dkurland

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1. Burn out in the ER

   dkurland replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency

   Does anyone, anywhere in the country, have leads on getting an ER staff nurse position for someone like myself? I have four years experience in med-surg at a very challenging county hospital, am bilingual, Spanish with a BA and MA but not in nursing...

2. Metropolitan Hospital Center

   dkurland replied to ladyash's topic in New York

   That's good but you must have had a BSN. They would not hire me and I was super disappointed in that I am bilingual and come from a similar hospital in California.

3. Metropolitan Hospital Center

   dkurland replied to ladyash's topic in New York

   They want experienced nurses with BSNs only.

4. Burn out in the ER

   dkurland replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency

   How to get an ER job? No one is training these days OR they will take new grads which I find strange so you have to come to it already an ED nurse but how can you if you never got a chance to train? I have four year med/surg and am bilingual and all ...

5. Bellevue ER, NYC

   dkurland replied to Dempather's topic in Emergency

   OK, so I have four years med-surg experience at a county hospital in California with the exact same patient population as Bellevue and I am bilingual but can't even get an interview because I don't have a BSN. I do have a BA and MA in other fields an...

6. I would like to hear from some nurse recruiters on why no one can find a job.

   dkurland replied to meluhn's topic in New Jersey

   I'm moving to Manhattan in a few months and going as a traveler. After a few assignments I'm hoping to get hired on in a permanent position in med.-surg. I'm experienced ( four years), have ACLS, PALS and NRP and am bilingual. Will I have trouble g...

7. Using Goals to Grow in Nursing

   dkurland replied to gscarlett's topic in General Nursing

   While I understand the need for "college educated" nurses I have had to face endless discrimination because I am a second- career nurse who has a BA in another field and an MA in another field and an ADN. But apparently all that and the fact that I a...

8. ER Orientation - what you should be doing....

   dkurland replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency

   I will go anywhere on the country to get ER training. Where I live there are just two hospitals that have 16 week training but it is so hard to get hired on. I have four years experience in med.-surg and am bilingual. Advise?

9. Jobless Adn~ Rn?

   dkurland replied to Bklyngurl's topic in New York

   I want to work at Metropolitan. I have an ADN, non-nursing BA and MA, and am bilingual. What are my odds of being hired right away when I move to Manhattan in August?