BigIsleBound

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1. So what do I need to do to SUCCESSFULLY move to Oahu?

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in Hawaii

   Ceteris Paribus: Ok, HI might pay more than Indiana but the COST of living is WAAAAAAAAYYYYY higher than anything you will find in the midwest. Can't speak on FL. I met lots of folks from the midwest when I was on Oahu and oftentimes they had mental...

2. So what do I need to do to SUCCESSFULLY move to Oahu?

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in Hawaii

   Oh, Lisa! Big hugs to you too! It's so tough right now... I read all the local HI papers online every day, and I have seen how terrible it's gotten out there. Things are bad here in NJ, but nowhere near that bad. Luckily, DH and I have zero credit ca...

3. So what do I need to do to SUCCESSFULLY move to Oahu?

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in Hawaii

   Ok, now I see where all the money is going. My god, 2k a month of frivolous stuff... only a millionaire can live like that in HI. I'm not joking. So, in spite of your home being in poor condition and your car being old, you ARE spending lavishly, jus...

4. So what do I need to do to SUCCESSFULLY move to Oahu?

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in Hawaii

   Glad I could make you chuckle, Lisa. I'm actually from the mainland. I moved out to Oahu in '04 to go to HPU. I came back to the mainland and it was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life. Now I am trying like mad to get back. If I can get into t...

5. job duties of lpn

   BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN/LVN

   I have no interest in social work because I'd like enough money to have more than cat food and dust bunnies on my pantry shelves. Besides, walking into strange folks homes to snatch thier kids away as an unarmed female just doesn't sound like a jolly...

6. So what do I need to do to SUCCESSFULLY move to Oahu?

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in Hawaii

   Lisa from Maui is giving it to you straight, no chaser, lol! Debt is the monkey on your back... I couldn't figure out why you were living so broke with two nursing incomes... OK, you gotta pay off the debt. Put in the hours and pay it off ASAP... I'd...

7. So what do I need to do to SUCCESSFULLY move to Oahu?

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in Hawaii

   ^ Wow... sounds like you are living bare bones as it is. My recollection of the midwest was that the standard of living was excellent... especially compared to the pricier states (aka CA, NY, NJ, HI). I wish I could tell you what specialty areas to...

8. job duties of lpn

   BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN/LVN

   Uh... I never said the patients themselves were horrible and disgusting. POOP is horrible and disgusting. That's one reason that the water treatment plant pays so well... it stinks in there and you have to deal with poop. I want to help people... I a...

9. job duties of lpn

   BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN/LVN

   Honestly, though I am a bit ticked off by being percieved as some heartless person ( I am constantly doing things for charity and am far from heartless) I am actually glad that the truth came out in this thread. I had actually believed it when I was ...

10. job duties of lpn

    BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN/LVN

    I have great news for all of you who made sure to let me know I'm a heartless coldhearted person because I don't savor the idea of handling people's feces. I have decided to go into an allied health career instead of nursing. I change my children's d...

11. So what do I need to do to SUCCESSFULLY move to Oahu?

    BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in Hawaii

    Good luck, hon. I fear your post may not get you the info you so desperately need. Many folks who are already living in the islands can't find jobs in nursing... things are super duper tight right now. My advice (and I'm on the mainland right now b...

12. job duties of lpn

    BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN/LVN

    Well lucky for me I'll only have to suffer through the poop patrol during clinicals, because once I get my RN I'll do flu shot clinics or anything else humanly possible to avoid feces. Meanwhile I will go on immediately to get my Masters so I can pra...

13. Anybody with info on LPN to RN mobility program at Snead State Community College

    BigIsleBound replied to mearly6487's topic in LPN-RN

    Oh, man! That school sounds just impossible. In my experience with online education, you do at least double the work of B&M schools, and yet people still think you are doing fluff and bobo work. Sigh.

14. New grad RN pursuing masters AND a job!

    BigIsleBound replied to JerseyGir1's topic in NP

    I'm not currently in that position, but I fear I may be, depending on how long this recession lasts. If the job market doesn't loosen up by the time I get my RN, I'll take whatever I can get while I keep pushing on to my FNP or PA masters. That is my...

15. job duties of lpn

    BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN/LVN

    Hmmm... for ages I never considered a career in nursing because I heard that a key part of a nurse's job is to wipe people's butts. On this very forum I've seen many many RNs complain about the "stereotype" that nurses wipe butts and how it keeps t...