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  1. As a single nurse were you able to buy a home?

    johsonmichelle replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Nursing

    Decent is subjective. Most of the places are in Baltimore

  2. Nervous about starting school while living with my parents.

    johsonmichelle replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Students

    Im not sure where you live but barnes and noble opens until 10 pm on the weekday so you could study

  3. Nursing students not happy to hear about how tough it is to get started as a nurse

    johsonmichelle replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, I'm in adn program so the job market is even tougher for us, but I will say that past graduates who were techs almost all got jobs upon graduation. I spoke to two nurses who graduated from...

  4. Nursing students not happy to hear about how tough it is to get started as a nurse

    johsonmichelle replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

    Like I said , it was just advice , I NEVER said that a tech job would guarantee me a job. Nothing in life is guaranteed .I have no plans to work in the ICU as of now, I do not know what unit you...

  5. As a single nurse were you able to buy a home?

    johsonmichelle replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Nursing

    Its just not blue collar workers , there is also a lot of working professionals who buy houses that are above their

  6. As a single nurse were you able to buy a home?

    johsonmichelle replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Nursing

    Can list a place thats decent in baltimore city that you can get for $150,000 and has a good school

  7. Nursing students not happy to hear about how tough it is to get started as a nurse

    johsonmichelle replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

    Well I'm still in nursing school and already know this. I try to tell my classmates but they don't want to listen. People have advised to get a tech job in order to make connections in the hospital....

  8. As a single nurse were you able to buy a home?

    johsonmichelle replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Nursing

    If you do not think you're financially comfortable to own a home then I would strongly advice to wait to buy a home. I have worked with a lot of realtors and landlords, selling your home or renting is...

  9. As a single nurse were you able to buy a home?

    johsonmichelle replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Nursing

    Like I said , Maryland is expensive, maybe in the very rural you get a house for $750 a month. Plus mortgage companies are getting very picky these days. I live in Baltimore, they purposely keep...

  10. Transition from fundamentals to med/surg clinicals: any advice, tips, or warnings?

    johsonmichelle replied to Samantha93's topic in General Students

    Is med surgical nursing class the only class your taking for the whole semester? If the answer is yes, then you have it a little easier because your concentration would just be on the one class. I...

  11. 3.4 gpa-doomed?

    johsonmichelle replied to iheartcells's topic in General Students

    In my area the bsn programs are not harder than adn programs, infact my school has partnership with some of the local bsn programs whereby student can earn their adn as well as their bsn at the same...

  12. Need Advice: Did Not Pass 1st Semester of Nursing School

    johsonmichelle replied to Haybah's topic in General Students

    I think its good that you're getting advice early and trying to correct your mistakes. Early intervention is key. I think some good suggestions have been made, but I would like to add that although...

  13. jobs for nursing students

    johsonmichelle replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Students

    Yes, I definitely don't plan to move to Connecticut, my cousin only moved there because of her husband job, that only place he could find a job. I like Maryland, not too cheap but not too expensive,...

  14. jobs for nursing students

    johsonmichelle replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Students

    Okay that makes a lot of sense, one of my cousins actually lives and works in that state , so she must be making some decent money as she has experience and has her masters degree. How did you get...

  15. jobs for nursing students

    johsonmichelle replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Students

    Can I ask what state you live in? I live in Maryland which is expensive, but the pay your mentioning especially for pct pay is really high. Pct here that are multi skilled get around $15 per hour,...

  16. What is the freaking deal with OB?

    johsonmichelle replied to Mavrick's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure what the deal is either, in my clinical rotation one of patients asked for methadone immediately after birth ( drug addicted) and was substituting alcohol for drugs. Another one of my...

  17. jobs for nursing students

    johsonmichelle replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Students

    That not bad pay, the pct pay here is not only a $ 1- 3 an hour more working in the

  18. jobs for nursing students

    johsonmichelle replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Students

    Okay that what I thought, anyway, the home health agency here ( Maryland) require that you have experience, atleast the good ones. I was actually warned to be careful about the agencies around here,...

  19. jobs for nursing students

    johsonmichelle replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Students

    Is the home health aid done through an

  20. jobs for nursing students

    johsonmichelle replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Students

    Congratulations to loveofrn, I defiantly recommend that people get a job in hospital if they can , all of the graduates from my school who worked in the hospital during school get jobs immediately...

  21. jobs for nursing students

    johsonmichelle replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Students

    Decent pay, it whatever one considers it to be. While I can certainly manage on cna pay, I know some of my classmates cannot due to various factors such as kids, mortgage , bills, having to pay school...

  22. Need Advice: Did Not Pass 1st Semester of Nursing School

    johsonmichelle replied to Haybah's topic in General Students

    I too failed my first semester, when I came back the next semester things made more sense. I recommend a study group. Have them test you on the material, that what really helped me. I'm now going...

  23. Help! I have to precept a new grad who already knows it all....but not really.

    johsonmichelle replied to GOMER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm happy to see this post, I'm just in nursing school but I see this all time. Students trying to tell instructors what to do just because they have some medical background. One of my instructors...

  24. As a single nurse were you able to buy a home?

    johsonmichelle replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on where you live, because in my area( Maryland), you have to spend 6 figures to buy a decent house. The posters commenting here must live in very cheap areas, because there is no...

  25. Student Loan Debt

    johsonmichelle replied to RN3307's topic in General Students

    40 k for an associate degree is not reasonable. I hope this school is accredited. In my area, you have a year to sign up for the rn - bsn program and about 3 years to complete. Magnet status...