These witnesses of Black Sunday and much of the other suffering of the Dust-Bowl years are now old men and women, and Burns, as he has in other documentaries, makes good use of these ordinary folk. He is a sort of Studs Terkel of documentarians.
VA Hospital - nursing program. I currently work for a VA Hospital (Veterans Administration - government hospital - best care anywhere!!). They have an interesting program to become an RN. They will pay FULL SALARY of a current employee, and they will pay for the program cost. All you need to do is commit to be a VA nurse.
A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in Richmond, Virginia earns an average wage of $18.47 per hour. For the first five to ten years in this position, pay increases somewhat, but any additional experience does not have a big effect on pay. $27,369 - $48,339.