whiteaustin

I graduated with an ADN at 32. However my mom age 59 and her best friend age 62 just graduated in december 06 with an ADN. My mom was a retired school teacher and her best friend was a retired accountant. They wanted a change. I give them both two thumbs up for making it, but I do hope they both can handle 12 hour stressful days.........GO MOM!!

I was just curious to how you are planning on working the weekend program at two different hospitals? Are you going to be on the weekend program at one hospital and work during the week at another? Was just curious because 120K sounds pretty darn good! I work at one hospital, and due to low staffing I get to put in lots of overtime, but Im still no where near 120K. Last year I pulled in around 80K (I also did a few jobs with an agency)!

Three weeks prior to graduating in december, one of my fellow classmates got caught shoplifting at walmart. He wrote a letter to the Georgia boards and explained to them how the nursing program had broke him and he had absolutely no money to spend on family for christmas. They excused him and he took the boards with the rest of us! I'm guessing honesty is still the best policy! On the other hand, we had a girl in our class (also in the last semester) that was at her boyfriends house when the cops raided his house and he was caught for manufacturing Meth. The authorities told this girl that she could clear her name if she would give them some information concering some other law-breaking, drug related citizens. She refused! How ignorant! (she didn't deserve the title of RN anyway) She called the state boards and explained to them the situation and they inturn told her that if she graduated with this on her record before getting it cleared, she would have to wait five years before taking the boards (if it got cleared). She never even showed up for finals! I also know of 3 people that had DUI's, they were allowed to take the boards. Good luck, we could definately use some more good male nurses!!!!!!