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I'm a psych nurse and artist/musician. It's always been my dream to make a living being involved in the music/arts world. That didn't pan out, so I turned to my second passion, caring for others, particularly those with mental health issues. I'm very...

yikes, i typically can't stand people on here calling out others for going into nursing for a particular reason (e.g. "Shame on you for becoming a nurse for any reason other that it's your one true passion). I think it's perfectly fine to enter the...

Thanks for the insight! After learning more about benefits this last week, I definitely think people take them for granted often. Heck, I always have. I've always just looked concerned myself with hourly salary and health coverage...never really thou...

I have been offered an RN job for my state. It's basically exactly where I wanted to be in nursing, so I wasn't worried about it paying considerably less than the jobs offered to my peers. But, when I tell people about the offer, I am constantly bei...

We have been living almost exclusively off of my wife's salary which was right around 23/hr. We weren't just getting by, either - we paid off both cars and are moving into a cheaper home within the next year. I'm almost 100% going to accept the offe...

Sorry, like I said, I'm totally new to benefits (especially retirement) so I'm running it by some friends who work for the state. From my understanding, I have 2 options to choose from: Opt 1 - Employer will match up to 12%, and if I leave anytime b...

Anyone else? What's typical as far as vacation/sick days/holidays?

Awesome, thanks for the info. Yep, definitely the job I was looking for. It's the state psych hospital and it's what I've wanted to do from the start. Like I said, it's never been about the money - I'm just starting to realize, given my benefits, I ...

So, I've been offered a state psych job. HR just called today to officially offer it to me after finishing my background check. When she asked if I had any questions, I mentioned that my wife is due to give birth to our first child feb. She said thi...

thanks a ton for the responses (btw, I didn't move this to the Psych Nursing forum - i thought it was a pretty general question). Anyways, I basically had to let them know by today so I decided to take the sure thing - starting in March. I asked spec...

just wanted to clarify - I didn't say ASAP to be pushy (I always feel that acronym comes across as pushy, digitally) - I actually have to let them know tomorrow. As far as taking the job now - I'm not quite sure what that means (hopefully find out a ...