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I use both Alexanders and the Pocket Guide. The guide I bring with me to work, when I want to look up something quick. The other book when I want specifics.

So far it's been both very exciting and tiring.

Like I said, I'm not sure how accurate that is. It was at the top of my google search query and was used as a jumping point for the OP. I don't know about NYU and St. Francis, I'm sure they are. St. Peter's is. St. Mary's in Troy is in the process of applying for magnet status.

I owe a part of it to the nurse recruiter. She got a good read on me the first time we met and directed me towards a position that best fit.

Thanks! I'll check those out. Ahhhh... starting in five days!!!

I was in an ABSN program so clinical time was crunched. I had about a handful of observation days in the OR, Endo, Same Day, and PACU. No internship, but I've volunteered on a few surgical missions (missed out on the last two trips). An aunt and family friends are OR nurses, so I suppose they've been grooming me for years :lol: During the tour they mentioned the types of cases they do so those have been the ones I've been reading up on. The book I have is the Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. I was at a bookstore with a friend when a blue book caught my eye. I had no idea it was this! It must have been a sign

What about hospitals with magnet status, or ones that are trying to get it? Your BSN might give you a slight advantage (okay maybe not, but it's worth a shotl... right?). I did a quick search and this is what I found (not sure of the accuracy): Bassett Healthcare Hospital for Special Surgery Huntington Hospital Long Island Jewish Medical Center - (The LIJ campus includes Long Island Jewish Hospital, Schneider Children's Hospital, and Hillside Hospital.) The Mount Sinai Hospital North Shore University Hospital Rochester General Hospital The Saratoga Hospital St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center Thompson Health - Thompson Health is an integrated health care delivery system that had its beginnings 100 years ago. Thompson Health delivers the highest-quality, comprehensive health care in the Finger Lakes region. University of Rochester Medical Center/Strong Memorial Hospital [http://www.nurses.info/hospitals_magnet.htm]

I've been reading a surgical procedures book so I have a bit of a head start on what to expect. They told me to not to get ahead of myself, but I have too much down time at the moment!

Thank you and good luck as well!

First nursing job. Just graduated in May.

Thought I'd chime in as well... I start in a week!! :w00t:

Just received some very very very good news right now! Pay at St. Mary's for new grads is a little over 22/hr.

The problem with who you know and who knows you is that there are a lot of us out there at the moment. Right now when someone tells me they "know someone" I smile, nod, and move on to another subject. For the OP, I'm with the other responses of not moving here unless you have something lined up. Not a "maybe it will happen" but a sure thing. Not only are you up against new grads from the spring, but the new grads from the winter... on top of the experienced nurses from hospitals that recently closed. Would you be willing to work outside of NYC? Perhaps New Jersey (depending on where, transportation would be doable - bus, train, boat, etc)? If that's the case, look into NJ reciprocity. The last job fair I went to, one of the recruiters told a classmate and I flat out that our best bet was to look anywhere but NYC. The market is super saturated.

I graduated from the Albany area, but not for nursing school. According to the email they're aren't hiring for the graduate nurse position. It could be a budget issue, it could be something else. St. Peter's does have Magnet status, and St. Mary's is applying for it right now. I don't know of any other hospitals in the area that have it.

It isn't a rumor - St. Peter's, St. Mary's (Seton Health), and Northeast Health (Samaritan Hospital and Albany Memorial) agreed to the merger last year. From what I've heard (this coming from one of the hospitals) it's in the FTC's hands, and once they give the green light the merger can move forward. But that's not for another few years. The rumors out there at the moment are pretty much which hospital will do what. I'm curious what they'll be doing with the ob-gyn issue. And for those interested in the graduate nurse positions at St. Peter's, I received an email from the RN recruiter stating they are not filling the position at this time.