cincymom

Hi JacelRN - Thanks for the reply! I'm very anxious to get started at Good Sam. I just got my acceptance letter this month -- and am told they can't yet tell me when I'll begin classes -- probably January or August 05. Do you mind if I ask which in area you are working? Is this your first position since school? Did you get to choose which area you wanted? Thanks! Cincymom

Hi all -:) I just received my acceptance letter to Good Samaritan Hospital's RN program in Cincinnati. Are any of you familiar with this program? Any info would be really appreciated!

Hi chiliwings - I too am moving from IT to Nursing. I was a systems analyst, making around 50K. Not a great salary - not terribly bad either. However, 60-70 hour weeks were very common. Salaried postion - No overtime, no compensatory time off. Basically on call ALL the time. I've read a lot on this forum about nursing not being as flexible as we may believe, but in IT there is NO option to work days, weekends, or nights. The current situation in IT forces those who want to keep their jobs to accept the schedule they are given -- in my case it often included all: days, weekends, and nights. No additional compensation. (Not even the feeling that what I was doing really benefitted anyone.) I've been off work for two years now - searching for a position that would allow me to also raise my two sons. The only things I have been able to find are full time analyst positions (meaning 60-70 hours again) or consulting positions with no benefits - which also require extensive travel. I know a lot of nurses -- none of them have looked very hard for a job. In fact, many of them were approached while still in school by area hospitals. One final note: one poster wrote something like that it might be difficult for a former IT person to get accepted into a nursing school regardless of how well the applicant had done academically while obtaining the first degree. My personal experience: I applied in April to one school; got my acceptance letter in May. Go for it! :)