Rn

[texasheat]

I have become a statistic. I have 3+ more years to go before I get a bachelors *sigh* in the mean time I need income. I guess being an RN isn't so bad but *ack* I hate blood and needles. But.. At least in a year or 2 when my GI bill is depleted I'll have some sort of degree that will get me a decent job.

Does anyone know what RN's start out with?

[ERinger]

Nurses will make good money pretty much anywhere because they are in such demand. My mom works at a hospital and the employment board has tons of openings for nurses with signing bonuses. Good pay, but usually not for the shit you'll have to put up with. It depends on what kind of nurse you want to be.

[lynette_626]

Nurses will make good money pretty much anywhere because they are in such demand. My mom works at a hospital and the employment board has tons of openings for nurses with signing bonuses. Good pay, but usually not for the shit you'll have to put up with. It depends on what kind of nurse you want to be.

texas.. it would be a good 4 or 5 years before finishing ... especially if you don't have the prereq's completed... then the waiting list is usually a year or more. i started going to school for my degree in nursing in fall of 2002 .. and i am still waiting to start my clinicals.. which won't be until next year...

[MndBdySoul]

I have become a statistic. I have 3+ more years to go before I get a bachelors *sigh* in the mean time I need income. I guess being an RN isn't so bad but *ack* I hate blood and needles. But.. At least in a year or 2 when my GI bill is depleted I'll have some sort of degree that will get me a decent job.

Does anyone know what RN's start out with?


Like Lynette was saying.. it's going to take you more than a year or two to become an RN. Yes, the money is good, and depending on the setting, RN's actually have it pretty easy, and don't have nearly as much "shit" to put up with as years past. Now there's PCT's(Patient Care Techs) that change the sheets, bedpans, deal with patient hygiene, etc.. then the MA's(Medical Assistant) that can do just about as much as an RN.. give injections, phleobotomy, give medications, take vitals, etc.. Most physician private practices use strictly MA's because it's cheaper on them. Hospitals of course are always going to be staffed with plenty of everything. RN's are getting paid the big bucks, and the "dirty" work gets done by these PCTs and MAs. Not saying Nurses don't have difficult jobs, because they do, however it's not as difficult as it used to be.

Maybe you should look into the allied health field.. I know most schools around here the MA classes are around 9 months long... 7 months classroom/2 months externing.

[lasttry]

used to do the traveling gig...now she got some kind of deal where they are paying for her housing too (1 husband and 2 kids included)...
seems to be good career once you stick it out and get through it... so go on ahead girl...
she had some administrator type thing/position where she didn't even have to wear the uniforms but she likes "being on the floor" more... she says alot of the people mentioned above don't want to go and finish school to get the rn tag...but they should/could
but she needs to go back to school herself and further that..but she won't

[que90nek]

...i'll have to ask my wife...most of the women that assist her are NOT full nurses...

they......are....

arghhh....i've forgotten what that is...

but some of THEM do not even have high school education.

[Andre98]

Median starting salary for an RN in New York is about $65,000. That's at the biggest, best hospitals, but it doesnt drop more than $10,000 in the suburbs. Depending on your area of expertise (pediatrics, surgical, ER) and whether they are in a recruiting blitz, it can go well into the 70s, and you could get signing bonuses coming from the best schools.

LPNs are two year programs, and I think nearly anybody can be a nurses assistant. Que, you sure they don't want at least a GED before they let somebody up on a medical ward? To even be a clerk - answering phones and filing paperwork - i would think they would want to have people who completed high school.