11-17-2011, 05:37 AM
That's tough to hear. A lot of the info I find from back then suggests massive nursing lay-offs due to closures and such. Anyone have any news on that front? EDIT TO ADD: My wife has 13 years experience ranging from geriatric to medsurge with a stroke specialty. She makes about 26/hr before differentials and OT. Both of which are critical. But Travel nurses get paid a little differently we hear.
From what I can find the nursing positions pay a little better than here, and certainly sounds like enough for a family of 3 to survive on. I'm actually astounded at how inexpensive Hilo prices seem to be. Beef and all is cheaper than here... and I live smelling distance from a ranch.
Honestly we're sort of hoping to fall in love when we get there. We don't need much, just enough quiet time to be family... but we want a whole lot more time outside than we get here. In the summer it's 100+ with 90% humidity, in the winter its pretty darn close to 0 (winchills into the -20's sometimes) with sleet, freezing rain, and snow. As it stands now we get only about 6 months of windows-open weather and I hate that.
I'm a stay at home dad, homeschooling my son now. I have two useless degrees and no idea what I'll do with myself when I'm not even that anymore. But I've never seen a body of water bigger than Lake Michigan, so we're going to set out on this adventure. I really want Hawaii to just awesome.
Have I hit all the mainlander staples yet? You guys have the most awesome patience, thanks for letting another mainlander rant and wander.
From what I can find the nursing positions pay a little better than here, and certainly sounds like enough for a family of 3 to survive on. I'm actually astounded at how inexpensive Hilo prices seem to be. Beef and all is cheaper than here... and I live smelling distance from a ranch.
Honestly we're sort of hoping to fall in love when we get there. We don't need much, just enough quiet time to be family... but we want a whole lot more time outside than we get here. In the summer it's 100+ with 90% humidity, in the winter its pretty darn close to 0 (winchills into the -20's sometimes) with sleet, freezing rain, and snow. As it stands now we get only about 6 months of windows-open weather and I hate that.
I'm a stay at home dad, homeschooling my son now. I have two useless degrees and no idea what I'll do with myself when I'm not even that anymore. But I've never seen a body of water bigger than Lake Michigan, so we're going to set out on this adventure. I really want Hawaii to just awesome.
Have I hit all the mainlander staples yet? You guys have the most awesome patience, thanks for letting another mainlander rant and wander.