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re: Is becoming an RN worth it?
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:17 am to LSU alum wannabe
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:17 am to LSU alum wannabe
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They've been pushing this for years. I don't know when or why it started. I don't know why they started ADN programs if they were going to be reviled.
Because hospitals are going for Magnet, and are compensated for those with BSN. The ADN programs in Texas and Louisiana are already being phased out. CDC and WHO are already recommending BSN only by 2020. Its happening, CRNA has gone PhD. and NP is expected to be follow suite.
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Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:18 am to Gcockboi
Is this the final stage of your descent into Betahood? 
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:18 am to BoogaBear
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Not many nurses are making ~$48 an hour, especially in Mississippi
OT logic, best to just disregard
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:21 am to Gcockboi
Def get your RN license. Many LVNs are being phased out. Now most hospitals want RNs and BSNs here in houston anyway. I have a friend that does night shift at a county hospital and makes about $49 an hour. She does pretty well for herself.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:22 am to rsbd
I know a charge nurse, she works the 20 hour shift on Saturday and Sunday and is off Monday- Friday and clears 120k. She's a sexy nurse smoke show too. I don't know what a charge nurse is, btw- but I had to verify her income recently.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:23 am to Restomod
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Because hospitals are going for Magnet, and are compensated for those with BSN. The ADN programs in Texas and Louisiana are already being phased out. CDC and WHO are already recommending BSN only by 2020. Its happening, CRNA has gone PhD. and NP is expected to be follow suite.
Like I said "business" of Nurse Education. I have worked in many magnet or applying for magnet hospitals.
The pressure applied for education is asinine. Hand HR your BSN paperwork. "Whatcha gonna do next?"
I always answer them with "get my CEN."
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:24 am to rocket31
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OT logic, best to just disregard
This is like the nursing version of plant operators.
I made 100k last year, but I worked 84 hours a week and haven't been home since 2014.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:25 am to BoogaBear
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I made 100k last year, but I worked 84 hours a week and haven't been home since 2014.
indeedPosted on 4/28/17 at 9:27 am to Lsupimp
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charge nurse
Charge nurse is basically assistant nurse manager.
Typically a $2-5 raise.
Shift differentials can add another 7-10 bucks for weekends and nights.
Not comparing apples to apples
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:27 am to LSU alum wannabe
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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.
Why do so many specialty programs require a BSN?
This post was edited on 4/28/17 at 9:32 am
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:28 am to BoogaBear
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This is like the nursing version of plant operators.
I made 100k last year, but I worked 84 hours a week and haven't been home since 2014.
Again, my dad works 3 12s dayshift and is paid 6 figures for it. He has no other degrees besides his RN. He also has a PRN job that he does 2-3 days a week and gets $50/hr for. Just because your wife isn't doing it doesn't mean no one else is.
This post was edited on 4/28/17 at 9:31 am
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:30 am to Dont_Call_Me_RAY
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....wait, you're a chick, right?
..
It's a wannabe cbick. Didn't you see the username?
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:32 am to LNCHBOX
Well of course you can but not with a basic RN job.
My wife has a BSN and makes about 80 but like I said she's a patient care liaison, not a floor nurse. Floor nurse at her hospital makes $23 an hour.
My wife has a BSN and makes about 80 but like I said she's a patient care liaison, not a floor nurse. Floor nurse at her hospital makes $23 an hour.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:33 am to BoogaBear
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Well of course you can but not with a basic RN job.
What do you define as a basic RN job?
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Floor nurse at her hospital makes $23 an hour.
That's a straight out of school rate.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:33 am to mikrit54
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Why do so many specialty programs require a BSN?
Define specialty program?
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:35 am to LSU alum wannabe
CWOCN
CRNA
NP
CRNA
NP
This post was edited on 4/28/17 at 9:37 am
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:35 am to LNCHBOX
My wife has been an RN for 12 years. She makes decent pay as a PRN. Better pay as PRN than full time because we don't need benefits.
In about 5 years I am retiring for good and we will travel in our 5th wheel yo travel nursing assignments and she will get paid very well to work 3 days a week while I fish.
In about 5 years I am retiring for good and we will travel in our 5th wheel yo travel nursing assignments and she will get paid very well to work 3 days a week while I fish.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:36 am to LNCHBOX
Floor nurse.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:40 am to mikrit54
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CWOCN
CRNA
NP
Because you need a bachelor's degree for graduate school
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:41 am to BoogaBear
I'm not going to say exactly what he does, but he just works in a specific department and is responsible for a certain number of patients each shift.
Your implication that plain old RNs can't make 6 figures without working crazy extra shifts or nights/weekends is wrong.
Your implication that plain old RNs can't make 6 figures without working crazy extra shifts or nights/weekends is wrong.
This post was edited on 4/28/17 at 9:42 am
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