Good morning, my fellow nurses! So last week I verbally accepted a job offer with Northwell (formerly North Shore LIJ) over the phone but they haven't emailed me my offer letter yet. I need to give 4 weeks notice to my current job in order to have my...
fatlittlething replied to Erythropoiesis's topic in Uniform/Gear
I know everyone's feet are different but I purchased the Timberland Pro Renova's (I attached a link) and have had no issues with them. I think my first week wearing them, I had to break them in a little because my big toe hurt from pressing on the in...
I'm sure this has been asked plenty of times on this forum and I did find some older posts so I wanted to ask it as a "newer" post in case there's new brands out. I will be starting on a med surg unit in 2 weeks and we have to wear white uniforms. I ...
fatlittlething replied to fatlittlething's topic in Med-Surg
I'm really excited/nervous too! Good luck to us haha! I'm worried about patient safety with the 1:6/7 ratio so I hope I learn how to time manage and assess quickly. Are you a new grad since you said you did public health for 5 months?
fatlittlething replied to fatlittlething's topic in Med-Surg
Oh yeah, forgot YouTube has a lot of great information. Hurst is the online review right? I think I used that to prepare for the NCLEX and loved it! Thank you.
fatlittlething replied to fatlittlething's topic in Med-Surg
I actually have only done 30 IVs while as an endoscopy medical assistant (although I already had my RN license) prior to being hired as an RN so I don't really have much IV skill experience. Although, the 30 that I did do, I probably only missed 2? N...
Happy New Year everyone! I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions for me, as I just got hired as a Med Surg - Days nurse and will be starting orientation in February. My "experience" is ~2 years of endoscopy nurse experience at an ambulatory ce...
fatlittlething replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students
I think it really depends on your instructors. I am in my second semester of an Associate's. My first semester, the main instructor was horrible. She would talk down to the students during clinicals (me included) and this led to me not wanting to ask...
For these summer nurse externships, is there a specific website or do you go the hospital's actual website to see if they offer them? When are the deadlines to apply for these? TIA!
fatlittlething replied to Wendy Smith's topic in New York
Hopefully this response isn't too late but i took the CNA course at Manhattan Institute Summer 2009. When I did my "externship" at the nursing home in the Bronx, I had several classmates that had a teacher named**** who they claimed was horrendous s...
Hi everyone! I'm in the process of starting to apply for nursing programs in New York and I was wondering if anyone has any certain tips for writing their personal statement? Is there a certain length, certain format, font, and do you need a heading?...