HannahP

You get over it once your loved one gets to 'merrica. I promise.

What Ratty said. Also, isn't nursing one of those coveted professions as far as immigration goes? I think it is one of the preferred trades up here...I could be wrong though.

Not since the recession hit, except maybe if you're a highly experienced RN in a niche specialty like NICU or transplant. Or willing to work in small town, ND.

Newest numbers are upwards of 50% unemployment for US new grad RNs in places like CA and NYC.

Look, my partner and I feel a lot of stress due to this process. Are we going to break over it? I doubt it very seriously. But the stress is there, and it is unnecessary in my opinion. This stress is being applied on my relationship arbitrarily because I chose to fall in love with someone who did not meet the geographic requirements of an easy relationship.

Oh honey, wait until you're actually living together...

All I can say is I soooooooo wish I found the love of my life at 18.

Look. I get that I'm not married to a MENA/third world/whatevs man so I don't really understand. But I do understand this -- and no, you don't.

I'm the OP ten years down the line, assuming that she's not being used for a greencard etc. I love my husband very, very much. But if I could turn back time, we'd both have dated around and had the opportunity to experience life, love, and sex prior to becoming mutually exclusive as sixteen-seventeen year-olds.

Eeeh when my husband wants pancakes, we go out to eat because nothing truly says love like conspicuous consumption.

According to http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/01/news/economy/wages-jobs/index.html?iid=HP_LN, RN's median wage is $32/hour or $66,560/year. That's a lot more than what the OP makes which is $35k. Sure, there are other jobs that pay more like CEO of a Wall Street company, but his ex-wife is probably thinking of something that pays more and is also achievable. RNs is more achievable than a CEO.

Good luck with that. West coast wages tend to inflate the median RN wage. I also have no idea whether CRNA/NP wages are included. (Good luck finding a job, btw on the west coast as RN -- I believe the stats are that 55% of new nursing grads in CA do not find nursing jobs.)

I'm a nurse. I make about $26.50/hr working nights and this is a really, really good wage for my area. My dad is a doctor. He makes about $450,000/year.

Compared to in the Phillipines, RNs in the USA make good money.

Pretty sure that in the Philippines, the dude working at my local McDonald's makes a great living wage. Doesn't mean that he actually makes good money in the US.

oh, isn't it not true that RN earns a lot of money?

Yes! I make six figures, ride around in a brand new car, and wear only the best designer clothing.

But not really. I do, however, get to go to work in my pajamas. So that's a plus.

My cdiff poop, vomit, and piss stained pajamas.

How did she get it into her head that RNs make a lot of money? lulz.

/unless you marry a doctor, I guess

I agree with bebero, Sorry rkk1, But you need to grow up and take care of yourself like adults do. Get a part-time job, pay for your expenses.

Dude, she's in medical school. Not exactly getting a communications degree from her local community college. Plus, it's obvious if you read her other posts, it's obvious that the money is about making a token gesture and not actually about paying her expenses.

You should see the inhalation burns that we get from meth lab fires. Not a single thermal burn but their lungs are cooked. We routinely test for and treat for arsenic poisoning in known meth lab fires as that is a common byproduct.

Typical CABA. Eating at Denny's. A real woman could feed a family of eight on a piece of bread, some mustard and a carrot. Also, are you sure YOU aren't the oversized panda?

No wonder you like Honey Boo Boo. Those heifers must remind you of home.

Maybe I *am* the mother from Honey Boo Boo. See mah neck crust?

I'll admit that as someone who has graduated from nursing school, passed the NCLEX, and found a good hospital nursing job --

I sleep a LOT. Because I have to work nights like most new grads. I'm mostly awake between 0200 - 0700 when I'm not working. The other night, I was hungry so I went to Denny's at like 0330. Highlight of my week.

Last week, I was doing my grocery shopping at WalMart at around the same time and I saw a 30-something year-old woman dressed up like an oversized panda bear. That was pretty cool, too.

I actually had three full days off in a row. Of course, the first day was spent sleeping, but the next day -- I got to watch an entire day's worth of a NCIS marathon. And I have enough Honey Boo Boo DVR'd to last me a few hours.

Tonight, I have laundry to do!

From what I know of Alla that Gary has revealed in this forum, I believe she has the potential to be an outstanding nurse!

Totally agree. I have had many patients who wish that I would parade around in high heels and in a miniskirt; bonus points for looking *good* while doing it. Extra bonus points for the nurse who can sexily insert two 18 gauges, a foley, and a rectal tube without smearing her makeup but showing just enough thigh/#### to be titillating.

Quadruple bonus points if your breasts heave out of your scrubs while you're doing chest compressions.

No, you think RNs are in demand everywhere but 1/3 new grad RNs do not get nursing jobs out of school.

If she truly only had to her Intro to Socio class, than you're probably confusing pre-reqs with nursing school which is understandable. A lot of people don't understand the difference between pre-reqs and nursing because they're both undergrad education.

I don't really get the nekkid references. I've been married to my husband for longer than you've even been with Alla(?). Obviously, you probably had a first marriage which failed miserably -- perhaps you could provide some advice in that spectrum in regards to keeping a first marriage going?

I think the point is that Alla has already done some kind of certificate training for the medical interpreting work she has been doing for the past couple of years, so she placed out of the theoretical classes.

That's not how nursing school works.

She can certainly clep out of pre-reqs; but, assuming that she's doing an ADN (not a diploma program or LPN -- or maybe gary has confused a CNA/CMA program with a nursing program? CNA/CMA is often a pre-req for nursing school), no, a "certificate training program" doesn't cut it. Even assuming that she's had classes in the pathophysiology of common diseases in neonates, children, adults, geriatrics, and psych patients -- along with the common medications used to treat said diseases and how they work, side-effects, etc. -- there is a very large body of nursing literature that is taught only in nursing school. Nursing theory, along with nursing "thought process" (can I get a holla' for nursing diagnoses and care plans from any other nurses out there?), nursing interventions, etc. are all core components of nursing education.

I'm actually kind of offended that you'd think that a certificate training program for medical interpreting would be adequate for the didactic component of nursing education. Paramedic to RN and RN to BSN programs both have comprehensive "theoretical" components -- and these are people with, at the very least, hands on medical knowledge...if they aren't already nurses.

Does seem a shame that Alla is apparently wasting her talents by starting at the very bottom of the totem pole. Starting with a BSN will give her better access to acute care jobs (my hospital only hires BSNs now, with two others in the area transitioning to this), as well as make the transition into higher education much smoother.

Eh. I imported my Canadian husband over here for a second time when I was just 21. We made it on maybe $10,000/year for about 16 months. (My father co-signed for the visa.) No kids, no mortgage, no car payments. Ramen noodles and cheap beer. We weathered two car emergencies and a medical emergency without asking for help from our parents.

And this was *luxurious* compared to when we were living together as 18-20 year-old college students and our only income came from part-time jobs on campus.

We're celebrating five years of marriage today. I can't imagine going back to living like that, but we certainly made it work. Being young and having few long-term commitments to material things helped. As did being wise enough to use birth control during those years.

You'll get over it. Trust me.

Why do you need a driver's license if you live in NYC?

As a nurse on a trauma unit, I feel like every time someone posts a "kid defends family with gun" article -- I should post the 3-4 "kids shot because some dumbass cannot secure their gun" articles. Articles!

Western North Dakota is hard. You've got huge inflation. Rent is super inflated and places to live are hard to find. You'll make great money but probably end up dropping 65%+ of your earnings on rent.

Also, it really is freakin' cold up there. You haven't had to deal with a 9-month winter until you've...had to deal with a 9-month winter. Most places include heat in the bill but I thought it sucked that most places didn't have a/c ---) there are a couple of weeks where you're averaging temps of 90+F.

Oh good god.

First off, "third shift" in an acute care setting happens but is not routine. The majority of staff work either days or nights.

I don't know why darnell is being such a moron but I'm pretty certain that anyone who has ever set foot in a hospital knows that night shift is populated by on-call residents and new nurses.

You know who I never see as a night nurse? My nurse manager. You know who hires folks? My nurse manager. (You know who actually works day hours? PT/OT and all their assistants.)

I thought your ex knocked out all your teeth Hannah?

...I have an ex??

You must have been on the east side of ND and not the west side.

No, I can assure you. The women in western ND - even if they're your sisters - look just as "snow pig"-ish and inbred as the eastern ND'ers. Hell, I left my husband in western ND to do the big, manly job of flying into storms and seeding clouds in his huge, manly airplane -- and wasn't worried at all. At least I had all of my teeth.