tryharder

I don't know about all of you but I'm 29 years old and workout 6 days a week. I consider myself to be in the best shape of my life and that is saying a lot since I had a scholarship to play football, yes I'm a male. Some of you act like 30 is old or something. I bet I will run rings around the younger people on this board, Physically easily. Mentally, now I don't know about that I can be slow once in awhile, lol.

So, you are telling me that you made a minimum of $57,600 a yr bartending. I used your $300.00 dollar a night figure and not your $500.00 a night figure. I live in the capital of night clubs and let me tell you, your estimation does not seem very accurate.

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That is not right. There is 32 ounces in 1 quart, divide 32 ounces by 4 and you get 8 ounces.

easiest way to figure it out. You should already know this information and figure it out from there. This you should have memorized 1cup=240ml 1cup=8oz 2cups=1pint 2pints=1qt 4qts=1 gallon This is how you figure it out 1cup= 8oz 2cups=16oz 1/2cup=4oz 1/2cup=4oz 1/4qt=8oz ____________ 40 oz 1/2 a cup means a half of 8 which is 4oz. To think of a 1/4 how many quarters are in a dollar, 4 right. So if you know there are 4 cups in a quart you know that their is 32oz in a quart, you then divide by 4 because it takes 4 quarters to make a dollar. add everything up you get 40oz. Simple problem, think it through next time.

Go ahead and finish up your Bsn degree. As you have already stated you have the G.I. bill at your disposal, so make the most of it. I do not see the point of them criticizing you about your decision one bit. If you sit down and do a pro's vs. con's list you will easily see that the route you are going will probably be the most effecient way of doing things. First of all, when you graduate with your Bsn you will be more marketable than your counterparts with an Adn degree. Next, you have the GI bill and you don't have the same worry that everyone else has, How am i going to pay for school? So, why does it matter if you become a Adn nurse first? I am assuming your friends in whom you communicate with are lacking the funds and for that reason are trying to seek tuition reimbursement through employment at a hospital. You are not in the same position where you need tuition reimbursement. The only con, in this whole equation is that you will lose out on 2 years of real life experiences working as a nurse and two years of a nurse's salary. Do i believe you are going the wrong route absolutely not. I will ad my two cents to this thread though. I truly believe if you are not going for a masters degree at some point going for your bachelors is slightly over kill. I see education as a progression and the more education you acquire the more money you should make. As you may know a Adn nurse makes the same as a Bsn nurse, so my humble opinion is to go get your masters at some point and make the most out of your nursing career. Also, tell your Adn friends to **** mind their own business and do you. This message is approved by your soon to be Adn student.

Yes, it is true. I have about the same gpa as you do and I was going to be on the waiting list until next fall or just about. The reason why you aren't getting in isn't because your gpa is not good enough. You have average students that have been collecting points by waiting on the list for semesters at a time. They can have over a 4.0 gpa with their collected points. I decided to do the lvn program since it was only going to be a 3 months difference between me waiting and just going to the lvn program and completing that and bridging to the rn program. I of course got accepted in the lvn program immediately. Good luck in whatever you decide to do!

Temple texas is hiring new grads, it even says new grad position avaliable. I posted thread in the texas regional section above with all the info.

Your welcome. Most people get their bachelors in nursing through Texas tech online while they are working with their adn degree. You can do anything you put your mind to and put all your effort into. You are the only person that is going to stop yourself from what you want to do. I'm trying to become a crna and failure is not on the table as an option. Their is nothing to be scared of believe me.

would it be fair to assume that the nursing jobs are beginning to open up a bit more. I see more posts everyday of someone that just got a new job as a new grad.

You need to finish all of your prerequisites and co-requisites before entering lvn school. The reason being is that Acc only give you a year to bridge after you graduate from lvn school. The prereqs and coreqs to become a rn takes 2 years to finish. So, if you are not finished with all of your requisites you will not have enough time to bridge over within one year, hope I could help. If you go the lvn route and get directly in to the adn program through a bridge your schooling will only be 3 months longer if you were to go the "normal route". You might also take a look at doing an accelerated adn course with Acc since you already have your bachelors.

You are welcome it was just posted on the 1/9/2011, so it is a really new opening. Are you plan on filling out an application for this job. If so please let me know how it goes, thanks.

On my free time, I decided to make a list of every hospital that is within about 1 hour commuting distance away from Austin. On this list I plan on stating whether the hospital is new grad, or lvn friendly. Anyhow, I figured I would give someone the heads up that there is a new grad position available at Santa Fe Hospital in Temple Texas. I noticed this while scanning there website for job postings. I post on this site time to time with my positive outlook towards things, which don't seem to be taken to well on this site, lol. Anyhow, here is a link below that will guide you to the position that is open and needs to be filled. It is a fulltime 40 hour position for a new grad rn. I hope I could help someone land a job on this site. If you apply and get the job let me know how it goes, thanks. Link: https://swtep.mycmsc.com/psp/swtepprdext/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?FolderPath=PORTAL_ROOT_OBJECT.HC_HRS_CE_GBL2&IsFolder=false&IgnoreParamTempl=FolderPath%2cIsFolder

A stipend does not sound appealing for a couple of reasons. As stated by another poster above, people have paid in cash or by loans to become a RN. Why would one work for less than what is acceptable, also 3 years is a long time. What about nurses that need to work in the icu's for their one year or 2 years of experience to get to their master (crna). Doesn't sound like a good plan to me.

I live in Austin Texas and I would tell you that there is no other place I would ever want to live. It is a little more expensive to live in Austin than other areas because it is in high demand for housing. It really is a world of it's own like the poster commented. The good thing about Austin is that there are surrounding areas that you can live in that are considered out of Austin but are still considered in the same county, which causes your housing to be as cheap as just about anywhere in Texas and is only minutes away from austin.