Buran09

What are the nurse to patient ratios at your hospital?

Places with very low cost of housing are usually not very attractive to live at. Also cost of living is more than just a cost of the house. Cars, gasoline, travel, electronics, food, clothes, cable, internet, cell phone, etc. cost about the same regardless of the area.

I currently practice in California, and the pay here is pretty good. I just want to estimate how the quality of live (buying power) will change if I move to Melbourne.

I second that. The cost of nursing programs in Boston is outrageous. I don't have a statistical data, but my guess is that a tuition & fees are one of the highest in the country. For example: Regis - $840/credit Laboure - $725/credit. And what's interesting - during the last 5 year many schools is Boston have doubled the price. Unfortunately, nursing salaries did not increase that much. Are you ready to pay that much?

No. There is not.

Thank you, Karenmaire, Talaxandra! Will it be accurate to say that the RN with 4 years of experience earns 75000/year on average? I was looking into military nursing, but it seem like the make about 60000/year. What's the job market look like right now?

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So practically speaking how much a nurse with 4 years of experience earns in Melbourne? What's the job market look like for those in ICU? If you work is a specialty settings (like ICU) do they count all your hospital experience (like med/surge) or just a specialty experience? Can you choose to work nights/weekends or have to rotate through those shifts? Is there a lot of competition among nurses to work nights/weekends/holidays?

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I second that. Finish your Bio degree. Then you will have a choice of going for nursing, pharmacy, or physical therapy.

I disagree with you. It's much better to get W and then A, rather than finishing the course with the bad grade. Even on medical school forums people were reporting that W does affect your chances as long as you re-took the class and got a good grade.

I know a person from the Bay Area who graduated last year. She got a job at Mercy Medical Center in Merced. It seems like they have a lot of open positions in the ER.

You JUST passed your NCLEX and you are complaining that you can't find a job?:hhmth: It's really funny how new grads assume that they will go to work on the day 2 after passing NCLEX! Another wrong assumption most new grads make is that they have to work in the big teaching hospitals only.

[sarcasm on] No, you won't survive here on $87000/year. Making $20/hr in the Midwest will be a much better option for you. [sarcasm off]

Can you clarify what pre specialy is?