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I was recently hired by a great nurse recruiter who went out of her way to get me the job. Basically, I was up against a lot of other far more experienced nurses. The day I was interviewed, I met 11 more people who were waiting to be interviewed fo...

St Vincent's Hospital Westchester Division: $61,963 base, $1000 for BSN, $5,300 for evenings, $6,350 for nights. 8hrs workshifts. Per diem - $41.38/hr days, $42.44/hr eve and nights

This thread started almost two years ago. I wonder if anyone noticed. Anyway, wonder how the original poster is doing.

As for any advantages, according to my friend, she was given a hard time during her med school interview. She thought it had to do with them being biased about nurses, however, she was able to tell them that she wasn't new to healthcare, had observed...

Yes, RN to MD is doable but quite difficult to accomplish. I have an aunt, a nurse for 12yrs, married with 3 very young kids, got into a medical school in the Carribean. At 42yrs old, she is currently a 2nd year resident in Miami. Unfortunately she...

No, have no idea about the their pharm test. If you get in and start working, please let us know how the hospital is as no one knows much about the place. Thanks

I am also interested in that hospital. I have been looking for information both online and talking to people. People familiar with the hospital said the environment is okay, just that they have staffing issues which I think is common in all the hospi...

:nuke: That's so sweet that he is interested and supportive. You might want to talk to him about the amount of time that you would need to spend studying, going to clinicals, and doing various class projects. Depending on if you have kids or not, you...

I originally wrote this in response to a past thread but thought to put it up so anyone who needs it might read. I tutor junior med surg students as part of work study, and I tell them to study up on the pathophysiology of whatever the disease is. Th...

However, did an externship on a CCU. As far as I can remember. It was more about patients with chest pain, MI, ventricular and atrial dysrhythmias, CABGs, valve replacements and a couple with aneurysms. Majority of the patients always came in with...

However, did an externship on a CCU. As far as I can remember. It was more about patients with chest pain, MI, ventricular and atrial dysrhythmias, CABGs, valve replacements and a couple with aneurysms. Majority of the patients always came with th...

Sorry, no advice as I need one myself. I'm in the same position as you. I graduate in May, got offered a job in medical step down unit in a teaching hospital, another job in the MICU/CCU in another moderate hospital and a med/surg position in anoth...

Congrats!! Just wondering what hospital that is

Ur heart rate is how often ur heart beats. Pulse is the number of times the heart beats in a minute. The apex can also be used as a pulse site and it is called the apical pulse or apical impulse. It gives a more accurate pulse rate and is used when t...

Correction- Heart rate goes up for low blood pressure compensation. Pulse would go up also initially

I tutor junior med surg students as part of work study, and I tell them to study up on the pathophysiology of whatever the disease is. Then they should try to apply various clinical situations such as what should be done if somebody showed up with an...

I couldn't help but add my 2cents to this post. That is a really high failure rate and the teachers also have to re-evaluate their method of teaching. Some teachers feel good about students failing cos they think it makes them look like they are doin...

I was simply asked during an interview, "you sound good, but don't have the clinical background for the position you applied for, so convince me, why should I hire you?" My brain probably chose to take a nap at that exact moment cos I blurted out, " ...

My mother is a nurse and she encouraged me right from childhood to consider nursing. I did resist for a while, studying Biochemistry, but midway into college, I switched to nursing. When I called her to let her know the change of heart, it was like w...

On my first day on a hospital unit, I needed to wash my hands, so I went to the sink, turned on the water, pushed on the soap thing on the wall, but nothing was coming out. I debated about just rinsing my hands but when I noticed the nurses were watc...

During my summer internship interview two summers ago, the guy interviewing me was very nice, chatting and laughing, then out of the blue came "are you black or white?". Then he quickly said, "never mind, didn't mean to offend you, just wondering" I...

I agree with u. Hospitals smell a lot, especially the surgical unit that I am on. I am so used to it but still pity my poor nose each day I have to go in there.

I'm in my final semester of nursing school and my first scary introduction to nursing was when I saw a guy with extensive generalized edema. A call bell had gone off and my clinical instructor asked me to check the room. So, I go in and I see this gu...

On the other hand, there was this really cold and arrogant nurse that I and a group of students were assisgned to during one of my nursing clinicals, She smelled so bad that during post conference, we actually joked that the entire class would presen...

Sometimes, pple really don't understand why their scent might be offensive to others but smell nice to them. My mother, herself a nurse, recently bought this expensive foul smelling oriental perfume and would douse herself with it. I tried to get h...