jo1010

Here is my share of something I have experienced. I just changed my job from a job that I really loved, manager was wonderful and I really miss her, but (I work in ICU) the unit was not challenging enough for me. I am planning to apply next year to C...

Someone please help me to make a decision. I have been a nurse for 2 years, currently enrolled in RN-BSN program, 2 weeks more to go and I am done. Anyway, I have been thinking about Masters in Nursing however I am clueless about the specialty. Initi...

First of all I needed advise regarding my career path, not your opinion about my personality. If you dont feel like sticking to the subject, don't respond. Thanks for your effort though.

"Effort on the part of others"??? You are kidding me, right? My current employer knows ALL these places, therefore I didnt have a problem to be accepted. Plus ALL of the orientees left that particular place in within the 1st year. That place in fact ...

You can describe me that I feel "superior", it doesn't bother me at all. Of course I am confident in what i am doing, but I realize there is still a lot to learn. Anyway I was job hopping and apparently it worked out pretty good so far. Why would I ...

I am finishing my RN-BSN in 2 weeks and I think I wouldn't recommend this program to anyone. First of all it SHOULD take 19 months, but it really takes 22 months, to me it was a major point why I picked this program, because of 19! months, supposedly...

Well said. I worked in 1 rehab center and it was getting really bad, therefore after finding another place I thought "I need to quit, it can't be any worse than this right now" and guess what? It was a lot worse. So it is really risky to quit and get...

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Dave

HAHAHAHA, LMAO. This is the funniest comment I have ever seen hahahaha. Short and right to the point. I have to agree though :)

Sorry to hear that. Since you wrote this you probably did what you felt you had to do, however I will say my opinion. I started in a nursing home as well, here in New Jersey. My wage was the same (in 2009) and i had 16 patients, never less than that ...

I started on med surg/onco floor after I graduated in 2009 and that was a night shift. 5 months later my nurse manager started asking everyone who would like to transfer to days, since one of our nurses was not going to come back from maternity. Anyw...

Well, let me tell you something. I work on oncology/Med Surg/Ortho floor. I worked nights for 7 months and I was offered to work days (we have 8 hours shifts). I decided to accept that shift, and i have to say it is a huge difference. They gave me 4 ...

[contact member via PM], starting salary for 2nd shift 3-11 was $29 (u can negotiate to $30, my friend did that). I am 100% sure if they are hiring NOW but give them a call [recruiter name deleted]

That absolutely reminds me of LTC I worked for, Genesis Healthcare. Actually each time DON called me to the pffice for some weird reasons, she brought with her the entire team- HR person, 2 ADONs. She hired me full time, she was aware of the fact I h...

I used to work at one of the LTC facilities that was a part of a huge corporate. Let me tell you, the crap will always stay crap. In my 1st nursing home (it was a combination of subacute and nursing home) we had no equipment to even start an IV. My p...

Hi, I start working tomorrow at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, so Im not really sure yet how they like new grads (I am a new grad as well). My friend works there and she says they are very nice, orientation lasts 12 weeks. I will get more...

I heard it is not good to start out as a psych nurse right after graduation. I am a new grad as well, I worked for months in subacute unit and I hated it. I did learn a lot, but forget about patient-nurse interaction, simply no time for that. I had ...

Nice to meet u Heather. Say "hi" to Mark from Joanna. He was my classmate in the nursing school, but unfortunately we didnt have a chance to graduate together so to speak.

very funny Filipino guy, Mark.

Thx a lot, my friend actually works there as a Tech at night on the same psych floor. Good that you told me your manager is on vacation, maybe thats why it takes so long :)

Thx for a quick response. Yeah, I am a new grad, but I worked in subacute unit in Somerset for about 4,5 months after graduation. I have about 5 years experience as a Tech in RWJUH, 1 year experience in Somerset Medical Center and I used to work as E...

I have a question for you. I applied to that hospital as well. Do you remember how long does it take for them to call for the interview? The status of one of my applications to that place has been changed from "pending" to "routed to hiring manager"....

I go to Felician fast track RN-BSN program and so far so good. We meet on campus once a week, every Thursday and it will stay this way till graduation. You need to know that more classes u take now less u have to take in Felician, so u basically won...

I took the test couple of days ago. It made me very tired. I have to say I have never seen such a test before needed for employment. I am not even sure if I answered good or not, i didnt get any letter regarding my results yet. I googled up some info...

Willow Creek Rehab and Care Center in Somerset, NJ hires new grads RN. U can get promoted very fast, within 6 months u can become a Unit Manager