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Hello all, I really need some advice here. I just graduated from chamberlain w my BSN. I started jan18 and got student loans to pay. In may18 I received a scholarship from my employer and notified chamberlain of this. At that’s time my loans should have been adjusted, from what I know now, but we’re not. Idk why. During my time at the school looking at my student acct I was always in the negative in my favor, they owed me, and every 8 week session they sent me a refund check. My employer for whatever reason did not pay tuition until Jan19. In January they sent me a check for around $4,000. And then my employer paid them. Now they are sending my loans back to the department of education saying I was not elegible for that much since I got the scholarship. And that Che k they sent me... well they’ve charged it to my acct now. I should not owe anything to them. They awarded me 23,000 in student loans. My program was roughly 18,500. They kept 5,500 in tuition and sent me 7,000. My issue with this is that they are the ones controlling my loans and disbursing my loans. It is their job to get this rt. I told them about this scholarship, and they should have adjusted accordingly in May when they were notified. I don’t believe this is rt. I think they messed up and I do not know where to turn to figure this out. They are not forthcoming when I call. They do not admit this mistake on their part and idk what to do. I live in myrtle beach and the school is in Illinois so I can’t just go to the fin aid office. I don’t know if this is something I can handle legally. Please help!

I very much relate to this post as i feel the same way. It is actually quite a relief to see someone else feels this way. In nursing school i did very well but had doubts everyday, i would think to myself " if i am doing this well then it must be what i am ment to do right?" I handled the egos by keeping mostly to myself, there were a few of us that stuck together and helped each other out and it worked for us. once i got out in the field it was the same thing all the dam egos.I really cannot figure it out, we as nurses are taught to care for human lives and to teach, we require a healthy compassion towards the human race why the world are we so mean and ugly to each other? I struggle everyday with the "self-doubt beast" but i think that maybe i just have not found my niche and i think you will too if you just hang in there, you have worked so hard and u seem to have a wonderful sense of compassion u can do this ...deep breath :)

I am a new nurse i live in south carolina. I also was in a situation like yours the resumes went out everywhere! finally the methadone clinic called, they offered me a job and told me what they would pay $18 an hr. i also thought "yes! FINALLY some experience!!! let me tell you that after 3 months at the methadone clinic i have found that i do not use nearly any of the skills i learned in nursing school. i do not feel like a nurse at all. It is the same thing day in and day out but hey it is a job. I just want to tell you this because even though i am working i don't feel like i get experience that will help me in the future unless i stay in addiction medicine. Hope you make the right choice for you, have a great day!

Hello all, I am a fairly new nurse i have been working for just 3 months as the only nurse in a PM methadone clinic in South Carolina . I would like to get some opinions on something that keeps occurring. I am responsible for faxing orders to the doctor that our counselors put in for pts. to go up or down on their doses. During the AM program the nurse that works is supposed to review and sign off on the orders before she leaves this however has not been happening. This leaves me to sign off on the orders and send them. My problem with this is that i do not know these patients and do not feel comfortable signing these orders. If something were to happen i would be held responsible for it because i am the one who signed. Am i right about this. what would you all do?