rbishop782

I apparently have not used the site enough to send PMs, so I'll just post it here. I don't mind. I'm looking at three options, based on their nurse-midwifery programs: Seattle, Kansas City, and Albuquerque. I live on the East Coast.

I have a year before I graduate, so I realize this is premature. I know that when I'm done with school, I'd like to get a job in the same area where I want to go to graduate school ... which is a state on the other side of the country. Does anyone know if it's easy or even possible to get your first job out of nursing school in a place where you have to relocate? I imagine it would be fairly easy if I wanted to stay where I am and then move after getting a year or so of experience. But I'm trying to avoid that route if at all possible.

Thanks for the response! A few things ... My oldest child (who is 3) has a speech delay, so he sees a therapist once a week. I get so very bored during their sessions. Perhaps I would find it less boring if I were the therapist, but I don't see myself spending an ungodly amount of money on something that would just bore me. I know there are a lot of other things that SLPs do, but I just don't think it's for me. There may be other health professions I'd be suited for (that would be more suitable to my family life than nursing), but I don't know what they would be. Your comment about new grads having yucky schedules is very important, though. My ultimate goal is to be a neonatal np or a nurse-midwife. I know that neither of those are terribly family-friendly fields, but the trade-off seems worth it. However, it doesn't seem worth it if I would be stuck in a field that I didn't care for AND didn't see my kids. I've heard that nursing outlook is fabulous - why do you say it's "far from rosy"? I'd really like to know!

Hello! I have been looking at this site for a few months now, but can't seem to find the answers to my specific question, though I have found answers that are close. I want to be a nurse very, very much. However, I have a BA in Communications and a family, which makes things a little complicated. As I'm sure a lot of you know, if a person has a Bachelor's degree, they cannot receive much in the way of student aid for any post-baccalaureate classes, nor can they receive much if they seek a second Bachelor's degree. So, as much as I want to be a nurse, financial aid is a very serious issue, particularly since it's not just me I have to think about anymore. My husband thinks that it might be better for me to go into Speech Language Pathology b/c at least then I could go directly into a Master's Program and, therefore, be eligible for more types of financial aid. It seems to me that there should be some sort of direct-entry Master's program for Nursing (like there is for SLP) that would NOT require post-bac classes (b/c those classes are included in the Master's program), but I can't find one. The only option that I seem to be able to find for me to get into Nursing is to take out private loans, which, frankly, is a scary proposition. I'm hoping that my search has been fruitless b/c I've been looking in the wrong places, and that maybe someone here can give me some guidance. I really appreciate any help I can get!