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My situation and your situation is two completely different things. I live at home with my parents who support me so while I am desperate, I did have the luxury of saying that I'm going to turn the position down. I just don't understand why I should ...

I really don't care what you find arrogant. You don't know me and you are a faceless person on the internet. I spoke to my peers and even nurses with up to 30 years experience and they all said the same thing: DO NOT TAKE IT. They said it lowers the ...

Ehh I think people should wear what they want. Sure it may look a little funny wearing cartoon scrubs on an adult unit, but at the end of the day as long as you're getting your job done that's all they really matter. I don't think what you wear earns...

There is a thread ongoing discussing nursing salary and whether it is crap or not lol but I will respond here. This is all depending on where you live. New grads in my area start out at $74,000/yr and about $80,000/yr if they work nights because the ...

Yea, you are getting under my skin because every freaking post I make, you come and you put your little snarky, smart a** comments. You made another thread and I responded professionally and in an friendly manner. You're obviously still upset about t...

Where I live, we get BSN differential. It's not much at all (1500-2000) but there is still a differential. And I know the pay offers are negotiable but she tried to offer me less and I refused. Then she tried offering me $20/hr. I apologize in advan...

New York City

Sorry but nursing home experience doesn't count as experience where I live. They pretty much still consider you a new grad because it isn't acute care. Believe me, even if they offered me $30/hr which is significantly less than what other nursing hom...

I COMPLETELY RESENT THAT STATEMENT. Just because I am a new grad does NOT mean I am completely useless and have no right to ask to be paid what I am worth. I told everybody who would listen about the situation and they all agreed with me. NONE of the...

um excuse me but i graduated in january and i still don't have a job and its July. 3 hospitals just closed in my area with a next one closing today. I have friends who graduated last May and either don't have jobs or just now finding jobs. Just becau...

$20/hr is nothing where I live. An agency wanted to pay me $20/hr to work in a nursing home all just because I was a new grad. Needless to say I turned it down. Sorry no offense to anyone here but if I'm a new grad with a BSN I'm not working for $20/...

Another thing I want to add is that its not that some of the popular hospitals are discriminating against ADNs its that some of magnet status (I know Mt Sinai does) and in order to retain that magnet status I believe they have to maintain a certain p...

Hello my fellow nurses, I just wanted to get some feedback from any nurse managers here or even some staff nurses and charge nurses (especially those that interview people for positions). I was wondering what advice you could give me or other nurses ...

I need to win the lottery too :-( We can't have our cake and it eat it too, unfortunately. Feels nice to stay home and when we look at our check or lack thereof it's such a kick in the gut! Why do they keep putting you on standby? Low census?

I'm not trying to be hard on you like the first poster but it really is tough here. I keep seeing people saying they're moving to NYC and I keep shaking my head like why? I understand your situation's a bit different and I feel for ya because the job...

something sounds fishy to me as well, it should be reported to your NM

Thanks a lot!

I'm sorry, but I don't see where I said that "getting into nursing because it makes good money, considering the education required, and it's more recession-proof than most other professions" is the WRONG reason. Becaue I don't think that that's the w...

My hairdresser was telling me about a guy she met who said "I'm going for nursing. They make mad money. I'm only doing it for the money I could care less patients and caring about people they have too much issues. I just need to collect my check and ...

Guess this depends on where you live as well. I know lots of staff RNs who are not in management that make 100K...they are being paid for their years of experience. Lots of them make 100K because they do 3/12s and have per diem work 1 or 2 days per w...

$35-39/hr? I guess it depends on where you live. Where I live new grads starting salary is $38/hr. The new grads that do perdiem work get $45-$8/hr. I pretty much agree with everyone else. I really get annoyed when I hear people are going into nursi...

I read on this website a post posted by a member and he/she stated that a lot of the times the employers already have in mind who they want for the position whether it be an employee from within or someone who has a hook up (someone referred by a fam...

Yea the market was wayyy better a few years ago. A few years ago you could just walk into your hospital of choice and be practically interviewed and hired on the spot new grad or not. Back then they had sign on bonuses, debt forgiveness to help you r...

congrats! how did you apply? how long did it take for them to contact you? did you contact them first? thanks for any info

There are a lot of threads similar to this if you do a search of new york job market there's tons. The job market is horrific in all 5 boroughs especially for new grads and those with little experience (less than 2 years). The area has suffered from ...