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• Nursing industry desperate to find new hires

  Mon Jan 5, 2009
  • Lily: It sounds like you would love nursing and would be great at dealing with the different personalities and challenges. Too bad you did not go back to school. We could use you in the nursing profession!

• Nursing industry desperate to find new hires

  Mon Jan 5, 2009
  • Tom: try to find a one-year LPN program, for which, you probably have all or most of the prerequisites. Good Luck!

• Nursing industry desperate to find new hires

  Mon Jan 5, 2009
  • Excellent post Michelle!!!

• Nursing industry desperate to find new hires

  Mon Jan 5, 2009
  • Ermine:

• Nursing industry desperate to find new hires

  Mon Jan 5, 2009
  • Winslow:

• Nursing industry desperate to find new hires

  Mon Jan 5, 2009
  • Lily: many LPN programs are one-year programs; but, you will need certain prerequisite courses. Try googling "LPN programs."

• Nursing industry desperate to find new hires

  Mon Jan 5, 2009
  • You're right, Winslow. Nurses can be proactive when it comes to patient care, but reactive when it comes to taking what is dished out!

• Nursing industry desperate to find new hires

  Mon Jan 5, 2009
  • Lily: what do you work as?

• Nursing industry desperate to find new hires

  Mon Jan 5, 2009
  • I am a "qualified nursing instructor" and have taught in both RN and LPN programs. The most anyone can manage to reimburse me (for what ends up being a 60 hour week) is $48,000/year. I make $72,000 working as an RN, 36 hours/week.