mandyd87

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1. which route to take to be an ER nurse? please help

   mandyd87 posted a topic in Emergency

   I have my ASN right now and I am enrolled in a bridge program to get my BSN and MSN at Mercy College in NY. I am also working in an acute care rehab hospital. Basically, I chose to be in the RN-BSN-MSN program because I was thinking the best thing wo...

2. Advancing from Rehab Nursing

   mandyd87 replied to mandyd87's topic in Rehabilitation

   Thank you so much! That is very helpful. And yes so many nurses I know all got jobs within weeks after graduating and that is because they graduated like 5-8 years ago. It's so discouraging now to see how many nurses can't find jobs as are out of wor...

3. Advancing from Rehab Nursing

   mandyd87 replied to mandyd87's topic in Rehabilitation

   Meant to say I just *accepted an offer

4. Advancing from Rehab Nursing

   mandyd87 posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   Hi all! I am a new grad RN waited 6 months to find a job. Just accrued an offer from a well known acute rehab facility near me. Ultimately, in the future, I want to end up in the ER or ICU... My question is will I be considered the same as other new ...

5. Question about pysch nursing

   mandyd87 replied to mandyd87's topic in Job Hunt

   Thanks for the replies! PRN could be an option... If it was that easy to gain a PRN position as a new grad in NY LOL! Everyone I have spoken to say they won't hire new grads per diem you have to have experience because they don't want to spend all t...

6. Question about pysch nursing

   mandyd87 replied to mandyd87's topic in Job Hunt

   That is what I thought. Thanks for the response! Has anyone else ever switched from psych onto a medical floor ? Is it harder to do it that way?

7. Question about pysch nursing

   mandyd87 posted a topic in Job Hunt

   This may sound dumb but if I take a first job in a psych hospital, will it be harder to switch to a regular hospital after a couple of years? Eventually I want to be an ER nurse but right now just trying to get a job ANYWHERE that will hire me. Is it...

8. Westchester Medical Center

   mandyd87 replied to 987!'s topic in New York

   Westchester Square is located in the Bronx and is very different then Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.

9. Westchester Medical Center

   mandyd87 replied to 987!'s topic in New York

   I emailed the recruiter. She told me the positions have been filled but they are waiting for more positions to open up to possibly offer more candidates that were at the open interviews. So, for now, i guess we just continue on in the "waiting game"....

10. New Grad with two full time jobs in NYC... Being a guy helps?

    mandyd87 replied to kobebryant's topic in New York

    Seriously? I think you should give up one of your full time jobs for us new grads who have been looking for ANY job for almost a year lol

11. Westchester Medical Center

    mandyd87 replied to 987!'s topic in New York

    Did anyone go to the last Interview day on dec 19? If so, have you heard anything back or do you know when we're supposed to hear something?

12. Westchester Medical Center

    mandyd87 replied to 987!'s topic in New York

    I went to the last interview day they had on dec 19 (wishing I had went to an earlier one because it seems so many positions have been filled already by all your posts) the HR woman made it seem like they still have a lot to fill but even if I didn't...

13. NEW GRAD

    mandyd87 replied to metaltoid's topic in New York

    Yes. It's INSANELY HARD!!! Unless your BFF with a nurse on a unit who wants to hand your resume to her nurse manager and they call you the next day (that is how my friend got her job 2 weeks after she passed NCLEX!!!!) ... not all of them say they re...

14. NEW GRAD

    mandyd87 replied to metaltoid's topic in New York

    I am in the exact same position.... graduated in May, license in June... it's terrible!

15. new grad!!! need advice!!

    mandyd87 replied to mandyd87's topic in New York

    I have tried all those things. I post my resume on moster and careerbuilder, look on nurse.com everyday - although most of those positions are for the big hospitals in the city who only take BSN. Hospitals turn you away and don't let you speak to any...