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re: Is becoming an RN worth it?
Posted on 4/28/17 at 6:21 am to Gcockboi
Posted on 4/28/17 at 6:21 am to Gcockboi
Crna here. I'm a guy. Did ICU for 8 years. AMA. most here are incorrect and are screwing with you. Also get your BSN. Otherwise you will regret it later.
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Posted on 4/28/17 at 6:25 am to Gcockboi
Yes, definitely worth it.
Always in demand anywhere in the world.
Get some experience, then do travel nursing while you are young and single. We've discussed it on here before but it's easy to bring home $2500 week. My friend is nursing in Abu Dhabi for 13 weeks at $8500 per week.
It's a thankless job for the most part, but worth it financially and for stability in a volatile market.
Always in demand anywhere in the world.
Get some experience, then do travel nursing while you are young and single. We've discussed it on here before but it's easy to bring home $2500 week. My friend is nursing in Abu Dhabi for 13 weeks at $8500 per week.
It's a thankless job for the most part, but worth it financially and for stability in a volatile market.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 6:25 am to Gcockboi
My wife has 1 year left of nursing school. She won't be making a ton of money, but it will be more than she's ever made before. I can't wait.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:09 am to knowingabyss
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My sister does this and lives in SF making just under 100k.
Making 100k in SF is like making 60k here
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:10 am to LSU6262
Which is good money if you're doing something you enjoy and have a spouse that works.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:12 am to Gcockboi
My wife makes 80k as an RN in Ohio. 3 12 hour shifts and has to work every 3rd weekend. Plus great medical benefits, obviously.
If you work nights you make even more.
You can also become a traveling nurse and make alot more money than that.
If you work nights you make even more.
You can also become a traveling nurse and make alot more money than that.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:24 am to Gcockboi
Expect 2 solid years of work. Studying near every night. A 2 year cram to prepare you to take the NCLEX. That's all it will be. You'll then need another 6 months of work before you feel like you won't kill anybody. 
Money is what you want it to be. You'll have to get the hell out of Louisiana though. Keep in mind it's not a job JUST to make money. You will wind up bitter and an a-hole if that's all it is. I won't go so far as to say a "calling". That's cheesy. When you are elbow deep in a 300 lb renal patient with a GI bleed wiping arse and you go home after 8 hours and the smell is STILL in your nose hair? You may question whether your hourly wage was worth it.
Kind of like a cop hearing gunshots or a fireman standing in front of a burning warehouse thinking, "I didn't really sign up for this. "
Easy cops on here. I'm not REALLY comparing getting shot at to getting shite on you forearm, but I hope my point translates to the OP.
Money is what you want it to be. You'll have to get the hell out of Louisiana though. Keep in mind it's not a job JUST to make money. You will wind up bitter and an a-hole if that's all it is. I won't go so far as to say a "calling". That's cheesy. When you are elbow deep in a 300 lb renal patient with a GI bleed wiping arse and you go home after 8 hours and the smell is STILL in your nose hair? You may question whether your hourly wage was worth it.
Kind of like a cop hearing gunshots or a fireman standing in front of a burning warehouse thinking, "I didn't really sign up for this. "
Easy cops on here. I'm not REALLY comparing getting shot at to getting shite on you forearm, but I hope my point translates to the OP.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:34 am to Gcockboi
The work you will have to do to get your associates degree will be a drop in the bucket compared to the work you will do when you are on the job. If the only reason you want to be a nurse is for the money, forget it. Definitely not the job for you!
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:35 am to lsunurse
Nurse, what area are you working in now?
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:41 am to Smalls
Exactly Smalls. They pass the same board exam and start out at the exact same salary. The AD has smaller loans to pay and the BSN has larger loans to pay. Depends on what a person can handle financially. BTW, I'm a diploma nurse, Charity Hospital School of Nursing. That was the best nursing program anywhere. If you didn't learn it there, you wouldn't learn it anywhere else. If I wanted to walk hospital halls in heels and pearls, I would have gone the BSN, MSN route.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:42 am to knowingabyss
Best thing about California nursing is there are State Regs on nurse staffing and patient ratios for hospitals. You'll never see that in Louisiana.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:45 am to knowingabyss
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My sister does this and lives in SF making just under 100k.
My wife is a PA and makes more than that in BATON ROUGE. 100k in SF is like maybe 50k here
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:48 am to PrivatePublic
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If you consider $20 an hour a lot of money....sure.
Only if you're dumb enough to stay in Baton Rouge. They make a lot more in Houston.
And in before Baton Rouge is the greatest place to live
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:51 am to Isabelle81
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Best thing about California nursing is there are State Regs on nurse staffing and patient ratios for hospitals. You'll never see that in Louisiana.
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California unions are tough.
They are the ones that stepped during Ebola. When the hospital was throwing that nurse under the bus, they stepped in to illustrate what REAL Ebola training and equipment looks like and what that girl had.
Best thing about California nursing is there are State Regs on nurse staffing and patient ratios for hospitals. You'll never see that in Louisiana.
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California unions are tough.
They are the ones that stepped during Ebola. When the hospital was throwing that nurse under the bus, they stepped in to illustrate what REAL Ebola training and equipment looks like and what that girl had.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:54 am to Isabelle81
I am an AD RN. The OP will hear shite their career about needing to get a BSN. It's all bullshite. Get one if you want one. The major hospitals got into bed with the business of nurse education.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 8:02 am to Gcockboi
My wife has been an RN for 19 years. She got her bachelors, so I'm not sure if that has any effect on her pay, but she makes $43/hr base pay. She only works three days a week and loves her job.
But when she was in school she said it was a bitch.
But when she was in school she said it was a bitch.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 8:09 am to Isabelle81
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Posted on 4/28/17 at 8:11 am to KyleOrtonsMustache
I'm an RN and make over $100k a year in Mississippi and don't do shite everyday.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 8:14 am to Gcockboi
Go for it.
Easy to get a job, can work anywhere, job opportunities within to advance your career are wildly available, make good money, stable career.
Nothing wrong with that
Easy to get a job, can work anywhere, job opportunities within to advance your career are wildly available, make good money, stable career.
Nothing wrong with that
Posted on 4/28/17 at 8:16 am to LucasP
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Don't let any of these cynics put you down for following whatever gay dreams you have.
Sooo close......
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