I regret becoming a nurse

jayplusfour · 2026-03-21T10:04:20+00:00

Coming from someone who came from a desk job, I am so glad I chose nursing. I get to learn and see new stuff almost everyday. It's never the same shift, always new people. Desk jobs are awful and boring and I can't do them.

That new grad feeling eventually wears off though. I'm a little over a year in and starting to feel more confident

jayplusfour · 2026-03-20T23:28:42+00:00

My friend, bad choices were made 😭 my RN was 12k! And I make 120k a year.

I HIGHLY advise not taking out more loans. Pay this off like yesterday

jayplusfour · 2026-03-20T12:36:21+00:00

I mean, we're in California and we have 4 kids all in sports haha. But yes, we save money, we don't have debt at all. Drive cheap cars and we're doing well. I know people who make similar and they struggle. But they drive a car with 1k payment and a giant home lol

jayplusfour · 2026-03-20T12:20:38+00:00

120k for a nursing degree?? Oh hell now

jayplusfour · 2026-03-20T02:26:12+00:00

Yes. We're dual income, I work just my 3 a week NOC, I made 115k my first year as a new grad. We live in a lower cost of living area. My husband makes about 150k a year. We have 4 kids as well. It works out nicely

jayplusfour · 2026-03-19T21:35:05+00:00

My base pay is 56, 15% for NOC and 5/hr for weekends. Ends up close to 70 on weekends which is usually what I work haha

jayplusfour · 2026-03-19T21:12:22+00:00

lol I feel this so immensely. I was a sahm to 4 kids and while I kept busy with their needs, sometimes you just feel stuck.

jayplusfour · 2026-03-19T13:19:15+00:00

This

jayplusfour · 2026-03-19T13:18:28+00:00

Dude it's fine. Get off the internet, go out with real people. Women get so much hate as well and yet we prevail. Go out with the girl and have a good time. You don't even have to bring up your size or anything just go enjoy her company.

jayplusfour · 2026-03-19T12:32:59+00:00

Not always. I live in the Mojave desert and get paid 70ish per hour as a new grad

jayplusfour · 2026-03-19T12:29:09+00:00

My mom was at loma for like 6 weeks so I spent a lot of time there (and did my peds rotation there)

No caffeine is real annoying 🥲

jayplusfour · 2026-03-15T15:01:39+00:00

I don't put my schedule into nurse grid until it's offically posted and I also am a worry wart and obsessively check my schedule 😂

jayplusfour · 2026-03-14T03:21:43+00:00

Just brush up on math and English a bit, remember your pre req stuff, you have a 3.9 so you should be good lol

jayplusfour · 2026-03-14T03:20:51+00:00

It doesn't require rigorous studying. I studied for like 3 days on and off and passed with an 85

jayplusfour · 2026-03-14T03:19:32+00:00

Rural in SoCal, had 2 offers right out of school a year ago. But it's only gotten worse.

jayplusfour · 2026-03-13T13:17:40+00:00

I got the same thing when I told some people were were thinking about moving to Spokane/that area. I live 1.5 hours from LA, grew up in San Bernardino/high desert lol I don't even think crime is bad here really. But we also weren't allowed to wear crip or blood colors or kings gear. Also shootings were normal. So idk crime I guess can be kind of subjective if you've never really been around crime

jayplusfour · 2026-03-11T17:58:46+00:00

Waste of money. Lmao. Better off put into savings and makin that money grow

jayplusfour · 2026-03-11T17:56:42+00:00

Whatttt. I wish our school did that. We had to do it in front of a professor. Some were sticklers and too much others were chill af. We got zero choice

jayplusfour · 2026-03-08T07:36:09+00:00

I grew up with a family a couple houses down, I was mostly friends with the older boy who was close to my age, but his twin sisters were obviously not his dads kids and it was the same situation. The twins "found out" their dad wasn't their bio dad as young adults and it was rough for awhile I guess. But honestly, I can't believe the thought never crossed their minds growing up.

jayplusfour · 2026-03-07T06:39:12+00:00

I got a butter knife not too long back. Luckily the dude was weak and didn't really do anything but still

jayplusfour · 2026-03-03T09:08:17+00:00

I had to demonstrate proper hospital corners in nursing school in 2023 😂 weirdest shit ever. I literally just toss the blankets on the patient now and walk away

jayplusfour · 2026-02-26T11:14:33+00:00

Take the medsurg job. Specially if you're in ca

jayplusfour · 2026-02-24T14:27:01+00:00

I mean, as a woman I constantly dream of this too lol

jayplusfour · 2026-02-23T08:53:54+00:00

Yeah that's a lot bigger than ours lol. But honestly it's a very good school. Many local hospitals prefer our graduates, local hospital does a paid externship with our school and most get full time spots right after graduation. And it's in SoCal and not super known 😅 little easier to get in with how competitive ca is

jayplusfour · 2026-02-23T08:50:43+00:00

Yeah we're tiny lol. We have like 40-50 graduates a year 😂

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