should be able to write off the expense of your health insurance as well as other expense like h...

Thanks for the reply. The agency that I currently has an office in Tucson and Phoenix and they have pretty good rates, very comparable to here. Since things are kind of slow in the Portland area (for contracts) I am thinking about flying down to A...

I am in the process of getting an AZ license

I went to the ICNE, which I would say is good as far as nursing education goes. It did seem like we spent a lot of time on BS stuff like nursing dx, care plans, etc. In our site (Yakima) I felt the clinical education was lacking, but that is probab...

I too am an independent contractor who works for an agency that does 1099. Recently I have establish an S-corp for additional tax savings. I have a co-worker who is doing the same thing, except for his next contract he set it up on his own. He fee...

I was just up in southern bc and I was talking to a family friend that said in his last few years of working he was making 80k and paying 53% tax!

The way I was instruced to do it by the owner of the company that sets up my contracts was to withhold approx 25-30% of your check and put it into a money market account. This should cover you fed,state and self employment tax, then file with a CPA ...

It sounds like you are a W-2 employee for the agency that you work for. What you need to do is find an agency that does independent contracting. Once you do that then you will be able to establish a home office and use many available tax write-offs...

I have to disagree with the last post. You will bring home substantially more money if you are an independent contractor, and you take advantage of the home office deduction as well as many others. If you establish your own corporation, as I have, ...