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1. Which hospitals in NYC hire associate degree grads

   negatron replied to Jae89's topic in New York

   Hi, I may be one of the few lucky ADN RNs, but I secured a new grad PACU RN position at a HHC hospital in Queens, which is a level 1 trauma center and teaching hospital. I am a June 2016 ADN graduate, passed NCLEX and received license in July, star...

2. Financing your future: How do you afford living expenses while in an ABSN program?

   negatron replied to GLMac's topic in General Students

   I used a combination of loans and working part time. I felt I had a really good grasp of anatomy and physiology 1 and 2 (actually had a retired MD and a surgeon as my professors) so I tutor those subjects to prospective nursing/medical/health science...

3. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

   negatron replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

   The only message that I got from this article is that children are expensive.

4. Please check me, quick head to toe!

   negatron replied to kemurphy's topic in General Students

   Pretty good, one thing I didn't see was the assessment for pain or complaints. Mostly pain. Checking their catheters if there are any, assess the lining and site for redness, erythema. My nursing professors had always stressed to check distal pulses ...

5. New OR RN - Surgeon Yells

   negatron replied to NewORNurse1's topic in General Nursing

   Well, if something goes wrong, there is a ton of liability lying on the table. And it won't be the nurses who get the heat, it's the surgeon. I'm not saying the yelling is appropriate but if you can think of it in their shoes, they are under immense ...

6. Where are the jobs???

   negatron replied to friendlyelse's topic in New York

   Buffalo (tons of hospitals here) , rochester (strong memorial, highland hospital), syracuse (upstate medical) , Albany (albany medical center, albany VA), Binghamton, and all the community regional, county medical centers in between all that are hurt...

7. Nursing loans really that bad? 120K

   negatron replied to nursequery1's topic in General Students

   I have a good friend about to graduate Nyu's accelerated bsn in January, and for what it's worth nyu langone prefers nurses from their programs over others.

8. I completed my BSN today. Feel free to ask any questions

   negatron replied to TheCommuter's topic in Western Governors

   Hey there, I've been following your progress through wgu since day 1, commuter! Congrats on getting your BSN. Just have a few questions, can i apply to wgu immediately after i finish my ADN (and start shortly after) , even before taking the nclex? I...

9. St. Alexius in Bismarck or Sanford in Fargo?

   negatron replied to Vietsandwich's topic in North Dakota

   What type of jobs are open to new grads? Would there be anything in critical care? Operating room? Or would it be mostly medsurg/oncology?

10. Accepted students NYC schools,advice please!!

    negatron replied to Squidelle's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear, but wish you best of luck with whichever route you take in your career

11. No such thing as a dumb question

    negatron replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    My gosh, that is such a huge pet peeve of mine. I personally do most of my learning in class so asking a redundant question that's been discussed and answered thoroughly can get really annoying and for the lack of better terms, disturbs my train of t...

12. Accepted students NYC schools,advice please!!

    negatron replied to Squidelle's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm in an associates nursing program in nyc. I had a pretty good gpa, 3.98 prereq and did okay on my entrance exam (128 nln). Only have a year left till nclex. I'm not sure what bronx cc requirements are to get in, but I'm almost sure they have an en...

13. Just found over 7,000 free NCLEX-RN Flashcards!

    negatron replied to diagnosticator's topic in NCLEX

    Thank you so so so much!

14. What did you give up to be in nursing school?

    negatron posted a topic in General Students

    For me it's time and energy for a job, so I gotta live frugally for a few years. As a result, gave up independence and time as an adult in his mid 20s to make all this work. Small price to pay but hopefully worth it. Time is going by really fast anyw...

15. best tablet or PC for nursing school

    negatron replied to whitestripes's topic in Pre-Nursing

    My nursing program actually uses the surface tablet for taking exams. It's actually pretty cool. I was thinking of getting one because of that. It was fast, and reliable when i took my exam, had no issues. And it's just the right size that i could pr...