lilnat03

i am in orientation right now for home health after leaving icu. so far so good. the company i'm seems very modernized. they have pentablets for charting. i am very excited to see the patients. we'll see how it really goes once orientation is over. i'll keep you all updated

i'm an icu nurse going into homecare. i took several months considering the job and finally decided to make the jump. will be starting next week. we'll see how it goes, but i hope it will be more flexible and family friendly.

nyp where i work pays a differential for bsn as well as certification in ccrn. they don't want to pay the diff but there are many now in nyc that do.

can you tell me what your typical day is like? how's the paperwork? wha t time are you usually home? do yu have to chart off hours alot? do you have to take the train to different stops alot? thanks so much for your help

yes hello? is there anyone out there? would love to hear about the experience working there. thanks!

oh man, these ratios are so dangerous for an inexperienced nurse. think of your new license cause the hospitals certainly wont! they just want to keep costs down. nurses on these kind of floors only have time to pass meds willy nilly. that is so dangerous when you dont even know your patients. that's why i went to icu first off. it is intense and you have to know your patients in and out, but at least you can do full assessments and have an idea of what you're treating. the floor is brutal to their nurses. i dont know how they handle it. more power to them!

the extra 1 grand?? is hardly worth it. most hospitals are starting 69k anyways, plus night diff. you need to think about how safe such a nurse to patient ratio is. we have to think about protecting our licenses as well. no wonder staffing is suffering. that ratio sounds atrocious!

it's my first job as a new grad and i'm still on orientation. i left gave a cup full of meds to a patient who assured me he would take them. i did not watch him take the meds. and turns out he didn't take them . i was in and out of their all day and did not see the meds but the next day his family member found them and now i am in trouble for signing off on meds that were not taken. i feel like a total idiot. i will never ever trust a patient to take their meds again. but the thing is, my preceptor leaves meds with patients and family members all the time! of course i didn't tell the nurse manager who was "counseling" me on the error about that. this is certainly a mistake that i will never forget though. normally i would never have left a med with a patient but i think that i have picked up some bad shortcuts from my preceptor who tells me that i am too slow sometimes. ack!

yes it's true they are STILL pen and paper. Worse, they are not on pyxis for meds or anything. seems to be that they are very outdated. one of the reasons why i opted not to work there. plus i'm not so sure that they have a pension plan... when i spoke with someone in february, i was told new grads start at 70 plus 7k nights differential.

hey there, i went to school for psychology originally and had a less than stellar gpa but i got all A's on my prerequisites. those are what the nursing programs really look at. so don't let your past keep you from going for something you really want. study hard for those prereqs and apply to as many programs as you can. you can do it!

hi, i just went through the same thing a couple of weeks ago. i interviewed with a panel of nine nurse managers for an ICU position at a large NYC hospital. it was expectedly very intimidating. but my advice is, be honest, sincere, and enthusiastic. let them really know you love nursing, really want to work in the icu, really want to work at their hospital, and why! the only real difference between you and other grads are your grades and your personality and other life experiences. they want someone motivated to learn and who will become a valuable member of their team. show them you want this job!

Does anyone know where I can take a BCLS certification course in the NYC area? Thanks!

hi, i just passed nclex last week and have so far been on two interviews. i'm kind of in the same boat as you as i'm trying to get a job asap. was hoping for some tips in the whole job search process as well... should i put that i am licensed in ny on my resume? thanks!

Hi all, Does anyone out there work for Sloan-Kettering and have any words of wisdom? I'm considering work there on a med-surg type floor as a new nurse. I noticed that they are not yet very technological as far as giving meds and charting... Does this affect patient safety and quality of care? Are nurses overloaded with paperwork? Thanks for any feedback!

it doesn't seem totally infeasible that NYU is starting at 72K. I interviewed at Sloan-Kettering and am a new grad and was told they are starting at 70k plus 10% nights.