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Sympthsical

(11,105 posts)
2. So happy with my choices
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 09:01 PM
Jun 2025

Went back to school in my 40s for a career change to nursing. I already did the student debt nonsense the first go round, so I’ve done my prerequisites and RN at the comm. college down the street. BSN will be at some pointless online school. (Less than $10k).

Because no one really cares about where you do those. It’s when you go for your MSN that the institution counts.

And UCSF hurts my soul. Probably $30-40k for my master’s.

But that is ok, because my current job (behavioral health) wants me to stay with them with my RN, which will pay six figures.

Say what one will about California, but the state pays its nurses. CNAs less so.

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