1styear

I graduated in May and started working at Sloan Kettering in June(every floor is oncology). I would say that so far I'm very happy with my decision to start my career in oncology. My only advice is to pick a floor that has a lot of surgical patients ...

I grew up in long island, just moved into Manhattan via hospital housing now that I'm working for Sloan Kettering. The city has been great so far, a lot of interesting people and I keep meeting folks that moved here from all over and are kind of star...

Tracy, did you ever enroll in Nassau's program? I'm in my last semester there and still tell people it's a good place to go :)

I'm graduating this May from Nassau community college and will continue on at Stonybrook for my BSN via the online program. If you want information or to get a good feel for the nursing program-- there is an information session held every friday afte...

North shore Long Island Jewish(LIJ) has a well known and respected oral-maxillofacial & ENT(otolaryngology..... not sure how to spell it). I just a rapid pallate expansion done over a year ago and had a great experience there, in addition any doc...

I'm currently a nursing student and will be graduating this May(2005). I've really enjoyed my semesters in various units but can't see myself standing behind a med cart for too many years. The jobs that most interested me while in school were the one...

Our schools funding is based on our Nclex passing rate not on the passing rate of the students while in the program. This creates an atmosphere where teachers really try to weed out the students who aren't great instead of helping or encouraging them...

Coping or anticipated grieving? I would go with grieving depending on the perceived loss

I'll be finishing my ADN this year and will be a little sad when it's over. I haven't worked while in school and have no children so I have really taken advantage of getting to know other students and had a great time laughing throughout evertything(...

To answer your question on how people are making it --a lot of friends I have who have recently moved into their first aparments in Manhattan have all done the same thing to save $$$. They all wanted a nice neighborhood with a doorman building so the...

I wouldn't go comlaining till you've explored all options. Perhaps a letter stating some of you concerns without signing your name to administration would prevent any potential backlash against you. In a great world you should be able to voice your c...

Legal nursing is pretty interesting, in NY and a lot of other major cities(I see you're from Chicago) lawyers hire nurses as consultants when they are working on medically related cases. So if you were hired you might be consulted as to how you would...

Law for Legal Nursing, Chemistry if you think you might want to work in a lab one day, business if you think you might want to work for a drug company, education for perhaps a future in patient education. What kind of nursing are you interested in pu...

Oh speaking of that, just an FYI tip: If you have a pt with a Ileostomy or Colostomy bag and you're a gagger with bad odors ---before you go to the pt, take a sniff of an alcohol prep pad --it works everytime to numb the smell for a few minutes(work ...

Actually it says in the description that it is for people who want to become a nurse. I wasn't being snide, it just seems that questions about algebra and AnatomyI usually mean pre reqs and should be shared with others doing their pre reqs --clinical...

I think some of these kinds of threads belong in pre-nursing???

This was my worst and kind of only mistake I made that could have hurt my pt. Our procedure is that we go to the floor and have to visit our patient before we assess their chart. Our Prof likes everyone to do vitals and a head to toe assessment befor...

Nursing is physically and emotionally draining. You can have seven patients, 40 meds to give by 0900, doctors issuing new orders, family members calling and no CNA to help. On top of this, one of your patients rings the call light every 10 minutes be...

I am in nursing school because I want a good, steady job and I like interacting with the pts. I'm not a saint who longs to heal the sick. Nurses in NYC make a LOT of money. New grads at my school this year started at at 65k per year. The great thing ...

Why do we need more men in nursing to save it exactly? Anyone know? This makes NO sense to me!!! What...nursing is going to disappear? Are people going to start taking care of themselves if there aren't men in nursing? I've read a few times that expe...

I live aout 15 min from Manhattan on North Shore of Long Island and am entering my second year of nursing school. I just like you Princessdingaling am shocked at some of the salary figures people quote. I guess I have to keep in mind rent, parking an...

Entering 3rd semester at Nassau CC in Long Island, NY. I can finally see the light and am really excited to begin/finish this upcoming school year :) It's been hard but it has also been great and a lot of fun with my classmates! :balloons:

Thanks for the links of other discussions regarding this topic, those discussions present a mixed view of opinions. It's interesting how students hold themselves to a higher standard based on the responses above, maybe the strict learning mode and bl...

So if you are working in the PACU, ambulatory surgery, doctor's office etc. and you meet a pt or pts family member as you are caring for someone for however many hours it would be just unbelievably horrible to you if someone happened to form a relati...

I think involvement with a psych pt is an obvious no-no, other than that as long as there is good judgment used and it doesn't disturb the pts care... why not? Good relationships and love should be encouraged wherever one may find it so long as it do...