New Grads in New york.....

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Hi new Grads,

How much do you make Or started with this year(2007) as a new grad nurse in NYC. Thank you.

Dear everyone..

I am full of questions...First..I am in my last year of BSN at a school in upstate NY I am done in May 08....I am strongly considering moving to NYC for at least 2 years after school to work at NYU Medical Center or any other hospital for that matter (if I get hired)..I have heard great things about hospitals in nyc. I do not want to stay around here mainly because I need change, small towns are not for me, hospitals are not that technologically advanced and the start pay is around 22-24 + shift different. So my questions are..what is the start pay for grad nurses, will they hire me before I pass the NCLEX, will they even consider hiring me before I move, I Know the cost of living is high, but what are my chances for find a room (just a bed, bathroom and a microwave) for around 500-600 a month in one of the burrouhgs im open to sharinga place with other people..is this be too much change? I truly look forward to your replies

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Dear everyone..

I am full of questions...First..I am in my last year of BSN at a school in upstate NY I am done in May 08....I am strongly considering moving to NYC for at least 2 years after school to work at NYU Medical Center or any other hospital for that matter (if I get hired)..I have heard great things about hospitals in nyc. I do not want to stay around here mainly because I need change, small towns are not for me, hospitals are not that technologically advanced and the start pay is around 22-24 + shift different. So my questions are..what is the start pay for grad nurses, will they hire me before I pass the NCLEX, will they even consider hiring me before I move, I Know the cost of living is high, but what are my chances for find a room (just a bed, bathroom and a microwave) for around 500-600 a month in one of the burrouhgs im open to sharinga place with other people..is this be too much change? I truly look forward to your replies

Change is a good thing. And if you don't like it you can always go home. I am moving after graduation from New Orleans to NYC and so far the job prospects look good. Tip: go to one of the nursing spectrum job fairs they have in the city. I flew in just to go to one and got 2 interviews at very good hospitals, and business cards from about 10 others with info about applying. So if I can land a job from across the country I am sure you won't have a problem from upstate. You just have to be aggressive about it. There are a bunch of threads about new grad pay on here, definately look it up. Manhattan hospitals start around 68,000 for day shift. Good luck.

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thanks so much...it helps to know that someone else is doing a similar thing...btw how did u find out about these job fairs ? do u know of one coming up soon ? :)

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I went to nurse.com and clicked on the 'events' tab and it takes you to the Nursing Spectrum website. I don't think they have listed the dates for the new year yet, but when they so I would definately try and attend one. Also a company called Advance for Nurses holds them too, but I don't know much about those, maybe google it and see what you find... There will prob be another one before may b/c of all the new graduates.

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Specializes in NICU.

To the person upthread who asked about living in Brooklyn - I live in Brooklyn Heights (the neighborhood closest to Manhattan, more or less) and work at Columbia Presbyterian uptown. When the express train is running (so not late night or weekends) it takes me appx 40 minutes to get into work. The very first stop in Brooklyn on the train that takes you up to Columbia is about a block from me. It's nice.

From Jersey City you'd either have to drive or take the PATH train (a commuter train) into the city and then subway up.

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thanks, how do you like brooklyn, what are good areas to live in the city if you work at nyu, what do u think of queens (astoria), and i do not know anything about trains or subways so some info on that would be helpful since i will most likely end up working 7pm-7am thanks again

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Specializes in acute care.

Astoria is a nice neighborhood, but expensive....the next neighborhood over is long island city, where they are starting to build many VERY expensive condos....The trains leading to astoria are the "N" and "W", which go all the way to the last stop in astoria, but you are also a bus ride away from the "F", "E", "R" and the "N" and "W" transfer you to the "7"

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Specializes in Trauma.
thanks, how do you like brooklyn, what are good areas to live in the city if you work at nyu, what do u think of queens (astoria), and i do not know anything about trains or subways so some info on that would be helpful since i will most likely end up working 7pm-7am thanks again

I lived in Astoria and in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Personally, I paid more money in Brooklyn than I did in Astoria and I had a nicer place. Astoria is a very Greek neighborhood with amazing food. But, it's not for everyone. It is very different from Brooklyn. Brooklyn has more architecture I believe than Astoria. Astoria is the second largest Greek population next to Greece.

I used to ride the F train from Park Slope to the city and it would take me generally an hour to get to NYP for work, but the first stop was the financial area and was 15 minutes out. It was the busiest train I think next to the 6 Train in the city. However, the F train was ALWAYS running into some issue. Work on the trax, or something. Especially on the weekend.

Astoria, I used the N or W train. Working your hours, you should be fine taking that train. I never had to take a bus though. I lived right off 34th street, next to the police station. It was a convenient walk to the train. You can always find the subway map online after doing a search for MTA on google. Riding the subway is easy. Parking in Astoria was easy during the day usually, but not so much at night time. Parking in Brooklyn where I lived was difficult at all times. Unless there was street cleaning.

In comparison, I prefer brooklyn over Astoria. Regardless if I paid more money, I lived in a kick a$$ neighborhood and I always felt safe coming home from the city at the crack of dawn, b/c the train was always packed. It was a rarity it wasn't packed on the weekend nights/wee mornings.

Hope this helps:)

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thanks, how do you like brooklyn, what are good areas to live in the city if you work at nyu, what do u think of queens (astoria), and i do not know anything about trains or subways so some info on that would be helpful since i will most likely end up working 7pm-7am thanks again

Hi

One little thing to think about if you want to work at NYU is--try to live somewhere near the 6 train ( the green line local), or the 4 or 5 (express) has an easy transfer across the platforms. so you don't have waste too much time waiting to transfer trains...

It is the closest subway line to that area and could shave some time off the commute.

Good luck!!

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do you mean you only earn like $35/hr. in NYC???? is that a 36hour/week shift? isnt that too low for the city?

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