i am thinking of doing travelling as a RN for maybe a yr to pay off my student loans.
I've been talking to some people and a girl said i could probably pay them off in 6mo. but i'm only Pediatrics (or i guess reg.med/surg) trained so i don't know if i could make that much. but if i could pay them off in 1 yr. that would be a relief. (and i have a LOT)
Anyways. I am a new grad, Dec.07. Family Nurse Practitioner.
Will this ruin my chances of anyone hiring me as a FNP?
i figure if i'm willing to go pretty much anywhere as a RN for high pay, then i could go anywhere as a FNP for a yr as well. And i figure there are and will still be places that are in dire need of FNP as well and willing to take a new grad. And if i started a job 1.5-2yrs out of school, i have lots of books and margaret fitzgeralds cds to study from, as well as i could take one of her courses to freshen up.
i feel like whatever FNP job i would take now i would be working my guts out 50-60hrs/wk and probably try to do per-diem as RN to try to pay off loans quickly. And with travel RN i could work 36 hrs/week for same pay.
with the IHS you could just work for them - but if you do loan repayment, it was a 2 year commitment. but you could do one year in one place and one year in another place if you wanted - or at least, i know of people who have done that. so it is longer term. the IHS also pays the tax liability on top of the loan repay amounts directly to the IRS.
i think the big thing is that the IHS just really needs qualified, educated help and doing stuff like that really helps retain people. i think its a good thing, as the places i have gone to many of the people had been there for a very long time and seemed very very happy. i think thats nice.
jeepgirl, LPN, NP
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wow, i'm surprised!
with the IHS you could just work for them - but if you do loan repayment, it was a 2 year commitment. but you could do one year in one place and one year in another place if you wanted - or at least, i know of people who have done that. so it is longer term. the IHS also pays the tax liability on top of the loan repay amounts directly to the IRS.