newycRN

Your starting salary is 93700?? What unit are you on? And are you at Tisch? I work for Langone right now, started in August as a new grad and I make 90,500 :/

Hi everyone. I'm a new RN. I've been off orientation for about 2 months. I don't know if it's normal to feel like this. I feel like I still ask for too much help, and like I should know more than I do at this point. I don't regret asking for help, cuz at the end of the day I'd rather be safe than sorry. If I don't know something, I damn well make sure I ask before I go in the patient's room blind. So I'm going to continue to ask for help. I just feel like maybe I shouldn't be asking for this much help at this point though. Every shift there's things I don't know, and I have to ask for clarification. Like how to change certain dressings. Or how to straight cath (I didn't have any experience with this in orientation). I just don't want my coworkers to think I'm stupid with all these questions, and at this point I feel like they do think that. Any advice on how to deal with this? How much did you know at 2 months?

Hi everyone. I'm an RN looking to go back for my NP. Which of these would you say has more of a job market and more opportunities? An FNP or an Acute Care Adult NP? I've been hearing that I should go for the Adult NP since people are looking to hire more specialized NPs now. Is that true? What kind of job, other than primary care, can you do with an FNP? What about an Adult NP? Also, in terms of the financial aspect of it, how much do FNPs vs Adult NPs make? It would cost a lot of money to go back to school, so I want to make sure it'll pay off. I make 90k now as an RN in NYC. Would the NP rate be significantly higher? Thanks guys in advance :)

Hey guys, I figured I'd try and give some input as I was recently hired at NYU Langone as a new grad. When I applied, I submitted an application to all positions they had open, not just ones that specified they were for new grads. As you guys mentioned, every new grad RN goes through the lengthy orientation program regardless of whether or not you applied for it. So my advice to you is to just apply to the positions anyway. It's great that you guys are in contact with the recruiters. I hope you guys get some good news soon!

I also just graduated with my BSN in May and was hired at NYU Langone in August. My biggest piece of advice is to network. Is there anyone from your clinical that you can contact? I'm sure you had clinical at several hospitals in the city. Going back to the floor you were on and asking to speak with the nurse manager (or if you remember a nurse there, even better) is a good step. Introduce yourself, say you had clinical there and would like to work there because you loved it and ask if they have any pointers. Drop your resume with the nurse manager when you introduce yourself. I know that putting yourself out there is scary and can be embarrassing, but it's tough in NYC for new grads so you really want to take advantage of any face-to-face connection you can get. You said you are a nurse assistant. Is this at a hospital? Can you speak to someone there about an RN position? Good luck, and keep searching! It's only been a few months, don't be discouraged.

I'm sorry that happened. Honestly, I think that if you land an interview and explain what happened and how you learned from it, it shouldn't hurt you as bad as you think it will. Wanting to do something nice for someone is a quality of a good nurse. It's not like you were disrespectful or harmed a patient. You did something selfless as you had noting to gain from giving that gift, and just wanted to make your depressed patient feel a little happier. You know now that you shouldn't be giving patients gifts, so you won't do it anymore. If I was an HR rep who heard this story, I wouldn't hold it against you if you showed me you were genuinely taking responsibility for it. But of course, you first need to land the interview. Helping out at Harvey is definitely a good step, even if you won't meet anyone there you can still put it on your resume. Have a cover letter. Explain what happened. If you still have no luck, go in to the hospital personally and ask to speak to a manager on a unit so they at least have a face to match the application, and maybe it'll give you an interview. Good luck, and don't lose hope!

I took the NCLEX earlier this summer, my Kaplan scores were low as well but I passed on the first try. I mostly used uworld though. I believe I used about 300 questions from the qbank in Kaplan, my scores ranged from 40s to 50s. Question trainer 1 I believe I got a 70, QT 2 and 3 were in the 50s. I didn't take the rest because I felt Kaplan wasn't working for me. I did much better on uworld. So if that makes you feel any better, the scores aren't always indicative of your chances at passing. The most important thing is learning from the rationales. Don't focus on the scores. As long as you review and you know where you went wrong, you should be ok.