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Hey ! I'm hoping to start in March

Basically just given scenarios & ask questions about what you'd do in different situations & why. Nothing clinical or nursing based. The website has a practice test. Not really something you can study for

My coworker is graduating as a psych NP from Hofstra at the end of the month. She worked FT nights throughout the program & that's what I'll be trying to do as well. She said it was tough but doable. Definitely don't want to downplay how hard it'll be but just hoping I'll be able to keep up.

Please believe we are getting hit BAD. I work at one of the hot spot hospitals in NY & we've been a COVID unit (regularly med surg) for a little over a month now. Admissions are finally starting to slowly decrease but the number of RRTs, codes, intubations, & deaths are still rising. As I was about to give report to leave this morning I called an RRT on one of my patients & that was the 6th one going on at the same exact time. Yesterday there were 2 RRTs on my unit at the same time with one of them getting intubated while there were others also going on in the hospital. Ambulatory units, multiple units in our peds hospital, & even a unit at a rehab next door have been used for adult med surg patients to make space for these COVID patients even though we are a large hospital. We've even closed off a large section of our lobby to turn into a makeshift unit. To this day I still can't believe how truly sick these patients get from this virus. Like the above poster said, to anyone who believes these conspiracy theories, taking a look at these units & patients should change their minds.

Thank you! Can't wait!

Just found out I was accepted!

You might be fine since they're rolling admissions, I'm sure there are still others applying.

My coursework on nursingCAS was verified March 2nd, emailed about the virtual interview (casper test) March 17th, & took the test on the earliest date available which was April 2nd.

The OP seems to have exaggerated justttt a bit. I work on M/S floor which was turned into a Covid r/o floor for a short period before becoming one of the many Covid floors in my hospital. I work in one of the "hot spot" hospitals in NY. I've seen very sick patients with comorbidities recover & others who haven't. I've seen patients intubated, extubated, & are recovering well. I've also had coworkers who tested positive who are recovering well/recovered and returned to work.

Oh OK. I took my casper test on the 2nd which is their virtual interview but it takes 3 weeks for results to come back. One of my coworkers is in their Psych NP program, works full time & is going to graduate in May so its possible. Hard, but possible.

Hey, what was the application & interview process like? How long did it take from when you applied to hearing back about an acceptance?

I'm thinking of Stony Brook & Hofstra so far. & I'll be applying for the FNP program, I've pretty much decided that by that point in my life I won't want to be dealing with inpatient so much.

Hey! ? I was planning on applying for either Summer 2020 or earlier (if possible). Where else are you applying?

For clarification immediately afterward I of course told him that it wasn't acceptable and mentioned that security will get involved if he continued, which is when he stopped. But I've definitely realized since then that I should've escalated it immediately.

Do we put up with too much as nurses? So I'm a new grad grad nurse, graduated May 2018, & have been working as a med surg-nurse for the last 6 months. Before that, I'd been working as a nursing assistant and tele tech for 5 years. The other night I had a patient known to everyone on the unit to be a trouble maker with a psych and criminal background (served about 10 years at 2 max security prisons for assault with a gun). There was an issue where he didn't want to take his meds especially his Depakote. Later on in the shift I went into the room to give him eyedrops since he was refusing all PO meds because I tried "secretly giving him Depakote". He was watching Forensic Files, giving his commentary, then directed his attention towards me saying "I could kill you & get away with it". The comment didn't even phase me, partly because I due to his medical condition but still found it ridiculous. I didn't report it (not smart on my part), but another nurse did. When I spoke to my manager about it she said that "I know we have to deal with a lot but there are boundaries". All I could think was "really?". Because I know we as healthcare professionals in general, but especially nurses deal with a higher rate of abuse (verbal, physical, etc), harassment, and unsafe situations than most other people in the workplace. What are some of the crazy situations you guys have had similar to this one?