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  1. JerseyCity Medical Center

    Hey Guys, Curious about JCMC for Perdiem work as I heard previously the pay $50/hr weekdays and $60/hr weekends. Just wanna know how their ICU is and the basic culture of the unit/hospital/nurses. From what I have heard of some travelers who ha...
  2. Hack used to hire new grads that did internships there first, and even that was not a guarantee. Nowadays I know there has been an influx of applications both in state AND out of state from nurses with 3+years experience, so pretty much the ball is ...
  3. Bayonne Medical Center

    I work with a gangload of people who graduated from christ but some started out at bayonne, they said it was the greatest move of their lives leaving bayonne and finishing in christ. Although I didnt graduate from christ, all the feedback I hear fro...
  4. Applying to Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing?

    I am a graduate from mountainside SON (2005) and feel it is one of the best for getting a strong clinical perspective in nursing. Was it easy for me? no, matter of fact I failed Nursing 2 and went back the next year and kicked ass!! Will you get yo...
  5. Orientation Nightmare!

    I wish I could have a preceptor again and still be paid... anywho keep at it, you will get through this.. lol, looking back at it now I wouldve asked for 4 extra weeks, im all about being precepted...!!
  6. What do new RN-BSN grads make in NJ?

    ummm.... wow...tough times.... makes me wantto move to florida
  7. JerseyCity Medical Center

    No disrespect felt, I didnt know what to gather from that as well. I am just curious as to the culture of the unit and how things are run, the answer of Ghetto baffles me to even try to gather more info from the person who told me that!!...
  8. Per Diem rates in NJ for new grads

    I dont think they Hire new grads for PEr diems there. I dont know if that has changed but the last time I spoke with some nurses there that is what I was told. Ray
  9. Hackensack University Med. Center- PACU

    Is it for the Evening Shift position? The PACU is pretty busy but the people are good, alot of veteran nurses who have been there a long time, PACU positions fill up very quick and open up only every so often due to people staying their until the...
  10. Per Diem rates in NJ for new grads

    Jersey City Medical Center $50/hour weekdays, $60 Weekends for both night/day shifts
  11. To all, does anyone else get this at their job? I mean, for the most part depending on how your night/day went you would clock out right about on time or a little/waaay past it if you had a grueling shift. BUT!! what if now you receive a memo abo...
  12. New York Presbyterian

    I recently went to their open interview day back in sept. for CTICU. I have been a CCU/Cath lab nurse since 2005 and have now for a year been a SICU nurse for HUMC, but still do ccu/cath lab per diem. Everything went great; met the manager, toured ...
  13. Name the hospital and its Starting Salary!!!

    Jersey City Medical Center Per diem NIGHTS $55 weekdays $65 weekends 12hr shifts Palisades Medical Center Per diem nights $52 weekdays $60 weekends 8 hour shifts except ER Hackensack University medical Center NIGHTS new grad 75-77k/year depending o...
  14. NJ Hospital and Starting Salary

    Hackensack University medical center New grads : $72K/year I work with a new grad in icu and she broke $100k last year working ot from her base. not too shabby... ray
  15. NYP Cardiac Open Interview

    to all, recently went to open interview at nyp, got to meet cticu manager amongst alot of good nurses both applying and already working there. Got a nice tour of the unit and got a quick grasp on patient load. Overall it was a great experience, ...
  16. NYP Cardiac Open Interview

    Just to update everyone, I didnt get the job at CTICU primarily because I have not yet attained a BSN, just an fyi if you dont have a bsn yet and considering NYP as a place of employment. Ray PS: Human Resources there are amongst the slowest ...
  17. Name the hospital and its Starting Salary!!!

    know the full time salaries for icu's at columbia by any chance?
  18. Clinicals at Overlook!

    All mountainside students, whos your instructor? I was at overlook for ICU with Mrs. Little, she is who got me interested in ICU, and does she know her stuff.!!! Ray
  19. In Search of a Mentor in North/Central NJ

    Hey, Good idea trying to get a job now as a cna over at hack, its pretty stiff competition now in terms of nurses being hired there, but I noticed that if you worked there as a CNA first and graduate nursing you pretty much can land yourself a job...
  20. Graduated there in 05, good school with a great heritage. Heavy on the clinicals but in the end you come out better on the clinical experience which is a plus!!. I do per diem work at the hospital across the street in ICU, maybe I'll bump into you ...
  21. MICU vs SICU-why the rivalry? Can't we all just get along?

    Listen, from my experience and I am now currently in trauma/sicu, its all the freagin same. Sometimes nurses need to get off their high horses and realize we are all in the same boat, sinking and floating. Treat everyone as you would like to be tre...
  22. hey guys, Just wondering what the ratios are for you guys out there? and along with that if you are a big trauma center or a small comm. hospital? here are some of where i work/worked at: Palisades Medical Center = 2:1 average 3:1 occasional Mounta...
  23. Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

    Thanks for everyones response, at least I know Im not alone with this. Just to make this a little clearer, I know there are some nurses out there who milk the clock and then some, I am against all that. My quarrel with the higher ups now mainly is ...
  24. Offered postion in Cath Lab.. any insight?

    hEY BRITT, Congrats on the offer. I am an CCU/MICU rn and have been cross-trained (somewhat) to be on-call for cath lab in case of emergencies where the on-call nurse could'nt make it, that and to pull sheaths. Anywho, I really enjoyed the experi...
  25. to all, Just wanna ask how many of you that work in northern NJ community hospitals are experiencing a really low census these past few months? I work in a few hospitals in NJ, one of them being Mountainside ICU. the overall census has dropped c...