YAY! DD #2 received a job offer from a hospital...

[Dancing Fire]

It took her 4 months after graduating from nursing school to find a job. Her job site is about 45 mins. drive from home. She will be working 12hrs per day 3 days per week. Now she can pay her own bills...

 

[azstonie]

Congratulations, DF!!! Did she go the AS or BS route???

 

[december-fire]

Wonderful news! Congratulations to your DD!

 

[ruby59]

Congratulations to your daughter, DF.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Congratulations, DF!!! Did she go the AS or BS route???

She received her AS degree in May then got her RN license in Aug. Right after graduating from HS (200 she put her name into a lottery jar for 3 different nursing schools, but her name wasn't drawn. In 2012 she received a BS degree in Health Care Admin., but couldn't find a job after one yr.,so in 2013 she put her name into the lottery jar again, but her name wasn't drawn on the first two try then she got lucky in the spring of 2014 when her name was finally drawn...

BTW, She said AS and BS get the same amount of pay per hr.

 

[Calliecake]

Congratulations on your daughter finding a job in her field Dancing Fire!

 

[Dancing Fire]

Thanks AZ, DF, Ruby and CC...

My wallet is very happy that she found a job!...

 

[redwood66]

Congrats to your daughter DF!

 

[Gypsy]

YAY DF!! Happy for you and DD!

 

[azstonie]

Congratulations, DF!!! Did she go the AS or BS route???

She received her AS degree in May then got her RN license in Aug. Right after graduating from HS (200 she put her name into a lottery jar for 3 different nursing schools, but her name wasn't drawn. In 2012 she received a BS degree in Health Care Admin., but couldn't find a job after one yr.,so in 2013 she put her name into the lottery jar again, but her name wasn't drawn on the first two try then she got lucky in the spring of 2014 when her name was finally drawn...

BTW, She said AS and BS get the same amount of pay per hr.

Fantastic, she persevered and it paid off handsomely! Its funny how nursing vacancies seem to go in cycles now: NO NURSES!!! WE MUST HAVE NURSES!! Then TOO MANY NURSES!!! NO JOBS FOR NURSES!!! Same thing with teachers

Yes, that is true about the pay being the same AS vs BS, it makes all the difference in terms of promotions and status though, and since she has a bachelor's she will be nicely positioned to promote up as soon as possible.

Will she choose a speciality, like dialysis nursing? My friends at Mayo who were nurses liked the dialysis schedule, its even better than 3 on/4 off and they make a pay premium too.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Congratulations, DF!!! Did she go the AS or BS route???

She received her AS degree in May then got her RN license in Aug. Right after graduating from HS (200 she put her name into a lottery jar for 3 different nursing schools, but her name wasn't drawn. In 2012 she received a BS degree in Health Care Admin., but couldn't find a job after one yr.,so in 2013 she put her name into the lottery jar again, but her name wasn't drawn on the first two try then she got lucky in the spring of 2014 when her name was finally drawn...

BTW, She said AS and BS get the same amount of pay per hr.

Fantastic, she persevered and it paid off handsomely! Its funny how nursing vacancies seem to go in cycles now: NO NURSES!!! WE MUST HAVE NURSES!! Then TOO MANY NURSES!!! NO JOBS FOR NURSES!!! Same thing with teachers

Yes, that is true about the pay being the same AS vs BS, it makes all the difference in terms of promotions and status though, and since she has a bachelor's she will be nicely positioned to promote up as soon as possible.

Will she choose a speciality, like dialysis nursing? My friends at Mayo who were nurses liked the dialysis schedule, its even better than 3 on/4 off and they make a pay premium too.

DD said she will be working in different departments of the hospital depending on where they needed an extra nurse for that day. She said she will receive a $5 per hr pay differential for night shift.

 

[Polished]

Great news DF. Two of mine have flown the coop but they're yet to be fully launched.

 

[arkieb1]

Congrats!!!! You must be really happy for her. If things don't work out or she ever wants a change there are a mile of full time well paid nursing jobs in rural Australia if she wanted to have a working holiday.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Thanks, Red , Polished,Arkieb and Gypsy...

 

[Dancing Fire]

Fantastic, she persevered and it paid off handsomely! Its funny how nursing vacancies seem to go in cycles now: NO NURSES!!! WE MUST HAVE NURSES!! Then TOO MANY NURSES!!! NO JOBS FOR NURSES!!! Same thing with teachers

Yeah, That's what I thought too. This was only her 2nd job interview. Her first interview was at a hospital in town but they ended up hiring 2 of her classmates. Finding a job in town would be better b/c of less driving distances to work, plus an extra $5 per hr pay.

 

[Scandinavian]

Congratulations to DD Oh I'm so happy for her!!

 

[missy]

Fantastic news DF! Congratulations to your DD and all the best to her in her future career!

 

[CJ2008]

Congratulations, DF. That's wonderful news. Happy to hear that for your daughter. She must be so excited.

 

[tyty333]

Thats great DF! Nothing feels better than seeing your kids headed in the right direction and able to support themselves!

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Wonderful!

cheers--Sharon

 

[bright ice]

Congrats to your DD and good for you too!

 

[Karl_K]

kicken

 

[azstonie]

Congratulations, DF!!! Did she go the AS or BS route???

She received her AS degree in May then got her RN license in Aug. Right after graduating from HS (200 she put her name into a lottery jar for 3 different nursing schools, but her name wasn't drawn. In 2012 she received a BS degree in Health Care Admin., but couldn't find a job after one yr.,so in 2013 she put her name into the lottery jar again, but her name wasn't drawn on the first two try then she got lucky in the spring of 2014 when her name was finally drawn...

BTW, She said AS and BS get the same amount of pay per hr.

Fantastic, she persevered and it paid off handsomely! Its funny how nursing vacancies seem to go in cycles now: NO NURSES!!! WE MUST HAVE NURSES!! Then TOO MANY NURSES!!! NO JOBS FOR NURSES!!! Same thing with teachers

Yes, that is true about the pay being the same AS vs BS, it makes all the difference in terms of promotions and status though, and since she has a bachelor's she will be nicely positioned to promote up as soon as possible.

Will she choose a speciality, like dialysis nursing? My friends at Mayo who were nurses liked the dialysis schedule, its even better than 3 on/4 off and they make a pay premium too.

DD said she will be working in different departments of the hospital depending on where they needed an extra nurse for that day. She said she will receive a $5 per hr pay differential for night shift.

That extra $5 is because patients tend to die AT NIGHT!!!

 

[MissGotRocks]

Congratulations DF - that is wonderful, exciting news!!

 

[smitcompton]

Hi,

What a nice Thanksgiving present for you all. I'm' happy for her.

Annette

 

[Dancing Fire]

That extra $5 is because patients tend to die AT NIGHT!!!

And the same job here in Sacto pays $8 more per hr. So...more patients die in Sacto? ...

 

[Resonance.Of.Life]

Congrats!

Having worked both days and nights in trauma center ICUs, I can assure you patients die just as much during the day as night

 

[LLJsmom]

Congratulations to your DD!! It's a huge accomplishment and definitely affords you a certain measure of peace DF. What a good one she is. I am very happy for you. Please wish her the very best and the start of this exciting stage of her life.

 

[Kaleigh]

This is awesome news DF!!!! Congrats to your DD!!

 

[Dancing Fire]

Thanks everyone... My wallet was very happy to hear the news!... Our auto insurance will drop $2100 in 2017..