myoglobin

myoglobin ASN, BSN, MSN

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  1. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    They can still be "an option". For example if you are 55 or older in Florida you can find mobile home parks for those over 55 that are around ($400.00 per month in fees) and you can purchase a three...

  2. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Some good points there. Maybe a manufactured home such as this one https://www.claytonwyo.com/homes/BL2003604TXAB combined with a 15 acre plot like this...

  3. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I've been looking at some campers like this one https://www.rvtrader.com/Jayco-Jay-Flight-33rbts/rvs-for-sale?make=Jayco|2272274&model=JAY FLIGHT|764841965&trim=33RBTS|36147 and I...

  4. Best States for RN's and NP's both in terms of pay and practice?

    myoglobin posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So as a new grad. PMHNP I'm considering leaving Florida. My SO has been practicing "here" since 2016, but she entered the profession with a telepsych job paying $85.00 per hour and these jobs now seem...

  5. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Going to a Coldplay Concert and having to hang out with a bunch of hoity toity people and eat fancy food would be enough to get me to confess to a serious crime hardly an indulgent activity. I would...

  6. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Renting can make sense. For example we rent for $1800.00 per month. Even if we qualified for a mortgage (we don't) the payments on a home near Disney (where we live) would likely run in excess of...

  7. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    My point is that homes are much less affordable. That home that my parents purchases in 1972 represented about one years income given that they earned about $9.000 each year as teachers (actually...

  8. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t think wanting to own a home is superficial. My parents bought a nice three bedroom ranch on an acre in Indiana in 1972 for 15k. Adjusted for inflation that house would cost about 100k today....

  9. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Even with a household income of around 450K this year and probably around 550K next year we cannot afford to buy a home due to a plethora of issues: a. I owe around 160 K in student loan debt and...

  10. How much do you owe in student loans?

    myoglobin replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Again, I just talking about getting a job in my retirement years as an instructor if I need to. It might be for a respectable school or one of he ones that are "for profit" who's standards are called...

  11. How much do you owe in student loans?

    myoglobin replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I would of course do my best and make no assurances that the quality of my instruction would be any better than the quality of care that I currently provide (depending upon which of my clients that...

  12. How much do you owe in student loans?

    myoglobin replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I intend to keep working as a Psych NP well into my 80's. Given that I'm currently 52 it is not entirely unreasonable that I might go back to school and earn an advanced degree such as a PhD...

  13. NP Student, highly wanting to do med school?

    myoglobin replied to FamNP123's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Everyone is unique. In my case I completed the Masters program over five years instead of advised two or three. In addition, during the last two years I only worked 24 hours. Also, I read all of the...

  14. NP Student, highly wanting to do med school?

    myoglobin replied to FamNP123's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I for one am grateful that I was able to go to NP school and work. Had this not been allowed I would not have been able to go back to school and many of the clients that I serve would still be looking...

  15. Is doing therapy as a psych NP realistic?

    myoglobin replied to Kaelif2015's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    All digressions aside this was the original post/ question"Im considering pursuing my psych NP but I know most psych NPs are med management focused and I would really want to incorporate a lot of...

  16. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    myoglobin replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I went to the University of Southern Indiana and had to find my own preceptor. He was willing to work around my hours in such a way that I could continue to work part time in the ICU. The cost per...

  17. NP Student, highly wanting to do med school?

    myoglobin replied to FamNP123's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think this article illustrates just how hard it is to get in to Medical school https://www.savvypremed.com/blog/why-is-it-so-damn-hard-to-get-into-medical-school , let alone successfully...

  18. NP Student, highly wanting to do med school?

    myoglobin replied to FamNP123's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would argue that your excellent post highlights why most RN's would be ill advised to switch to MD rather than maximize their education via an NP route. With regard to my own scenario I was 38 when...

  19. Psychiatric NP

    myoglobin replied to xtl311's topic in Advanced Practice

    My first job out of school started in person and transitioned to online after about a month due to Covid. Once Covid is over I will travel to Seattle once per month for a week to see my clients on...

  20. I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    myoglobin replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Self interest will always be a primary motivating factor in a free society. While my degree is only a Master's it was earned mainly online (except for clinical) and it took me from a 60K non...

  21. Psychiatric NP

    myoglobin replied to xtl311's topic in Advanced Practice

    Very few psych patients are violent (at least in an outpatient setting). As an ICU and acute care RN I was hit more times that I can remember (usually by delirious patients) however as a Psych NP...

  22. Op-ED: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing

    myoglobin replied to Tomascz's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yes, but most of my debt was accrued getting my ASN, BSN and other college credits (over 150 in related Sciences). I accrued essentially no additional debt for my PMHNP (but neither have I paid down...

  23. I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    myoglobin replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If this is true (that you need people to take the vaccine for you to be safe) then you are unlikely to be safe anytime soon given that their isn't enough vaccine available to reach herd immunity...

  24. I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    myoglobin replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No one wants covid, but it isn't required that we get it in order to keep our jobs. Indeed, I think one of the reasons for "concern" is that because so many health professionals have been infected...

  25. NP Hates from Physicians?

    myoglobin replied to Myec's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have great respect and even love for MD's. However, in my experience pay and working conditions for NP's have been vastly superior in groups owned by NP's or by therapists. That is not a love or...