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 General Nursing

   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...

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

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in General Nursing

   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...

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

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in General Nursing

   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...

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

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in General Nursing

   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...

5. job duties of lpn

   BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   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...

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

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in General Nursing

   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...

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

   BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in General Nursing

   ^ 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)....

8. job duties of lpn

   BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   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...

9. job duties of lpn

   BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   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...

10. job duties of lpn

    BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    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...

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

    BigIsleBound replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in General Nursing

    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...

12. job duties of lpn

    BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    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...

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

    BigIsleBound replied to mearly6487's topic in LPN to 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....

14. New grad RN pursuing masters AND a job!

    BigIsleBound replied to JerseyGir1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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...

15. job duties of lpn

    BigIsleBound replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    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...