Brehs become a nurse if possible

[Dave24]

True it's expensive, but most people won't get a CRNA until they have already worked enough to pay for the school. I got a lot of family members who are crna and are doing fine financially. Didn't start the journey to become crna until they had 10 years under their belt and were stacked.

Is a two year nursing degree expensive? I don't really have the money as of now.

 

[Bushmaster69]

Is a two year nursing degree expensive? I don't really have the money as of now.

Look around for scholarships for a 2 year community college LPN program.

There must be something you can tap into that will help you financially.

A Community college diploma is obviously cheaper than a degree, so start there.

Then when you start working as an LPN get your employer to pay for the last 2 years to get your BSN and RN license

 

[paperbag]

Some countries it called RPN (registered practical nurse or licensed practical nurse), but yes LPN absolutely in 2 years.

You can get a LPN in 1 year
RN, ADN in 2 years
RN, BSN in 4 years

 

[Bushmaster69]

You can get a LPN in 1 year
RN, ADN in 2 years
RN, BSN in 4 years

I don't know which country everyone is from so that is why I went with the average time frames. Associates degrees are unique to the US and foreign to other countries. UK and common wealth countries are a little behind and the programs take a little longer.

1 1/2years (fast track) for dipl LPN/RPN, 4 months (1 semester) bridging program from lpn/Rpn to bsn, then 2 years for Bsn

 

[Rozay Oro]

You need experience before you can start traveling. A year should be fine, you may not be able to get the highest paying gig with that experience, but you can get your foot in the door.



From my experience, they do not want you to do OT. Paying time and a half for a traveler is obviously way more than a staff nurse. If they're desperate, sure, but I wouldn't come in expecting it.



Same duties you have as a staff nurse. Possibly less because you're not usually having to be charge (this varies honestly), not in charge of any teams, nor do you have to do all those nonsensical trainings and what not. I work as an operating room nurse and I scrub and circulate, that's my specialty.

How many months or weeks do I get off as a traveling nurse?

 

[tater]

How many months or weeks do I get off as a traveling nurse?

As many as you want. You write your vacation into your contract. If you want to take off a whole month, you can. You just take contracts when you want. Honestly, you could work 6 months out of the year and still make more than you would working all year as a staff nurse. Possibly less than 6 if you can find a good contract.

 

[tuckgod]

I’d have to leave my wife first cause ain’t no way

 

[How Sway?]

I’m on the NP route right now, I just don’t have the time for PA school

Quiet as kept P.A. school is almost as difficult as getting into med school. I'm not gonna lie.

But it's an alternative for someone that wants to still go into the medical field w/o going through the nursing route.

 

[LeVraiPapi]

I’d have to leave my wife first cause ain’t no way

 

[LeVraiPapi]

As many as you want. You write your vacation into your contract. If you want to take off a whole month, you can. You just take contracts when you want. Honestly, you could work 6 months out of the year and still make more than you would working all year as a staff nurse. Possibly less than 6 if you can find a good contract.

Working as a OR nurse now, you can easily bank 6-8k gross weekly. I been doing CTICU for 10 years and now I wanna do OR just for the traveling part, but I was told I would need about 6 months of training. I ain’t trynna do all that. I have CRNA in my mind now 24/7.


Talking to a friend who travels as a CRNA making 20k/week is insane money.

 

[EffYou]

Working as a OR nurse now, you can easily bank 6-8k gross weekly. I been doing CTICU for 10 years and now I wanna do OR just for the traveling part, but I was told I would need about 6 months of training. I ain’t trynna do all that. I have CRNA in my mind now 24/7.


Talking to a friend who travels as a CRNA making 20k/week is insane money.

Lol that’s almost a mill a year…. Chill out

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Lol that’s almost a mill a year…. Chill out

Breh, that’s working as a 1099. An anesthesiologist MD makes well over a mil traveling. I worked at a COVId hospital in Maryland and the intensivist was the only one covering the hospital. He said he was making 40k/week.

Like I say it’s all about contracts and those contracts are 4-13 weeks. This is not 52 weeks. That’s why most of those dudes travel for 6-8 months and take the time off to go travel or be with their family.

 

[tater]

Working as a OR nurse now, you can easily bank 6-8k gross weekly. I been doing CTICU for 10 years and now I wanna do OR just for the traveling part, but I was told I would need about 6 months of training. I ain’t trynna do all that. I have CRNA in my mind now 24/7.


Talking to a friend who travels as a CRNA making 20k/week is insane money.

If I had the ICU time I would definitely do CRNA, if I could get into a program. I just think with my GPA I'd have to balance it with a lot of experience. I'm not trying to start all over like a new grad lol. I've been in the OR for some years now, and I only worked the floor for a few months. I'm honestly going to stick to this and make some investments so I can stop nursing altogether or at least work very minimally. CRNA is definitely the way to go though.

 

[EffYou]

Breh, that’s working as a 1099. An anesthesiologist MD makes well over a mil traveling. I worked at a COVId hospital in Maryland and the intensivist was the only one covering the hospital. He said he was making 40k/week.

Like I say it’s all about contracts and those contracts are 4-13 weeks. This is not 52 weeks. That’s why most of those dudes travel for 6-8 months and take the time off to go travel or be with their family.

$40k/week? Wtf

 

[LeVraiPapi]

$40k/week? Wtf

Yup. That bozo was horrible too. An Indian dude who made over 2 mil doing basic COVID work. You gotta know people to land those contracts though.