Take home = after taxes. And no, it will not be a lot more than that. Yes, if you took one extra year and did a two year program you would be in way better shape financially. If you live somewhere...
I mean there’s a lot of definitions of sick. Were you hungover “sick” or what? You probably didn’t catch a cold or the flu three times in 90 days, so what are we talking about here. I say...
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This is why we have politicians promising to pay off loans for people. The bottom line is you can’t afford the accelerated program. Paying nearly a full year salary plus interest in order to start...
Trying to figure out why you would even agree to hand-write a “contract” and then sign it. I can’t imagine a situation in any career field where I would agree to that without running
You aren't in a private/for-profit school are you? That's a bad place to be if you are still deciding what you want to do. I'd recommend an ADN program so you don't have to worry about taking out...
What was your study method like? That's probably the first thing you should be focusing on, because theory classes only get harder and the percentage of critical thinking questions will get higher....
Are you wanting to do this to fulfill your bucket list or because you need to save for retirement? If you just want to do it to do it then more power to you. If you need to do something for...
We have an optional test where I just started. If you are nicotine free you get a discount on your insurance, but you don't have to do it if you don't want to and it has no bearing on your...
Thanks guys that saves me some money then for now! I have listened to registerednursern here and there - thanks for the reminder her videos are usually long enough to listen to on the
I was wondering the same thing because U of WI has RN-BSN-MS, but they then offer an additional one year program in the NP specialty of your choice so I think in their case MS isn’t intended to be...
It sounds like you already got your answer - you were too vague in your answers to the interview questions. Did you prepare answers for all of the most common interview questions, citing specific...
I see people talk about med carts frequently on here and am just curious what that entails. At all of the hospitals I’ve been at here, pharmacy will bring the meds up already sorted by patient and...
Be honest and provide specific situations that made you feel that way. You don’t need to say it was a crummy hospital and everyone stunk, but real examples instead of vague explanations are almost...
I hope you are better at handoff than you are at story telling ? Seriously though if your patients relative isn’t even brain dead why on earth would she think you’re talking about
Where do you live? It seems like the answer to this question is different depending on where you live. In Wisconsin most nursing students can have an externship one or two semesters before...
You’d think so but Crash Cart is right. I’ve done a research study on retention and money is not even in the top several things that keeps employees happy and