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Salary Isn't Everything: A Nurse's Guide to Career and Money with Sandra Shapiro
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“I could definitely be making more outside of academia.”
What does it really mean to make good financial decisions as a nurse and an academic?
In this episode, Sandra Shapiro, a nursing professor and former travel nurse and nurse practitioner, shares how her career shaped the way she thinks about money, from investing early and taking advantage of employer benefits to resisting lifestyle inflation and being more intentional about spending.
Sandra also talks candidly about the financial tradeoffs between nursing roles, the value of benefits beyond salary, and why she and her…
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