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Calling All Nurses
Posted on 4/9/15 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 4/9/15 at 12:57 pm
My wife will soon be going to school to be a nurse. She says it will take 2yrs and she can get an ADN. She's been in college before and has taken basic courses but i don't think those count. Been doing research but would like to here from actual nurses.
My questions are
What's the best specific field and what's in demand?
What's the base salary?
What's the best route going through a hospital or through a college? And what's the best options with affordable tuition?
Thanks!
My questions are
What's the best specific field and what's in demand?
What's the base salary?
What's the best route going through a hospital or through a college? And what's the best options with affordable tuition?
Thanks!
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 1:00 pm
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Posted on 4/9/15 at 12:58 pm to GalvestonTiger12
Difficult to know an answer without pics
Posted on 4/9/15 at 12:58 pm to GalvestonTiger12
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Calling LSU Nurse
Make your topic something about marriage or jeeps and she'll respond.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 12:59 pm to GalvestonTiger12
lsunurse isn't a real nurse, bro... she just changes baby diapers and shite like that.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:00 pm to GalvestonTiger12
i can shite myself if your wife wants to come wipe me.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:01 pm to Chad504boy
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i can shite myself
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Calling LSU Nurse
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:02 pm to GalvestonTiger12
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She says it will take 2yrs and she can get an ADN.
Honestly...she is wasting her time going this route. Many hospitals nationwide are only hiring new grads with their BSNs and/or they are making their current nurses with only an ADN or Diploma go back to school and get their BSN or they lose their job. She will seriously limit herself to the nursing jobs she can find if she goes the ADN route now. 10 years ago I would have said differently. But the current trend is BSN or go home.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:02 pm to GalvestonTiger12
I'm not a nurse and have no idea what some of the other fields pay, but the nurses I work with in the ER make very good money. Schedule can be rough sometimes, but there are always shifts that need filling and the overtime pays well. Again, no expert in the matter, but might be a field worth looking into
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:03 pm to GalvestonTiger12
I just asked my wife for you (she's an RN) Her answer is to make sure she gets her BSN.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:05 pm to GalvestonTiger12
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What's the best specific field and what's in demand?
That's really gonna depend on what her interests are. You can't really "fake it" as a nurse. She may not be the type to thrive on intensity and adrenaline so the ER or an ICU may not be a great fit for her.
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What's the base salary?
Really depends on what state you are in. The South and Midwest usually pay the worst fwiw.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:06 pm to terd ferguson
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lsunurse isn't a real nurse, bro... she just changes baby diapers and shite like that.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:06 pm to RLDSC FAN
Right but we figured if she could get her ADN she could start working and then while working going back for BSN. Money's tight and though this would be a good way to go. Certainly there are many different fields a nurse can take other than just a nurse in a hospital right?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:07 pm to MDTiger 13
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I'm not a nurse and have no idea what some of the other fields pay, but the nurses I work with in the ER make very good money.
I bet they're easy pickings for you too, huh doc?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:07 pm to lsunurse
I had a bachelors in kines then went back to get my ADN. No problems getting a job at all. If the hospital wants you to have a bsn, most pay you to take the few classes you are missing online. The hospitals need a certain % of bsn grads but this is mostly for management roles, don't let the ADN deal freak you out.
It also may have helped that I had a previous bachelors of science. But a couple of my other buddies had zero education, got their ADN and both got ICU jobs last year. Again, don't let the bsn chatter stop you.
It also may have helped that I had a previous bachelors of science. But a couple of my other buddies had zero education, got their ADN and both got ICU jobs last year. Again, don't let the bsn chatter stop you.
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:10 pm to GalvestonTiger12
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Right but we figured if she could get her ADN she could start working and then while working going back for BSN
This mindset would have worked 10 years ago. But not gonna work now. She will get her ADN and then be searching around trying to find a job...while new grad BSN students get the jobs she is applying for. Unless she is ok making next to nothing working at a nursing home.
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Certainly there are many different fields a nurse can take other than just a nurse in a hospital right?
There are. But they aren't gonna pay very well.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:11 pm to tigerbru17
Tigerbru17 that's exactly what I was thinking. She even said she doesn't mind working at a small clinic or a specific job that will hire ADN's and then work her way to a BSN.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:13 pm to tigerbru17
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The hospitals need a certain % of bsn grads but this is mostly for management roles
Not here in PHX. My hospital sent us an email saying that any RN that doesn't have their BSN before 2020 will no longer have a job there.
And talking with nurses that work at other hospitals in the area....same thing is going on. Some only have 2 years to get theirs...or they don't have a job either.
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If the hospital wants you to have a bsn, most pay you to take the few classes you are missing online.
Not always. I'm on a wait list for tuition reimbursement to go back for my BSN...but it only pays a percentage. And the "few classes" is actually 14-18 months of online courses. And most places may give you tuition reimbursement...but you pay tuition upfront and only get partially reimbursed after you pass the class.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:14 pm to GalvestonTiger12
The nclex is the same exam for any level of education for an RN. Not every hospital requires a bsn. There are plenty of well paid positions out there. Don't listen to the nursing home crap, any school rotation I had there they were filled with CNA and LPN.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:14 pm to GalvestonTiger12
I'm ok with her making 20-30k while working on the BSN
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:15 pm to lsunurse
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Not always. I'm on a wait list for tuition reimbursement to go back for my BSN...but it only pays a percentage. And the "few classes" is actually 14-18 months of online courses. And most places may give you tuition reimbursement...but you pay tuition upfront and only get partially reimbursed after you pass the class.
Mine took 7 weeks online fully covered by the hospital.
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