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  1. Job References: Advice Needed on How to Get My Second Nursing Job

    Durable posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi All, I'm three years into my nursing career and I feel stuck. This was my first job so I have no previous boss or job contacts to use for references. There are no managers at my current job who...

  2. Calvary Hospital Versus Metropolitan Jewish?

    Durable posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Hi Guys! I'm a new BSN grad who spent months job searching and finally, I got an offer from Metropolitan Jewish at a nursing home. The pay is okay not great and the job discription is like 10 pages...

  3. Heck, I've Applied EVERYWHERE man...

    Durable replied to JoeyGirlRNNYC's topic in New York Nursing

    I graduated in August of 2008 with a BSN and I'm jobless. New grads are backing up - This downturn got bad in Oct 2008 but now it's worse. Up until this spring nursing homes were hiring. Now they...

  4. Need some encouragement

    Durable replied to Skeetersmom119's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am in the same situation. I think that nurse managers deal with their insecurities this way, by picking on a designated person. I think you should definitely talk to your boss and tell her you do...

  5. SUNY-Downstate summer '09--Introduce yourselves please!

    Durable replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Students

    I thought the hardest course by far was Med Surg 3. Patho was hard but we got a good teacher so it wasn't that bad. The Summer courses are short so those can be tough. A lot depends on who the teacher...

  6. SUNY-Downstate summer '09--Introduce yourselves please!

    Durable replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Students

    If it's the same as it was in 2007, I used every one of those books with the exception of the Leadership course - no exams in Leadership - just tons of papers, a group presentation (lots of group...

  7. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York Nursing

    Hi KDRose - Yes, what you described is perfect. It doesn't have to be medical - include exactly what you wrote here in your application essay. This is very good even for your resume after you...

  8. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York Nursing

    Hi JCazburgs - Don't worry - I'm a big baby and if I could do it you can. It's well worth it. I can't believe I'm working as a nurse! I imagined it for so long and now I'm doing it - yippee! :) all...

  9. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York Nursing

    Hi Lena, All the best to you. Enjoy the experience - I miss school to be honest. I have a B.A. in English literature. Math and science were never easy for me - if I can do it anyone

  10. Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

    Durable replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Quilter - I think that was very wrong of them to insist you resign or be fired. It sounds like they botched your orientation and made you pay for it. I think that happens a lot because management does...

  11. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York Nursing

    Also, They often turn down people with high averages who sound very self assured, but have no altruistic-socially responsible history. You need to be a little humble when you write your essay, express...

  12. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York Nursing

    For those deciding between Downstate or a private school...if I could have afforded it I would go to the private school, i.e. Columbia, NYU, Pace to save myself some supreme headaches associated with...

  13. Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

    Durable replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Mahage - Kudos to you! You sound like a wonderful person and a very good nurse - I wish there were more Mahages where I work. And I love this "...put on your big girl panties.".. :) Thank you Mahage...

  14. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York Nursing

    I thought it was very hard. I went to bed at 3 or 4 in the morning and woke up at 6 or 7. Weekends and holidays were spent studying or preparing. Friends went on fun vacations and left me home alone...

  15. Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

    Durable replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    P.S. at my facility is is strictly forbidden to make copies of anything - chart pages, MARs, Kardex pages. Also, I made a schedule table and posted it at the nurses station of which patients on the...

  16. Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

    Durable replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think the biggest mistake we make is blaming ourselves before we realize that hey... we are rushed and thrown in there without proper training or the benefit of modern tools like computerized...

  17. Overwhelming # of Nars and Nurses Quitting

    Durable replied to Doughertyz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    also, newgrad82, your state of california is not broke because of services for illegal aliens. that is racist crap and you shouldn't listen to it. that is such a fraction of the state budget which...

  18. Overwhelming # of Nars and Nurses Quitting

    Durable replied to Doughertyz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think it's because even though there is a staff shortage, facilities don't hire, especially new nurses they have to train, when they are facing bad economic times. They give their experienced nurses...

  19. Overwhelming # of Nars and Nurses Quitting

    Durable replied to Doughertyz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i agree with sshannon. while it isn’t anyone's business what you earn, the fact that a facility comes down hard on workers, and acts like it is a crime that you found out what one of your peers...

  20. Calvary Hospital Versus Metropolitan Jewish?

    Durable replied to Durable's topic in New York Nursing

    Hi Sue - Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center -

  21. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York Nursing

    No, you can't go to the sites without the clinical instructor and they don't go there the night before. Just your assigned day and hours at

  22. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York Nursing

    Hi, The class sizes vary. My class was 60 people but the ones before and after were closer to 40 people. They don't place as much importance on the GPA as other schools. Of course a high one helps but...

  23. having trouble getting an lpn job

    Durable replied to LPN4hire's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hi Guys, Well I'm in the same boat. Just got my license, it's been a long rough road. I'm a registered nurse with a BSN - I'm broke and in debt and I can't find a job. I'm in New York City and you...