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1. Advice for New Graduates in NYC 2016

   dnsonthego posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just want offer my support for all the new graduates who will be finishing up their degree and taking the NCLEX soon. My advice to the new graduates is as follows... 1. If you do not have a BSN, head back to school and get your BSN. BSN is the min...

2. Being a practice ready nurse

   dnsonthego posted a topic in Med-Surg

   My students come to me and ask me how do they prepare for their first job. I tell them to get an much experience and exposure to clinical care prior to graduating. It is meeting people and getting known to hiring managers. Nursing students need...

3. Nursing students not happy to hear about how tough it is to get started as a nurse

   dnsonthego replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   May I ask what school in NYC has 75% of the graduates working? I teach in NYC and I have colleagues all over. Everyone is seeing very few openings for new nurses. NYC is undergoing a serious change. Hospitals are merging, units consolidating...

4. Nursing students not happy to hear about how tough it is to get started as a nurse

   dnsonthego posted a topic in General Nursing

   I teach fundamentals and M/S clinical in NYC. I have a mix students in my class. My current group of 10 students are all young adults working on their first degree. The students have spoken with the unit nurses and have been informed about the c...

5. Downsizing coming to LTC

   dnsonthego posted a topic in Geriatric

   I wanted to get some information as I heard that several NYC non profit SNF are going to be reducing beds and that a few SNFs may close. Maintaining census is getting hard as hospitals referring more of their patients to home health services and man...

6. Job market for new nurses in New York City

   dnsonthego posted a topic in New York

   Another new group of nurses are soon to graduate in the next few weeks. These graduates are entering a tight job market, a very tight job market. Where I work, we are receiving numerous unsolicited resumes. I wish the nursing schools would be h...

7. Unrealistic nursing students

   dnsonthego replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   I am not challenging the need for ABSN degrees. I am saying that some students of this programs have unrealistic expectations. The lawyer never once mentioned his desire to work as a nurse. He went out of his way to tell me and the group that he ...

8. Unrealistic nursing students

   dnsonthego posted a topic in General Nursing

   Our facility was asked to host a group of soon to be graduated nursing students. The students are taking a class in nursing leadership so they were assigned to spend the day with the nursing department's leadership. The students were provided a ...

9. Nursing Shortage

   dnsonthego replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

   I am glad you posted this. There is no nursing shortage. In many areas there is a glut of nurses. In certain regions (rural area), there are still some jobs. In the big cities and the surrounding region, it is really tight job market. I am...

10. why so many negatives about nursing?

    dnsonthego replied to confusedstudent20's topic in Pre-Nursing

    It is not negativity but a feeling of despair that is present. Nursing is a very difficult field. Too much work to do. Poor staffing, back stabbing, lack of supplies, lack of support staff etc. are what nurses deal with everyday. Nurses come t...

11. Do you need all those degrees?

    dnsonthego posted a topic in Professionalism

    Where I work, we have a trend of nurses obtaining multiple degrees after obtaining basic nursing training and their RN license. At a management meeting this issue came up about why nurses are going for all these degrees (MSN, MPH, MBA, MPA, MHA, DN...

12. Fired from my first nursing job, before one year

    dnsonthego replied to mightynurse1's topic in General Nursing

    I have a few question for you----Did you make it to your first anniversary? If not how many months were you employed there? Are you a male nurse? Are you under 30? Additionally, what city are you in? The reason I ask these questions is that I ...

13. Young women, and societal expectations/professional strangleholds

    dnsonthego replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    As a seasoned nurse who has advanced in the profession, I would like to offer some suggestions. Nursing is not a field you go into for a paycheck. You will work very hard for your money. Additionally, the salary you go in does not go up as muc...

14. Can nursing programs graduate practice ready nurses?

    dnsonthego posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was asked to conduct courtesy interviews for several new nurses who were not able to obtain a job as a nurse. These nurses had graduated in 2009, 2010 and 2011. It was interesting to speak with them as they were hopeful that a job would come th...

15. Nursing Jobs in NYC

    dnsonthego posted a topic in General Students

    My facility received a call from a local nursing program. The coordinator wanted to know if we could host her graduates for the summer as nursing interns. When our clinical educator followed up to ask how many students did the school wish to plac...