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  1. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Let me begin by giving some background about my situation. I graduated from a nursing school with an ADN in May 2012 from a school in California. Academically I was # 2 in a class of about 60...

  2. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "Cost of Hiring New Nurses on ADVANCE for Nurses (This article includes the chart referenced earlier in the thread, breaking down the specific costs involved in getting a new graduate RN from the...

  3. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In this country, for every 1 hospital like parkland, there are at least 10 other hospitals that are training med surge nurses in a time period of 6-8 weeks. THIS IS A

  4. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

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  5. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would encourage you to look at the training for community hospitals. My original post did exclude hospitals that have Versant training programs and other programs that are similar to it. Here is...

  6. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am sorry but i am only writing the facts. If you like I can copy and paste the links to job description and names and numbers of the hospitals that are providing 6-8 weeks of med surge training and...

  7. Weird, but missing my old state's nurses union!

    andywolfe replied to llbCCRN's topic in MICU, SICU

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  8. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Again my original post does exclude higher acuity unit like ICU, NICU, etc etc. You can call community hospitals throughout USA and they will tell you that the training for med/surge unit is about 6...

  9. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Again these values don't relate to me or the majority of the hospitals that hire med/surge nurses. We don't get 6 months and 1 week of training as you have indicated in the post above. My training...

  10. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will say it again the last line of the 1st paragraph in my original post does state that my figures are excluding specialty nursing unit like ICU, NICU etc

  11. Weird, but missing my old state's nurses union!

    andywolfe replied to llbCCRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Before writing something you may want to do some research about the subject at hand. Homeowners in Texas do have to pay property Taxes. Here is the link to it. Property taxes in Texas And here is a...

  12. Weird, but missing my old state's nurses union!

    andywolfe replied to llbCCRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I highly doubt that this will happen in my lifetime. At this moment in time and for foreseeable future, public seems to be really against Unions. I admit there are certain things that are wrong with...

  13. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here is a quote from National Bureau of Economic research about the tax breaks that corporations get for providing so called a valuable health insurance benefit. "]Currently, employers' spending on...

  14. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It may be the state that you are in. The insurance that I am looking at has similar if not the same schedule of benefits as one provided to me by employer and it doesn't cost a $1,000 per month in...

  15. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Dealing with the insurance companies for the purpose of selling it to consumers doesn’t tell you the true cost of providing the service. There is an inherent bias that comes into play since your...

  16. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    “5:26 am by Multicollinearity You are way off base regarding COBRA. The COBRA payment amount is the amount the employer is paying for your health insurance to the insurance company plus a 2%...

  17. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I on the other hand like to question everything and don't like to believe anything on it's face value. I use my own critical thinking skills that was ingrained in the nursing school; however, I have...

  18. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can pull out a number from anywhere myself and tell you that it cost this or that amount to train a new grad RN. My original post has specific numbers for my case and if someone else has other...

  19. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    “4:49 am by kylee_adns I think maybe the additional costs can be from the additional certifications and training besides the preceptorship. I am a newer grad (dec 2011) on a similar step-down unit,...

  20. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To me COBRA statement is like a hospital bill if you don’t have insurance “HIGHLY INFLATED” Not real at all. About a year ago when I was attending nursing school and I received a quote of about...

  21. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is the response to the posting by the thecommuter "1. Some new grads receive the $10,000 worth of training, only to be terminated at the end of their 90 day probationary periods due to an...

  22. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First of all I had excluded all the specialty nursing positions ie ICU, NICU etc etc. See the end of the first paragraph. I have been interviewed for an ICU position 3 times and all of those 3 places...

  23. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am new to posting on forums and actually I wasn't trying to respond to your post per se. I was actually soliciting a response from someone who doesn't agree with my point of

  24. It's a Myth that it takes thousands of dollars to train a new Grad RN

    andywolfe replied to andywolfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I keep coming across this big myth and when I examine it closely, it seems to me that this myth has absolutely no basis in facts. I would really like someone to refute my point with only facts and...

  25. Weird, but missing my old state's nurses union!

    andywolfe replied to llbCCRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    To 8mpg I am an RN from CA and I am currently working in the state of Texas. Last time I checked my paycheck stub from a hospital in Texas does have federal income tax, social security tax, medicare...