Oakley44

Hey Folks, Yeah I'm actually asking this question seriously. So here's the thing: I've been an RN (w/ a BSN and a prev. Bach.) in the ER for 1.5 years. It's awesome. I thoroughly enjoy it, but it's a 2nd (okay 4th career) for me and I've al...

Really? Now maybe it's cause I've only ever worked in the ER, but I routinely do things that the techs normally do; not just cause Kaiser is too cheap to hire a reasonable amount of techs (i.e two techs for 40 - 50 patients) I do these things when I ...

Sorry to comment on a dead thread but... It's easy to disbelieve this based upon the massive publicity over the past few years but all Kaiser's are non-profit. Source: I work for Kaiser.

Well done. That's good researching. I just wish this very basic information was more transparent; even in the late 90s, you could go to barnes & noble and pretty much figure all this kind of stuff out about most colleges/universities in about 30 ...

Super inexpensive but what about the GPA being 3.0 for every graduate thing? is that even a thing? that's what I've read but haven't verified. i'm pretty sure that would be a non-starter for many post-master's NP programs. You might say my original q...

Well that's not too shabby then. quick math would suggest it would be about $22k for the same amount of credits - very reasonable :)

I appreciate the optimism. While I was completing my BSN, I did research some about this; especially for the US dept. of public health and the Indian Affairs etc.. The military isn't so much an option for me, but maybe the NSA? haha

Without getting into too much detail about my personal finances, I do know about loan repayment options.; Some of which are applicable, most of which aren't.

Thanks. I just found this ... UAB - School of Nursing - Tuition & Fees . Looks like the out of state tuition + the univ. tuition is quite a bit more than $18k though.

Yeah, I've heard much about Frontier. They are one of the few programs that actually lay out their costs very plainly Tuition | Frontier Nursing University . From what I've read about Frontier it seems that even within the FNP program the emphasis is...

They do offer tuition reimbursement. Although, the amount is relatively small. Maybe I should have rephrased my original question a bit. I'm aware that cheaper is not always the best; not unlike money does not always = quality (i.e. Univ. of Phoenix,...

Exactly. This is the type of response I honestly appreciate for all of about 8 seconds. I realize cost shouldn't be the TOP priority priority, which is why my original question takes up about 1/2 of a page. Boston, huh? So if you clicked on my link y...

Thanks for the quick responses. The WGU concept seems to be more than just a novel ideal - thanks for the info. Of course, it opens up the natural follow-up question of where to get a post-master's cert. for FNP but, I suppose, cheaper is cheaper. :)...

Yeah so that's not so true though. Several people have posted their basic pay rate information and along with rough geographic and specialty area info; data points which are especially informative when hunting for a new position in an unfamiliar area...

Less about commutes and communities and more about what the op actually asked please.

To stay on track here I make a base of $35.94 plus differential for my shift - which averages me to about $37 and change p/hr. I wish more people would actually post hard numbers. There's a reason for having so many of these threads. They last about...

me too. don't really care at the moment - too busy studying for the NCLEX :/

yeah, thanks, I knew about that - just not so easy to login to allnurses with my android phone and click on the little red thingy

Ditto. It's kinda awkward getting the UCLA thread-update emails.

yaaaay

is there any kind of job description? after searching the req #, all i see is the phrase: "no results matching your criteria" any ideas?

Wow. The wage quotes so far (with the exception of the one I referenced from the UCLA new grad program - and you know exactly what I'm talking about starghadeer ) seem at least in the realm of $4 p/hr too low relative to even the average in the whole...

Hmmkay. I know a friend who went to UCLA (direct entry MSN program) and then got into the Versant residency at Children's so I guess it would kinda have to be awesome to make up for that lack of $$$.

Where? UCLAs own New Grad job description says $35 an hour. They're required to disclose this info publicly. I'm not denying what you say is possible. it's just that $22 in LA Co. is almost unlivable. Here in Vegas (where the C.O.L. is 40% less) ther...

$22-$24?? At Children's? That's really awful. Maybe in Needles or like Mojave or some place but $22 is what some CNAs make at UCLA or Cedars. I would guess $28 to $34 is more the norm.