817nurse

It is extremely difficult finding work as a new grad in CA, and 10 times worse in Sacramento. With an out-of-state education and no experience, expect to be without a job for a year or longer. Getting licensed in CA takes about three months at the minimum. The California BRN is the slowest board of nursing in the entire country.

It depends on your local job market. In some cities and states, you will not be hired in acute care without a BSN. If you want a job upon graduation, I suggest you jump through the extra hoops to earn a BSN degree. It is not about salary. It is about getting a job in the first place.

You are right. Kindred has a bunch of LTC facilities, LTAC hospitals, transitional rehab centers, and anything else they can acquire to make fast cash.

Is there a reason you're only considering the seediest nursing schools like ITT Tech, Keiser, Rasmussen, et al? These schools are bottom of the barrel and sludge of the crop.

1. I've never heard of any nurse who did "loose" a license for passing meds late. You can "lose" a license, not "loose" it, but I still never heard of any nurse who lost their license for a late med pass. 2. State surveyors only watch nurses pass meds to maybe 7 or 8 residents. 3. When state is in the building, you will see more staff than ever. Ask one of them to help you finish your med pass. Of course, once state exits the building and finishes their survey, all that extra staff will be gone. 4. When state is in the building, you need to use BP equipment provided by your nursing home. Your personal BP cuff hasn't been calibrated. Of course, you can do what you want when state isn't there watching you.

My advice is to stay far away from NYU nursing. No basic bachelor of science degree nursing program is worth $47,000 a year in tuition. Pick another school. http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/financialAid/documents/tuitiongeneral.pdf

This is why it's important to date people who already had somewhat interesting lives of their own prior to meeting you. It seems like the girlfriend depends too much on you for a social life, entertainment, amusement, et al. I think it's a red flag when a person leans on her partner to give her the interesting life that she cannot or will not provide for herself.

You posted about getting offered a job at a nursing home at the beginning of this month, OP. Did you decline the job offer? If so, that probably wasn't the brightest decision considering you are on the verge of homelessness. Good luck.

Correction...you are not an "old new grad" because you have been gainfully employed as a nurse the past two years. A true "old new grad" is someone who has been licensed for longer than a year and lacks any type of paid work experience as a nurse.

It means absolutely nothing at this point. Keep checking the website every couple of days. If you see an RN license number posted next to your name, it means you passed. If you receive a large envelope in the mail with directions on how to retest, it means you failed.

Many LTC facilities have high employee turnover rates, especially for CNAs. This is not unusual by itself. It's due to the bust-ass nature of the work.

I lived off Roscoe and Woodman in Panorama City a long time ago. My old apartment building had graffiti and drug activity out in the open, but it was all I could afford even on a middle income.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: not everybody can be whatever they want to be. I'm not being sarcastic or negative. I'm just being truthful. The first flunked chemistry class should have been a wake-up call, but three failures in a row is beyond the exaggeration point.

If I am not mistaken, you need to be licensed in your home state. This is the state you declare as your residence.

Yes, just as long as you avoid the $25,000 to $30,000 private for-profit LVN programs.Your tags say you are in CA. CA already has too many LVNs R/T the 200+ private LVN programs that have popped up on every other street corner. Wages are dropping and it is taking a year or longer to get a job.