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Hey there -- I went to BU for nusing school.....did clinicals in lourdes and wilson the whole time and DEFINATELY enjoyed wilson. was actually going to stay up there a year to work on the step-down unit. People are lovely, high standards of medical c...

Hi there, I was suprised to find that there is no little PACU thread going out there:) I just passed my NCLEX last week, and got a job starting september in the PACU. I was advised of the med-surg in college, the same as everyone else. But I LOVE cr...

Thank you all for your advice and support. In regards to the ICU component.....the PACU floor I am working on is also an ICU (so they say). I have been here for 2 weeks and we get tons on A-lines and all types of monitors. If something is going downh...

well, i interviewed at sloan and was offered a position pending licensure. i also have three friends that had the same thing - two are starting on monday! NYP-Cornell I can't vouch for.

I call extremely cheap 550 a month for a decent and spacious 2 bedroom apartment (roomate paying the oher half). If you want a REAL idea for nyc prices, go to craigslist and look in the real estate area.

Hi there, Good luck finishing school and congrats on being so close to graduation! I just graduated in May, passed the boards in July, and will begin my first job on monday. I went on many, many interviews and i can tell you the highest for a new gr...

Thank you for the advice! I have a lot to learn before that time comes. Just coming out of school, it was hard to have no "goal" in sight academically. I guess its reality shock:) In fact it definately is heheh I'm very excited to start facing realit...

In addition to that 38 percent question............ So, lets take sloans salary as an example which was posted earlier on this board. 62,000. After taxes, we would be taking home only 62 percent of this in cash every year? When you sign onto a hospi...

it's actually a certain amount of hours, such which usually takes within a year working full time. It just needs to be a certain amount of hours within 2 yrs. I was wrong about after the classes, big time - sorry bout that:) sea tracer, i haven't sta...

thank you o much for all this information.

wow is right!!!!! LOL. I understand what you mean about the critical care - and the elective surgeries. However - not many city hospitals offer this at all!! and six months is a lot of support. nyforlove - good luck on your interview. the HR rep is ...

Talking about bar-mates......anyone looking for a roomate. I wasn't planning on living in the city, but now that i'm working as a secretary in columbia-pres (until i start nursing at HSS in september).....and commuting from brookyn....It's SO tiring!...

hey - i think ncsbn's questions are equal to kaplan in critical thinking. they are definately upper level thinking questions and are a good indicator for how you will do on th nclex if you score above a 50. their rationale's are not good though....th...

i waited six days. What's so weird to me..........is that I now have 2 listings for my license number, even though I never requested a name change! They listed one with my middle name, as i requested on my license application, and another with just m...

Thanks for your comments - that is very comforting to hear. The extubating part is also bothering me the most! I just can't imagine being responsible for the possible complications of it.....The hospital offers an amzing orientation and that is what ...

Hi there -- don't know too much about Bassett but my final semester instructor (a wonderful woman who now works with FEMA and has national awards) worked there for 10 years (left 5 yrs ago to teach) and couldn't say enough good things about it. She ...

kayla -- how thoughtful of you to share your study guides, which are very thorough and beautifully done. I wanted to comment, if im not being too offensive....that these guides are almost TOO in depth. I know you are trying very hard to pass this te...

I would definately spend the time retaking these courses, particularly because they expressed that they are interested in your application provided you retake these classes. As unfair as it seems, you have to believe they will not send you on a wild ...

I am a terrible test taker. terrible. however, i took the nclex last week and walked out of there KNOWING i passed in 75. My advice to you, in all seriousness, is to get your hands on the KAPLAN QUESTION TRAINER CD. not the review course, not the boo...

nyforlove.....sounds great! i always wondered if there was really such thing as 8am happy hours for nurses coming off shift....haha. cookie -- you would love NYC. I hear that NYU offers a lot of specialty units to new grads, but you would be at a sp...

questions, questions, and more questions!!!! Dont waste any precious prep time studying chapters unless your reallyyy shaky on a major topic (like lab values or ABG's in saunders). I would get through saunders in the next few days, and then hit kapla...

I will give you the subscription info....there is a whole pharm thing in the beginning that divides the drugs into categories and reviews it. Don't worry too much about drugs for the NCLEX though -- they are pretty much hit or miss for everyone. know...

Yes I agree with you on Mt. Sinai -- the application proccess is tedious and if you call HR, they tell you to submit an application to specific jobs listed in the website. If I am not mistaken, they hire new grads as they go on availablitiy basis rat...

hotgal -- saunders 3rd edition works great if you go through the questions to the end of each chapter.

shan -- i just read your post a little more carefully and realized that there is a bit of a mismatch. i have subscription to ncsbn for NCLEX-RN. Let me know if you think this will still help.