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  1. Running out of time!!!

    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...
  2. Best shoes for clinicals

    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...
  3. Nursing scrubs and shoes suggestions?

    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 ...
  4. Suggestions for new med surg nurse?

    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?
  5. Suggestions for new med surg nurse?

    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.
  6. Suggestions for new med surg nurse?

    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...
  7. Suggestions for new med surg nurse?

    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...
  8. Which do your prefer, Class or Clinicals?

    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...
  9. summer nurse externship, yes or no?

    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!
  10. Nassau Community College

    suzi4: I think you need to have 15 posts up before you can PM anyone. I had the same problem too and looked it up in the Help topics :)
  11. Manhattan Institute - Excellent CNA Program

    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...
  12. Personal Statement Tips

    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?...