I_See_You_RN

Well my friend is a new graduate and she already seems burned out. She just got off of orientation and she already regulary gets 8+ patients. She is not the lazy type at all and does not like to delegate all her duties to the aids (since she knows ...

that is simply not true. The fact that all schools have an entire department dedicated to mailing out confidential transcripts should prove that. Grades are so important to employers and higher schools of education that when they request such infor...

I say relax, breathe, and just hurry up and take the test. the longer you wait the more nerves will get to you. I mean if its been almost year,.. even if you spent just 1/3 of that year seriously studying or taking in material I think you should be...

Hey,.. if you're doing a BSN what you can do is apply to binghamton university as a bio major,.. take the first semester classes,.. even second semester if you would like,.. get great grades,.. and then request an internal transfer. You'll have pref...

Hi Nursing me Black. I'm an African American new grad and thankfully I've had the total opposite experience that you have had. I'm from NY btw which is use to a lot of cultural diversity and I don't believe it is as hard to move up the ladder. In ...

I agree that you don't need to graduate with honors to be a good staff nurse, however, if I were a patient I wouldn't want a nurse who consistently only retains 70% of the information provided to them or who can only explain 70% of the basic facts re...

Hey hun,.. I hope you don't think that I was just assuming those things about you. It was just general tips for anyone reading this. I suggested those because I feel like a lot of times NG are fighting to prove that they are mature enough to handle...

- I really don't think that the ASn vs. BSN test thing is true. I think maybe the only difference is that I've had 2 extra years to test take and get in the hang of studying then an ASN graduate and also I take a wider range of classes that does go ...

I think that you're best bet is to retake some of the important nursing classes that you did poorly in and get an A. this will show that you are motivated to learn and make up for past mistakes and that you will take their graduate program very seri...

i would take some extra courses and excel at them to get that GPA up,.. also it'll be a test to yourself because if you're still doing not so good in these extra courses your gonna wanna re-evaluate either how you're studying or if you still wanna go...

"why haven't you gotten a job yet?" OMG that is crazy... I can't believe that they would ask you that. did you graduate this may '09 or last may '08. If it was last may '08 and they asked you that question then i would just make up something that ...

Hi guyz. I posted this somewhere else, but I thought that it was a separate topic. I just graduated, got licensed, and hired as a SICU nurse. I have a lot of time before I hit this dilemma, but I like to plan ahead to work towards my goals. I love ...

Thank you so much guys. I feel a little bit better knowing that others have hit this problem as well. I will definitely be researching my options in the different specialties as well as an acnp. I don't want to rush to get my masters without reall...

MeanDragonBrett: THanks a ton... I think I'll print out your post and definitely start my study plan as well as go see if I can get a copy of those books. :)

Thank you so much for the advice,.. and I LOVE that quote,..lol. I will definitely get working on those things :)

Just say this post and its exciting that so many new graduates got into critical care. I just graduated this May and I'll be starting at the end of September in the SICU!! I'm sooo excited,.. the hospital is Level 1 Trauma, Magnet and all Since I ...

I had an interview for Elmhurst hospital,. but it was only part time and they filled the position. the manager there told me that they are all filled and cant hire anymore. i say check out their job posts because they have hiring opening and closin...

the market for new grads I would say is bad. Two hospitals in the city/borough regions have closed down leaving experienced nurses out of work and searching for new jobs. So new grads in that region have to compete with those nurses who cost less t...

There is definitely still hope,.. and I learned that yesterday. I applied for the position that I just got back in JANUARY!!.. I got no call back,.. apparently they weren't interested. I applied to the same hospital, same floor, just different type...

I would say choice number one because it is very important to me develop my nursing skills and be proficient in as much as I possibly can and therefore I would thrive in a fast paced unit with people who know a lot about what there are doing. As lon...

Definitely not! the job market is bad no matter no matter what kind of grades and honors that you graduate with and you will be competing with a lot of people. I started in February, seriously searching at the end of June, (graduated in May) and ju...

Hospitals in flushing have a VERY LARGE oriental community and I am sure you would be a good asset. But i dont think that that they are hiring, but always call and try anyway.

I have family that work at Winthrop Hospital and I believe that they now start at $16-17/hr,.. but that is in Nassau County

I say take the job,.. though you might not see it now,.. you will be gaining a tremendous amount of experience for ICU patients in LTC. You might not be playing around with all the lines and drips,... buuutttt,.. who do you think ends up in the ICU ...

I had an internship at the NYU Medical Center - OR. It was 18 rooms I think,.. very busy. they were doing some construction on some of the rooms to expand them but they also have a handful of small rooms which gets crowded very quickly with med stu...