How Making More Money as a Nurse Can Change Your Life
May 28, 2024
Making more money as a nurse can change your life. It buys freedom, security and time with family, as nurses who moved to California have found.
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Real pay numbers, budgets and moves from two California nurses.
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They Earn $3.7 Million a Year and Still Feel Broke
May 24, 2024
A New Jersey couple earns $3.7 million a year and has $2,390 left each month. Here is what nurses can learn about lifestyle creep.
5 Reasons Why You SHOULD Be Moving To California If You’re A NURSE Working In NYC (or any US state)
May 23, 2024
I made a video where I give you 5 reasons for Why You SHOULD Be Moving To California If You’re A NURSE Working In NYC (or anywhere else in the US).
Luxury Cars Are Not an Investment: Our $76,000 Lesson
May 19, 2024
We bought a $76,000 Volvo XC90 as nurses and spent $6,529.43 on repairs in one year. Luxury cars are not an investment, and here is why.
How Much We Made as Nurses in Early 2024
May 17, 2024
Our nurse income from January to April 2024: hours worked, net hourly rate, monthly pay and business income for two nurses in Sacramento.
Study Shows Sacramento Nurses Beat All Other Cities
May 8, 2024
A MoneyGeek study of nurse pay after taxes and cost of living shows California cities, led by Sacramento, give nurses the most value.
Her Nursing Paycheck Was Only $76
April 29, 2024
Monica’s nursing paycheck was only $76 for two weeks after per diem shifts dried up. Here are our full 2024 numbers and how our business helped.
We Need More Psych Nurses in the US
March 8, 2024
The US needs more psych nurses. See how states rank for mental health care and how one psych nurse practitioner earned $600,000 in 2023.
A Nurse’s Pay for One 16-Hour Shift in California
February 16, 2024
One 16-hour shift paid Monica $2,845 before taxes at $132.70 an hour. Here is how nurse overtime pay on a 16-hour shift in California adds up.
Moving to Sacramento as a Nurse: The Good and the Bad
January 30, 2024
Nurses moving to Sacramento should know about job competition, home prices, homelessness and crime. Here is the good and the bad from nurses who live here.
Set Financial Goals That Free Up Your Time as a Nurse
January 24, 2024
Monica and I earned close to $300,000 in 2023 working under 20 hours a week. Our financial goals as nurses focus on time, not just more money.
When a Nursing Pension Is Worth It
January 9, 2024
A nursing pension should not be the main reason you take or keep a job. Here is when it makes sense and how Monica and I stopped relying on ours.
Stop Trading Your Holidays for Overtime Pay
December 25, 2023
Nurses who pick up holiday overtime to pay for a lifestyle they can’t afford miss time with family. Here is why Monica and I stopped doing it.